Decision Makers
Board of Directors
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Aristotle Corporation |
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Geneve Corporation |
President |
Current |
| Southern Investors Corp |
President |
Current |
| Aristotle Corporation |
President |
Current |
| Honor Capital Corp. |
President |
Current |
| Aristotle Corporation |
Chief Operating Officer |
Current |
| Aristotle Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Independence Holding Company |
Vice Chairman |
Current |
| Geneve Corporation |
Director |
Current |
| First International Reinsurance Company |
President |
Former |
| Geneve Corporation |
Chief Operating Officer |
Former |
| Independence Holding Company |
Board of Directors |
Former |
DEAN T. JOHNSON has been a Senior Vice President of Aristotle since March 2008, prior to which he was Vice President of Aristotle from June 2003. Mr. Johnson has been Chief Financial Officer of Aristotle since October 2002. For more that the five years prior to the merger of Aristotle and Nasco International, Inc., Mr. Johnson was Chief Financial Officer of Nasco.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Aristotle Corporation |
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Current |
W. PHILLIP NIEMEYER has been the President-Nasco Division of Aristotle since September 2002. Mr. Niemeyer has been the Executive Vice President of Aristotle since March 2008, prior to which he had been the Vice President-Production Coordination of Aristotle since the merger of Aristotle and Nasco International, Inc. ("Nasco") on June 17, 2002. Mr. Niemeyer has held various positions with Nasco for over 30 years.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Aristotle Corporation |
President, Nasco Division & Executive Vice President |
Current |
| Aristotle Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Aristotle Corporation |
President, Nasco Division |
Former |
| Aristotle Corporation |
Vice President, Prod. Coordinator. |
Former |
BRIAN R. SCHLIER has been the Vice President-Taxation of Aristotle since January 2003. Mr. Schlier has been Senior Vice President-Taxation of Geneve since March 2005, prior to which for more than five years he was Vice President-Taxation of Geneve. Mr. Schlier has been the Vice President-Taxation of Independence Holding Company, a publicly held holding company engaged principally in the life and health insurance business for more than the past five years, and the Vice President-Taxation of AMIC since November 2002.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Aristotle Corporation |
Vice President |
Current |
| Independence Holding Company |
Vice President, Taxation |
Former |
H. WILLIAM SMITH has been the Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Aristotle since July 2002. Mr. Smith has been the Vice President-Legal and Secretary of Geneve, a privately held diversified financial holding company, since July 2002. For more than five years prior to joining Aristotle and Geneve, Mr. Smith practiced law with the private law firms Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pitman LLP.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Aristotle Corporation |
V.P., General. Counsel & Secretary |
Current |
| Aristotle Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Aristotle Corporation |
Controller |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Aristotle Corporation |
Chairperson |
Current |
| Independence Holding Company |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Aristotle Corporation |
Director |
Current |
DONALD T. NETTER, for more than the past five years, has served as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Senior Managing Director of the managing member of the general partner of the Dolphin Limited Partnerships, investment limited partnerships. Mr. Netter has served as a Senior Vice President of Geneve Corporation, a privately-held diversified financial holding company, for more than the past five years. Donald T. Netter is the son of Edward Netter.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Aristotle Corporation |
Director |
Current |
Mr. Edward Netter is Chairman of Independence Holding Company and a director of American Independence Corp. Mr. Netter is also Chairman of the Executive Committee and a director of The Aristotle Corporation, a publicly traded manufacturer and global distributor serving the education, health and agriculture markets. Mr. Netter is Chairman and CEO of Geneve Corporation, a private diversified holding company which holds a controlling interest in IHC and Aristotle. In 1971, Mr. Netter, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, organized the predecessor company to Geneve after serving as an Executive Officer, Director and principal of the investment firm of CBWL-Hayden Stone. Mr. Netter is a trustee of Thanks to Scandinavia, an organization which provides scholarships to international students, is a member of the advisory committee of North General Hospital in New York City, and serves on the National Advisory Board of The Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Netter is engaged in a number of other philanthropic activities relating to science, education and human services. In 2006, Mr. Netter was elected to the Business Leader Hall of Fame at Quinnipiac University. Mr. Netter and his wife, Barbara, founded Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy, Inc. in 2001. ACGT facilitates funding for high-potential research into gene therapy, in hopes of realizing an effective alternative to the current treatment and management of cancer
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Geneve Corporation |
CEO |
Current |
| Thanks to Scandinavia Co |
Trustee |
Current |
| University of Pennsylvania |
Trustee |
Current |
| Geneve Corporation |
Chairman |
Current |
| Independence Holding Company |
Chairman |
Current |
| American Independence Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Thanks to Scandinavia Co |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Aristotle Corporation |
Director |
Current |
| Geneve Corporation |
Executive Officer |
Former |
Ira A. Harkavy has been an Associate Vice President at the University of Pennsylvania since 1996, and Director, Center for Community Partnerships (“CCP”) at the University of Pennsylvania since CCP’s inception in 1992. CCP and its school and community partners have created university assisted community schools that educate children, their families and the broader community through school-day curriculum based problem solving learning, and after school and other programs that advance learning, development and an array of other needs and interests of the wider community.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Aristotle Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
JOHN A. WHRITNER is a retired school administrator. Dr. Whritner spent more than forty years in the education field including as a teacher and school administrator, and as the Superintendent of Schools in East Lyme, Connecticut, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, and Greenwich, Connecticut. For more than five years following his retirement as a school administrator, Dr. Whritner was a Senior Associate with Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates, a school superintendent search firm. Dr. Whritner was a director of Nasco International, Inc. from April 1998 until the merger of the Aristotle and Nasco on June 17, 2002.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Aristotle Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven |
Chair, Investment Committee, Member, Audit and Executive Committees |
Current |
| Albertus Magnus College |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Webster Financial Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Aristotle Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Quinnipiac University |
President |
Current |
| Yale-New Haven Hospital |
Director |
Current |
| UIL Holdings Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| The United Illuminating Company |
Director |
Current |
| Aristotle Corporation |
Director |
Current |
| Independence Holding Company |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Wqun |
President |
Current |
| University of Dayton |
Master's Degrees In Philosophy |
Former |
| Columbia University |
Master's Degree In Higher Education Administration |
Former |
| University of Dayton |
Bachelor's |
Former |
| Columbia University |
Bachelor's |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| American Independence Insurance Company |
Chief Executive Officer |
Current |
| American Independence Corporation |
Chief Executive Officer |
Current |
| American Independence Corporation |
President |
Current |
| Independence Holding Company |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Aristotle Corporation |
Director |
Current |
| American Independence Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Independence Holding Company |
President & CEO |
Former |
| American Independence Corporation |
Principal Executive Officer |
Former |
| New York University |
M.B.A. |
Former |
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