DIRECTORS

Jeffrey W. Green
Chairman of the Board
Hutchinson Technology Inc.
Director since 1965
Competitive Excellence Committee

Wayne M. Fortun
President and Chief Executive Officer
Hutchinson Technology Inc.
Director since 1983

W. Thomas Brunberg
Chairman
Brunberg Blatt and Company, Inc.
(Accounting Firm)
Director since 1975
Audit Committee

Archibald Cox, Jr.
Chairman
Sextant Group, Inc.
(Financial Advisory Firm)
Director since 1996
Compensation Committee
Competitive Excellence Committee

Russell Huffer
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer
Apogee Enterprises, Inc.
(Manufacturing)
Director since 1999
Audit Committee
Competitive Excellence Committee

William T. Monahan
Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer
Novelis,Inc.
(Manufacturing)
Director since 2000
Compensation Committee
Governance and Nominating Committee

Richard B. Solum
Retired Partner
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
(Law Firm)
Director since 1999
Compensation Committee
Governance and Nominating Committee

Thomas R. VerHage
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Donaldson Company,Inc.
(Manufacturing)
Director since 2006
Audit Committee
Governance and Nominating Committee

OFFICERS

Jeffrey W. Green
Chairman of the Board
Joined HTCH in 1965

Wayne M. Fortun
President and Chief Executive Officer
Joined HTCH in 1975

John A. Ingleman
Sr. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Joined HTCH in 1977

Peggy Steif Abram
Secretary
Faegre & Benson LLP
Appointed in 2003

Rebecca A. Albrecht
Vice President of Human Resources
Joined HTCH in 1983

Ruth N. Bauer
Treasurer
Joined HTCH in 1985

Kevin D. Bjork
Vice President of Quality
Joined HTCH in 1982

Richard G. Fiedler
Vice President of Engineering
Disk Drive Components Division
Joined HTCH in 1989

Beatrice A. Graczyk
Vice President of Business Development
Joined HTCH in 1970

Peter J. Ollmann
Vice President of Operations
Disk Drive Components Division
Joined HTCH in 1987

Richard J. Penn
Sr. Vice President and President
Disk Drive Components Division
Joined HTCH in 1981

David P.Radloff
Vice President of Corporate Finance
Joined HTCH in 1986

R. Scott Schaefer
Vice President and Chief Technical Officer
Joined HTCH in 1979

Kathleen S. Skarvan
Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Disk Drive Components Division
Joined HTCH in 1980

Christina M. Temperante
Vice President and President
BioMeasurement Division
Joined HTCH in 2001