Directors

Last Updated (Friday, 12 June 2009 13:17)

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Our Board of Directors currently consists of seven members and is divided into three classes, with each director serving a three-year term and one class being elected at each year's annual meeting of stockholders. Mr. Robert W. Miller, Mr. Kevin J. Ryan and Mr. Samuel L. Westover, are in the class of directors whose term expires at the 2010 Annual Meeting. Mr. James M. Callahan and Mr. Craig L. McKnight are in the class of directors whose term expires at the 2011 Annual Meeting. Ms. Cherie Fuzzell and Mr. Lawrence C. Ward are in the class of directors whose term expires at the 2012 Annual Meeting. Directors are appointed by the Board and serve until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. There are no family relationships among any of our directors.

	Samuel L. Westover was appointed Chairman and CEO in May 2008. He had been President and CEO of the Company since October 2005. He has been a director since January 2002 and served as Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Compensation and Governance and Nominating Committees until his appointment as CEO in October 2005. From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Westover was President and CEO of CIGNA Dental and President of CIGNA HealthCare's Small Business Segment. Mr. Westover was CEO of two public companies and was the founding Chief Financial Officer of WellPoint, the largest health insurer in the U.S. In connection with the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics, Mr. Westover was Special Assistant to the Governor of Utah and established an independent economic development task force. He also received a gubernatorial appointment to serve as Chairman of the Public Education Job Enhancement Committee, providing scholarships and financial assistance to facilitate advanced education of high school teachers in math and science. Mr. Westover earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Brigham Young University.
	James M. Callahan has been a Director on the Board since October, 2004. He joined Johnson & Johnson’s Vistakon disposable contact lens business in 1997 and served as President of the U.S. business and subsequently President of the Global Franchise. Prior to his retirement in January 2003, Jim was appointed to the Board of Vision Web, an optical industry e-commerce consortium. He also serves on the Board of a private company, ABB Concise Optical Group LLC, a distributor of optical products. Mr. Callahan serves as a member of the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee.
	Cherie M. Fuzzell was elected to the Board in December 2006. She is CEO of FirstView Financial, Inc. Prior to joining First View Financial she was General Counsel of Nanoventions, Inc. Prior to joining Nanoventions, Ms. Fuzzell was Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel for NOVA Information Systems, Inc. She brings extensive mergers and acquisition experience, having been Vice President of Mergers and Acquisitions for Magellan Health Services and a member of the international law firm of Jones Day. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Commerce and Business Administration from the University of Alabama and a law degree from Vanderbilt University School of Law. Ms. Fuzzell serves as Chairman of the Compensation Committee and is a member of the Stock Committee.
	Craig L. McKnight was elected to the Board in October 2005. He was Chief Financial Officer of Centura Health from September 2004 to June 2006. From 1999 to 2004, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hillcrest Healthcare System. From 1995 to 1999, Mr. McKnight was employed by Magellan Health Care Services as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He was a partner with Coopers & Lybrand from 1985 to 1995 and previously was a partner with KMG Main Hurdman. He serves as Chairman of the Principles and Practices Committee of the Healthcare Financial Management Association and is on the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Healthcare Audit and Accounting Guide Task Force. Mr. McKnight earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Brigham Young University. Mr. McKnight serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee and is a member of the Governance and Nominating Committee.
	Robert W. Miller was elected to the Board in December 2006. He practiced health law in Atlanta for over 30 years and retired from Atlanta-based King & Spalding in 1998. He is a past president of the American Academy of Healthcare Attorneys. He is an adjunct professor of law at Emory University’s School of Law, where he has taught health law, bioethics and regulation of healthcare providers. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Health Life Sciences Law. He previously served as a director of Magellan Health Services, Inc., OrthAlliance, Inc. and Paracelsus Healthcare Corporation. He presently is a director of QuadraMed Corporation (NASDAQ), a hospital software company, and of Grady Memorial Hospital. Mr. Miller earned a bachelor’s degree in history from The University of Georgia and a law degree from Yale Law School. He is Chair of the Governance and Nominating Committee and a member of the Audit Committee.
	Kevin J. Ryan has been a director since May 2000. He served as Executive Chairman of the Board from January 2002 to December 2003 and as Chairman of the Board from January 2004 to October 2005. Mr. Ryan was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Wesley Jessen Vision Care, Inc., a manufacturer of contact lenses, from 1995 until its acquisition by Novartis in 2001. Prior to that, Mr. Ryan was president of Biosource Technologies, Inc., a bio-pharmaceutical company, from 1991 to 1995. Mr. Ryan earned a bachelor’s degree in business and marketing from Notre Dame University. Mr. Ryan is a member of the Compensation Committee.
	Lawrence C. Ward has been a Director since 2001. He has been an independent operations and management consultant for manufacturing and engineering companies since 2002. He was Corporate Vice President Worldwide Manufacturing Operations of Applied Materials Corporation from October 1998 to October 2001. Prior to that, he was President North American Region of Walbro Corporation from February 1998 to September 1998, and Senior Vice President Operations and President Airbag and Seat Belt Division of Breed Technologies, Inc. from November 1997 to February 1998. Mr. Ward earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from California Polytechnic State University and a master's degree in mechanical engineering from Santa Clara University. Mr. Ward serves as a member of the Governance and Nominating Committee and is a member of the Stock Committee.