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Kathleen M. Bader
Director Since 2004
R. Kerry Clark
Director Since 2003
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positions in Dow’s global and North American operations, before becoming Chairman, President
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Cargill Incorporated, in February 2004. She assumed the position of President and Chief Executive
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Dow. Ms. Bader previously served as a director of Tyson Foods, Inc., from 2011 to 2015. She also
served for seven years on President Bush’s Homeland Security Advisory Council.
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provider of services supporting the health care industry. He joined Cardinal Health in April 2006
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September 2009. Prior to joining Cardinal Health he was Vice Chairman of the Board, P&G Family
Health, and a director of The Procter and Gamble Company, which markets consumer products in
over 140 countries, from 2002-2006. He joined Procter and Gamble in 1974 and served in various
key executive positions before becoming Vice Chairman of the Board in 2002, and held that position
until leaving the company in April 2006. Mr. Clark became a director of General Mills, Inc. in 2009, a
director of Avnet, Inc. in 2012 and a director of Anthem, Inc. in 2014. He is also a director of Hauser
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marketing and business development
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