Spartan Motors Inc.

John Sztykiel has nearly two decades years of management experience at Spartan Motors. He began his career at SMI as director of marketing for the Company’s diversified products group before being promoted to executive vice president and then to vice president of sales. He served as the Company’s president and chief operating officer for 10 years, leading Spartan through one of its most dynamic periods of growth.

James W. Knapp (age 63) has been the Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer since July 2002. He was appointed Senior Vice President in July 2004 and appointed as Chief Compliance Officer in August 2008. Mr. Knapp, a certified public accountant, has a background that includes more than three decades in finance, operations and information systems. Prior to joining Spartan Motors, he served as Chief Financial Officer of G&T Industries, a privately held manufacturing and distribution firm, from 1997 to January 2002. He was an independent consultant from January 2002 through June 2002. He also served for eight years with Smiths Industries, a publicly traded London-based manufacturer of aerospace, medical and industrial products, in the positions of Vice President of Finance and Information Technology for North American Aerospace and, earlier, Vice President of Finance and Administration for the Grand Rapids, Michigan division. Additionally, he spent 10 years in finance and operations with Herman Miller, Inc., a publicly traded office furniture manufacturer.

Charles Nihart, a certified public accountant, has been a director since 1984. He established the accounting firm of Nihart and Nihart, P.C., in 1972. The Lansing offices of Nihart and Nihart merged with Maner, Costerison and Ellis, P.C., C.P.A., on January 1, 1989. He is currently affiliated with the firm on a consulting basis, and is also the former owner and President of AARO Rentals, Inc., a Lansing-based rental company of heavy-duty equipment that he sold in 2000.

Appointed chairman in 2002, David Wilson brings more than three decades of experience in the automotive and commercial vehicle industries to the Spartan board, which he joined in 1996. Wilson currently serves as an independent consultant to the automotive industry. He spent more than 10 years as vice president of Volvo GM Heavy Duty Truck Corporation after serving as general manager of field operations for Mercedes Benz of North America.

Attorney George Tesseris has served on the Spartan Motors board of directors since 1984. George has been a practicing partner with the law firm of Tesseris P.C. since 1981. From 1972 to 1981, He was a partner in the law firm of Church, Wyble, Kritselis and Tesseris.

Ken Kaczmarek brings nearly four decades of automotive and heavy-truck industry experience to the Spartan board, which he joined in 2003. Prior to Spartan, Kaczmarek was an independent consultant to the automotive industry. Kaczmarek was the president and chief operations officer of Volvo Truck Finance and spent 13 years as the chief financial officer and executive vice president of finance of Volvo GM Heavy Truck Corporation.

Richard R. Current (age 64) was appointed to the Board of Directors in 2008. Since November 1999, Mr. Current has served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Neogen Corporation. In 2007, he was given the