Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) |
Position |
| Michael Rowsey |
President, Contract |
| John W. Holleran |
Chief Legal Office & Executive Vice President, Admin |
| Thomas E. Carlile |
CFO & Senior Vice President |
| Alexander Toeldte |
Executive Vice President |
| David Goudge |
Executive Vice President, Marketing |
| Harold Mulet |
Executive Vice President, Retail Stores |
| Reuben Slone |
Executive Vice President, Supply Chain |
| Ryan Vero |
Executive Vice President, Merchandising |
| Steve Embree |
Executive Vice President, Mdsg |
| Ben Groce |
Senior Vice President, Paper Solutions |
| John Bender |
Senior Vice President, Building Products |
| Miles A. Hewitt |
Senior Vice President |
| Stanley R. Bell |
Senior Vice President |
| Thomas A. Lovlien |
Senior Vice President, Wood Products |
| Bernadette Madarieta |
Vice President, Tax & Controller |
| Erin Nuxoll |
Vice President, HR |
| Guy G. Hurlbutt |
Vice President, Public Policy & Environ |
| Judy Lassa |
Vice President, Pkgng & Newsprint |
| Karen E. Gowland |
General Counsel, Vice President & Secretary |
| Robert E. Strenge |
Vice President, Pkgng & Newsprint |
| Robert L. Tracy |
Vice President, Strategic Planning |
| Robert W. Egan |
Vice President, Info Services |
| Samuel K. Cotterell |
Vice President & Controller |
| Susan Fleming |
Vice President & Secretary |
| Terry Ward |
Vice President, Minnesota Operations |
| Vincent T. Hannity |
Vice President, Corp Communications & Investor Relations |
| Wayne M. Rancourt |
Vice President & Treasurer |
| Christopher J. McGowan |
Director |
| Hank Brown |
Director |
| John W. Madigan |
Director |
| Samuel M. Mencoff |
Director |
| Thomas S. Souleles |
Director |
| W. Thomas Stephens |
Director |
| William S. Kirsch |
Director |
| Zaid F. Alsikafi |
Director |
Board of Directors
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
Chairman & CEO |
Current |
| West Coast Bank |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Boise Cascade, LLC |
Director |
Current |
| Cascade Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| InFocus Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
President, Contract |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
Chief Legal Office & Executive Vice President, Admin |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
CFO & Senior Vice President |
Current |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
Executive Vice President |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
Executive Vice President, Marketing |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
Executive Vice President, Retail Stores |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
Executive Vice President, Supply Chain |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
Executive Vice President, Merchandising |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
Executive Vice President, Mdsg |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
Senior Vice President, Paper Solutions |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
Senior Vice President, Building Products |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
Senior Vice President |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
Senior Vice President |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
Senior Vice President, Wood Products |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
Vice President, Tax & Controller |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
Vice President, HR |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
Vice President, Public Policy & Environ |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
Vice President, Pkgng & Newsprint |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
General Counsel, Vice President & Secretary |
Current |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
Vice President, Pkgng & Newsprint |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
Vice President, Strategic Planning |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
Vice President, Info Services |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
Vice President & Controller |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
Vice President & Secretary |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
Vice President, Minnesota Operations |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
Vice President, Corp Communications & Investor Relations |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
Vice President & Treasurer |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Smurfit Kappa Group |
Board Director |
Current |
| Autotradecenter, Inc. |
Board Director |
Current |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
Director |
Current |
| Smurfit Kappa Group |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Madison Dearborn Partners LLC |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Madison Dearborn Partners LLC |
Equity Sponsor |
Former |
| AEA Investors, Inc. |
|
Former |
| Morgan Stanley |
|
Former |
| Harvard Business School |
M.B.A |
Former |
President Emeritus of the University of Colorado and Holder of the Newton Endowed Chair in Leadership since March 2008. President of the University of Colorado from August 2005 until March 2008. President and Chief Executive Officer of The Daniels Fund, a charitable foundation, from July 2002 until August 2005. Director of Delta Petroleum Corporation and Sensient Technologies Corporation.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| University of Colorado |
