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Board of Directors Basil L. Anderson1,2,6 Vice Chairman–Staples, Inc. Henry P. Becton, Jr. 2,5,6 President–WGBH Educational Foundation Edward F. DeGraan1,2,4,7 Vice Chairman–Gillette Procter & Gamble Company Edward J. Ludwig5 Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer–BD Gary A. Mecklenburg1,4,7 President and Chief Executive Officer Northwestern Memorial HealthCare James F. Orr1,2,5 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer– Convergys Corporation Willard J. Overlock, Jr. 2,5,6 Retired Partner–Goldman, Sachs & Co. James E. Perrella 3,4,5,7 Retired Chairman of the Board– Ingersoll-Rand Company Bertram L. Scott1,3,4,7 Executive Vice President of TIAA-CREF, and President and Chief Executive Officer  of TIAA-CREF Life Insurance Company Alfred Sommer, M.D., M.H.S.3,6 Professor of International Health, Epidemiology and Ophthalmology– Johns Hopkins University Schools of Public Health and Medicine Margaretha af Ugglas3,4,7 Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden Committees appointed by the Board of Directors 1 - Audit Committee 2 - Compensation and Benefits Committee 3 - Corporate Affairs Committee 4 - Corporate Governance and Nominating      Committee 5 - Executive Committee 6 - Finance Committee 7 - Qualified Legal Compliance Committee Pictured above left to right are: front row, Bertram L. Scott, Gary A. Mecklenburg, Edward F. DeGraan; middle row, Margaretha af Ugglas, Edward J. Ludwig, Henry P. Becton, Jr., Basil L. Anderson; back row, Alfred Sommer, M.D., M.H.S., James E. Perrella, Willard J. Overlock, Jr. and James F. Orr