The document lists the board of directors and corporate officers of Ecolab Inc. It provides names, titles, and brief descriptions of experience and committee memberships for each member of the board of directors, which includes the CEO, retired executives from other companies, and CEOs of other corporations. It also lists the names and titles of Ecolab's corporate officers.

1. directors officers
Board of Corporate
Leslie S. Biller Allan L. Schuman
Retired Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer, Wells Fargo & Company Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
(diversified financial services), Director since 1997, Compensation*
Douglas M. Baker Jr.
and Governance Committees
President and Chief Operating Officer
Jerry A. Grundhofer
Lawrence T. Bell
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Bancorp
Senior Vice President – Law, General Counsel and Secretary
(financial services holding company), Director since 1999, Compensation
and Governance Committees John G. Forsythe
Senior Vice President – Public Affairs and Chief Tax Officer
Stefan Hamelmann
Member of the Shareholders’ Committee, Henkel KGaA Steven L. Fritze
(chemicals, household and personal care products and adhesives), Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Director since 2001, Governance Committee
Diana D. Lewis
James J. Howard Senior Vice President – Human Resources
Chairman Emeritus, Xcel Energy Inc. (electric and natural gas energy
Michael C. McCormick
company), Director since 1991, Audit* and Finance Committees
Vice President – Corporate Development
William L. Jews
James A. Miller
President and Chief Executive Officer, CareFirst, Inc.
Vice President and General Manager – Institutional
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(health care service holding company), Director since 1999,
Audit and Finance* Committees Douglas A. Milroy
Vice President and General Manager – Food & Beverage North America
Joel W. Johnson
and Water Care
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Hormel Foods Corporation (food products), Director since 1996, Susan K. Nestegard
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Audit and Compensation Committees Vice President – Research, Development and Engineering
ECOLAB
and Chief Technical Officer
Jochen Krautter
Chief Financial Officer, Henkel KGaA Maurizio Nisita
(chemicals, household and personal care products and adhesives), Senior Vice President – Global Operations
Director since 2002, Finance Committee
Daniel J. Schmechel
Ulrich Lehner Vice President and Controller
President and Chief Executive Officer, Henkel KGaA
C. William Snedeker
(chemicals, household and personal care products and adhesives),
Senior Vice President – Global Pest Elimination
Director since 2001, Finance and Governance Committees
John P. Spooner
Jerry W. Levin
President – International
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, American Household, Inc.
(household consumer products), Director since 1992, Mark D. Vangsgard
Compensation and Governance* Committees Vice President and Treasurer
Robert L. Lumpkins
Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer, Cargill, Inc.
(agricultural, food, financial and industrial products), Director since 1999,
Audit and Finance Committees
Allan L. Schuman
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Ecolab Inc.,
Director since 1991
*Denotes Committee Chair