President |
Current |
| Sealed Air Corporation |
Ember of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. |
Current |
| Sensient Technologies Corporation |
Chairman |
Current |
| Sealed Air Corporation |
Director |
Current |
| University of Colorado |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
Director |
Current |
| Delta Petroleum Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Rbc Daniels |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Sealed Air Corporation |
Member of Audit Committee |
Current |
| University of Northern Colorado |
President |
Former |
| University of Colorado School of Law |
Juris Doctorate Degree |
Former |
| University of Colorado |
Bachelor's Degree In Accounting |
Former |
John W. Madigan is the retired chairman and CEO of Tribune Company. Tribune is a media industry leader with operations in 25 major markets throughout the United States. He was elected chief executive officer of Tribune in May 1995. He also served as chairman from 1996 through December 2003. He was elected to the Tribune board of directors in 1975, the same year he joined the company as vice president/chief financial officer. Madigan began his business career as a financial analyst with Duff & Phelps Inc. in Chicago and later became a manager at Arthur Andersen & Co. He was an investment banker with both Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis and Salomon Brothers. Madigan is a director of the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, Boise Cascade and Gilead Sciences; an advisor to Madison Dearborn Partners; and a past chairman of The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. He also serves as a trustee of Northwestern University, Rush University Medical Center and The Paley Center for Media in New York. A Chicago-area native, born June 7, 1937, Madigan holds bachelor's and master's degrees in business administration from the University of Michigan.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Tribune Company |
CEO |
Current |
| Madison Dearborn Partners LLC |
special partner |
Current |
| Museum of Television & Radio |
Trustee |
Current |
| Chicago Council |
Advisor |
Current |
| Northwestern University |
Trustee |
Current |
| Tribune Company |
Chairman |
Current |
| Boise Cascade, LLC |
Chairman |
Current |
| Robert R. McCormick Museum |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
Director |
Current |
| McCormick Foundation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Chicago Council |
Director |
Current |
| Gilead Sciences, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Salomon Brothers |
Investment Banker |
Former |
| Arthur Andersen LLP |
Investment Banker |
Former |
| Duff and Phelps, LLC |
Financial Analyst |
Former |
| Commercial Club of Chicago |
Chairman |
Former |
| Chicago Council |
Chairman |
Former |
| University of Michigan |
M.B.A |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Madison Dearborn Partners LLC |
Co-President |
Current |
| Packaging Corporation of America |
Vice President |
Current |
| Brown University |
Trustee |
Current |
| Brown University |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Smurfit Kappa Group |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
Director |
Current |
| Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. LLC |
Board Director |
Current |
| Smurfit Kappa Group |
Board Director |
Current |
| Evanston Northwestern Healthcare |
Board Director |
Current |
| Packaging Corporation of America |
Director |
Current |
| First Chicago Venture Capital |
Vice President |
Former |
| The Dock, Inc. |
|
Former |
| Harvard Business School |
M.B.A |
Former |
| Brown University |
A.B |
Former |
Thomas S. Souleles, Managing Director - A.B., Princeton University; J.D., Harvard Law School; M.B.A., Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. Prior to joining MDP, Mr. Souleles was with Wasserstein Perella & Co., Inc. Mr. Souleles concentrates on investments in the basic industries sector and currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Forest Products Holdings, LLC (d.b.a. Boise Cascade), Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation, Magellan GP, LLC, Magellan Midstream Holdings GP, LLC, Packaging Corporation of America, US Power Generating Company, and the Children's Memorial Medical Center; and the Board of Trustees of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Greater Illinois Chapter.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Madison Dearborn Partners LLC |
Managing Director |
Current |
| Packaging Corporation of America |
Assistant Secretary |
Current |
| The Dock, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Boise Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| US Power Generating Company, LLC |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Madison Dearborn Partners LLC |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. LLC |
Director |
Current |
| Magellan Midstream Partner, L.P |
Director |
Current |
| Packaging Corporation of America |
Director |
Current |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
Director |
Current |
| Magellan Midstream Holdings, L.P. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Smurfit Kappa Group |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Smurfit Kappa Group |
Board Director |
Current |
| Packaging Corporation of America |
Vice President |
Former |
| Madison Dearborn Partners LLC |
Equity Sponsor |
