1. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
DOUGLAS M. BAKER, JR. HANS VAN BYLEN JOHN J. CORKREAN
Chairman of the Board, President and Executive Vice President, Henkel KGaA Vice President and Treasurer
Chief Executive Officer, Ecolab Inc., (chemicals, household and personal care
TRACY J. CROCKER
Director since 2004 products and adhesives), Director since
Senior Vice President and General
2007
BARBARA J. BECK Manager Institutional North America
Executive Vice President, Manpower Inc. JOHN J. ZILLMER Hospitality, Healthcare and
(employment services industry), Director Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Commercial Business
since 2008, Compensation and Finance Allied Waste Industries, Inc. (solid waste
STEVEN L. FRITZE
Committees management), Director since 2006, Audit
Chief Financial Officer
and Governance Committees
LESLIE S. BILLER
ROBERT K. GIFFORD
Chief Executive Officer of Greendale
COMMUNICATIONS Senior Vice President –
Capital, LLC (private investment and
Global Supply Chain
WITH DIRECTORS
advisory firm), Director since 1997,
Compensation and Finance* Committees Stakeholders and other interested
THOMAS W. HANDLEY
parties, including our investors and
President Industrial & Services
RICHARD U. DE SCHUTTER employees, with substantive matters
North America Sector
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive requiring the attention of our board
Officer, DuPont Pharmaceutical Company (e.g., governance issues or potential MICHAEL A. HICKEY
(drug manufacturer), Director since accounting, control or auditing Senior Vice President –
2004, Audit and Governance Committees irregularities) may use the contact Global Business Development
information for our board located
JERRY A. GRUNDHOFER
PATRICIA A. JOHNSON
on our Web site at
Chairman Emeritus and retired Chairman
Vice President Tax and Public Affairs
www.ecolab.com/investor/governance
of the Board, US Bancorp (financial
services holding company), Director In addition to online communications, PHILLIP J. MASON
since 1999, Compensation* and Finance interested parties may direct President International Sector
Committees correspondence to our board at:
MICHAEL L. MEYER
Ecolab Inc.
STEFAN HAMELMANN Senior Vice President - Human Resources
Attn: Corporate Secretary
Member of the Shareholders’ Committee, 370 Wabasha Street North
JAMES A. MILLER
Henkel KGaA (chemicals, household and St. Paul, MN 55102
personal care products and adhesives), President Institutional
OTHER COMMUNICATIONS
Director since 2001, Finance Committee North America Sector
Matters not requiring the direct
JOEL W. JOHNSON JULIE L. MOORE
attention of our board – such as
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Vice President Marketing
employment inquiries, sales solicitations,
Officer, Hormel Foods Corporation (food questions about our products and other SUSAN K. NESTEGARD
products), Director since 1996, Audit* and such matters – should be submitted to Senior Vice President – Research,
Governance Committees the company’s management at our Development and Engineering and Chief
St. Paul headquarters, or online at
JERRY W. LEVIN Technical Officer 53
www.ecolab.com/contact/frmcontact.asp
Chariman of JW Levin Partners LLC
DANIEL J. SCHMECHEL
2007 ECOLAB ANNUAL REPORT
(private investment and advisory firm),
Senior Vice President and Controller
CORPORATE OFFICERS
Director since 1992, Compensation and
Governance* Committees
THOMAS W. SCHNACK
DOUGLAS M. BAKER, JR.
Executive Vice President and General
Chairman of the Board,
ROBERT L. LUMPKINS
Manager Food & Beverage and
President and Chief Executive Officer
Chairman of the Board, The Mosaic
Water Care North America
Company (crop and animal nutrition
CHRISTOPHE BECK
products and services), Director since
ROBERT P. TABB
Senior Vice President and General
1999, Audit and Governance Committees
Vice President and
Manager Institutional North America
Chief Information Officer
Full Service Restaurants
BETH M. PRITCHARD
Vice Chair of the Board, Dean & Deluca,
JAMES H. WHITE
LAWRENCE T. BELL
Inc. (gourmet and specialty foods),
President EMEA Sector
General Counsel and Secretary
Director since 2004, Compensation and
Finance Committees ANGELA M. BUSCH
Vice President – Corporate Development
KASPER RORSTED
Deputy Chairman Management Board, JAMES W. CHAMBERLAIN
Henkel KGaA (chemicals, household and Senior Vice President
personal care products and adhesives), Institutional North America Field Sales All product names appearing in the text of this
Director since 2005, Finance Committee Annual Report are the trademarks, brand names,
service marks or copyrights of Ecolab Inc., Kay
* Denotes Committee Chair Chemical Company or Ecolab GmbH & Co. OHG.