The document lists the Board of Directors and Officers of Ecolab Inc. as of 2000. The Board of Directors includes executives from various companies in industries such as financial services, insurance, food products, and chemicals. The Officers section provides names and titles of Ecolab's senior leadership, including the Chairman and CEO, presidents, vice presidents leading various sectors and departments.

1. Board of Directors Officers
Leslie S. Biller Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer, Allan L. Schuman
Wells Fargo & Company (diversified financial services), Director Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
since 1997, Compensation* and Governance Committees
Bruno Deschamps
Ruth S. Block Retired Executive Vice President and Chief Insurance President and Chief Operating Officer
Officer, The Equitable (insurance and investment products), Director
Douglas M. Baker Jr.
since 1985, Audit and Finance* Committees
Senior Vice President – Institutional Sector
Jerry A. Grundhofer President and Chief Executive Officer,
Lawrence T. Bell
U.S. Bancorp (financial services holding company), Director since
Senior Vice President – Law and General Counsel
1999, Compensation and Governance Committees
Alan P. Blumenfeld
Stefan Hamelmann Member of the Shareholders’ Committee, Henkel
Vice President and Chief Information Officer
KGaA (chemicals, household and personal care products and adhe-
sives), Director since 2001, Finance and Governance Committees Peter D'Almada
Executive Vice President – Global Accounts
James J. Howard Chairman of the Board, Xcel Energy Inc. (electric
and natural gas energy company), Director since 1991, Audit* and John G. Forsythe
Finance Committees Vice President – Tax and Public Affairs
William L. Jews President and Chief Executive Officer, CareFirst, Inc. Steven L. Fritze
(not-for-profit health care service holding company), Director since Vice President and Controller
1999, Audit and Finance Committees
Arthur E. Henningsen Jr.
Joel W. Johnson Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Senior Vice President and Chief Planning Officer
Executive Officer, Hormel Foods Corporation (food products),
Kenneth A. Iverson
Director since 1996, Audit and Compensation Committees
Vice President and Secretary
Ulrich Lehner President and Chief Executive Officer, Henkel KGaA
Diana D. Lewis
(chemicals, household and personal care products and adhesives),
Senior Vice President – Human Resources
Director since 2001, Finance and Governance Committees
Richard L. Marcantonio
Jerry W. Levin Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Sunbeam
Executive Vice President – Industrial and Service Sectors
Corporation (household consumer products), Director since 1992,
Compensation and Governance* Committees William A. Mathison
Senior Vice President – Global Industrial Accounts
Robert L. Lumpkins Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of
Cargill, Incorporated (agricultural, food, financial and industrial L. White Matthews III
products), Director since 1999, Audit and Finance Committees Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
L. White Matthews III Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Douglas A. Milroy
Officer, Ecolab Inc., Director since 2000, Finance Committee Vice President and General Manager – Food & Beverage
North America
Allan L. Schuman Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer,
Ecolab Inc., Director since 1991, Governance Committee Maurizio Nisita
Senior Vice President – Global Operations
Hugo Uyterhoeven Timken Professor of Business Administration
Emeritus, Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard Daniel J. Schmechel
University, Director since 1992, Audit and Compensation Vice President and Treasurer
Committees
Mary J. Schumacher
Ecolab 2000 Annual Report
Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer
*Committee Chair
C. William Snedeker
Vice President and General Manager – Pest Elimination
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