Former |
| The Dock, Inc. |
|
Former |
| Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Harvard Business School |
M.B.A |
Former |
| Princeton University |
A.B |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Boise Cascade, LLC |
CEO |
Current |
| National Western |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Boise Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
Director |
Current |
| Boise Cascade, LLC |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
CEO |
Former |
William Kirsch chairs the firm's global Private Equity practice. He has over 25 years of experience representing private equity firms in complex acquisitions, divestitures and similar transactional matters. He also advises boards and special committees in change of control transactions, restructurings, government investigations, financial, regulatory and corporate governance issues. He has acted as lead counsel in the legal representation of hundreds of large and complex private equity transactions, including acquisitions of Boise Cascade Corporation and Jefferson Smurfit Group by Madison Dearborn Partners. Mr. Kirsch also led the corporate representation of the TWA bankruptcy and the Conseco bankruptcy. He has represented private equity clients such as Audax Group, Bain Capital, Bank of America Global Equity Group, CIVC Partners, Madison Dearborn Partners, Olympus Partners, Providence Equity Partners, Sun Capital Partners, Thomas H. Lee Company, Willis Stein & Partners and others. In addition, Mr. Kirsch plays an increasing role amongst his clients in the execution of their business strategy and key company initiatives, which in the case of Madison Dearborn Partners led to his appointment as General Counsel while he was a Partner at Kirkland & Ellis. And more recently, as the President and CEO of Conseco Inc., a Fortune 500 insurance company. From 1981 until 2004, Mr. Kirsch was with Kirkland & Ellis where he was elected a partner in 1987. He led the firm's private equity practice and served in various management capacities including as a member of the firm's management committee, chair of the compensation committee, co-chair of the finance committee, as well as other management roles. Mr. Kirsch serves on the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University, the Board of Directors of Children's Inner City Education Fund, Stanford Law School's Dean's Circle and its Board of Visitors and the Board of Directors of Boise Cascade LLC. He served as General Counsel of Madison Dearborn Partners from 1999 through 2004 and as a member of the Sun Capital Board of Advisors. Mr. Kirsch received his J.D. from Stanford University and his B.A. from Northwestern University. He is currently admitted to practice in the state of Illinois.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Paul Hastings |
Partner, Corporate Department |
Current |
| Stanford Law School |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Northwestern University |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Paul Hastings |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
Director |
Current |
| Conseco Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Washington National Insurance Co. |
CEO |
Former |
| Bankers Life & Casualty Company |
President & CEO |
Former |
| Conseco Inc. |
CEO |
Former |
| Conseco Inc. |
President |
Former |
| Conseco Inc. |
Executive Vice President |
Former |
| Kirkland & Ellis LLP |
managing partner |
Former |
| Boise Cascade, LLC |
Lead Counsel |
Former |
| Madison Dearborn Partners LLC |
General Counsel |
Former |
| Conseco Inc. |
General Counsel |
Former |
| Kirkland & Ellis LLP |
NA |
Former |
| Sun Capital Partners, Inc. |
|
Former |
| Providence Equity Partners Inc. |
|
Former |
| Bain Capital, LLC |
|
Former |
| Olympus Partners |
|
Former |
| CIVC Partners |
|
Former |
| Boise Cascade, LLC |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Kirkland & Ellis LLP |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Stanford University |
J.D. |
Former |
| Stanford University |
law degree |
Former |
| Northwestern University |
B.A. |
Former |
Zaid F. Alsikafi, Director - B.S., The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania; M.B.A., Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. Prior to joining MDP, Mr. Alsikafi was with Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the financial institutions group and with MDP as an Associate for two years. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Forest Products Holdings, L.L.C. (d.b.a. Boise Cascade), Univision Communications Inc., UPC Wind Management, LLC, and US Power Generating Company.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Madison Dearborn Partners LLC |
Vice President |
Current |
| Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. |
Director |
Current |
| US Power Generating Company, LLC |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Boise Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Madison Dearborn Partners LLC |
Associate |
Former |
| Goldman, Sachs & Co. |
Associate |
Former |
| Madison Dearborn Partners LLC |
Equity Sponsor |
Former |
| Harvard Business School |
M.B.A |
Former |
| Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania |
B.S |
Former |
| University of Pennsylvania |
B.S., The Wharton School |
Former |
| Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania |
BS |
Former |
| Harvard Business School |
NA |
Former |
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