Class A Board of Directors
Term Expires - 2009
Name, Age,
Principal Occupation,
Business Experience
& Other Directorships
Director Since
Henry W. Knueppel
Age: 58
Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer, employed with the Company since 1979. Executive Vice President 1987-2002. COO 2002-2005. President 2002-2005.
1987
 
Dean A. Foate
Age: 47
Director, CEO and President of Plexus Corporation since 2002; served as Chief Operating Officer of Plexus Corporation from 2001-2002.
2005
 
Class B Board of Directors
Term Expires - 2007
Principal Occupation,
Business Experience
& Other Directorships
Director Since
Christopher L. Doerr
Age: 56
Co-CEO Passage Partners, LLC; Former President and Co-CEO, LEESON Electric Corporation; Director, Fischer Scientific International.
2003
G. Frederick Kasten, Jr.
Age: 67
Retired Chairman and Director, Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc.
1995
Curtis W. Stoelting
Age: 45
CEO, RC2 Corporation since 2003. Employed with RC2 since 1994. COO 2000-2003. Executive Vice President 1998-2003.
2005
Mark J. Gliebe
Age: 46
President and Chief Operating Officer, Regal Beloit Corporation since 2005. Vice President and President of the Electric Motors Group, 2005. General Electric, General Manager from 2000-2004.
2007
 
Class C Board of Directors
Term Expires - 2008
Principal Occupation,
Business Experience
& Other Directorships
Director Since
     
Thomas J. Fischer
Age: 58
Corporate Financial and Accounting Consultant. Formerly, Arthur Andersen LLP - Milwaukee office: retired Managing Partner. Director, Badger Meter Inc., Actuant Corporation, and Wisconsin Energy Corporation.
2004
skornicka
Carol N. Skornicka
Age: 64
Sr. Vice President-Corporate Affairs, Secretary and General Counsel of Midwest Air Group, a holding Company for MidWest Airlines. Employed with Midwest since 1996; Director of Johnson Financial Group, Inc.
2006
sachdev
Rakesh Sachdev
Age: 51
Sr. Vice President and President of Asia Pacific, ArvinMeritor, Inc. Employed with ArvinMeritor since 1999.
2007
RBC Officers
Job Title
Business Experience and Principle Occupation
Henry W. Knueppel
Age: 58
Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer
Elected Chairman in April 2006; elected Chief Executive Officer April 2005; served as President from April 2002 to December 2005 and Chief Operating Officer from April 2002 to April 2005; served as Executive Vice President from 1987 to April 2002; joined the Company in 1979.
 
Mark J. Gliebe
Age: 46
President and Chief Operating Officer
Elected President and Chief Operating Officer in December 2005.  Joined the Company in January 2005 as Vice President and President – Electric Motors Group, following our acquisition of the HVAC motors and capacitors businesses from GE; previously employed by GE as the General Manager of GE Motors & Controls in the GE Consumer & Industrial business unit from June 2000 to December 2004.
David A. Barta
Age: 44
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Joined the Company in June 2004 and was elected Vice President, Chief Financial Officer in July 2004.  Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Barta served in several financial management positions for Newell Rubbermaid Inc. from 1995 to June 2004, serving most recently as Chief Financial Officer Levolor/Kirsch Division.  His prior positions during this time included Vice President – Group Controller Corporate Key Accounts, Vice President – Group Controller Rubbermaid Group and Vice President Investor Relations.
Paul J. Jones
Age: 36  
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Joined the Company in September 2006 and was elected Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary in September 2006.  Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Jones was a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP where he worked since 1998. 
terry colvin
Terry Colvin
Age: 51
Vice President, Corporate Human Resources
Joined the Company in September 2006 and was elected Vice President Corporate Human Resources in January 2007.  Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Colvin was Vice President of Human Resources for Stereotaxis Corporation from 2005 to 2006.  From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Colvin was a Plant Operations consultant.  In 2003 and prior, Mr. Colvin served in several human resources positions for Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, serving most recently as Vice President of Human Resources from 1995 to 2003.