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Mary Sue Coleman, Ph.D. Independent Director Member of Audit Committee         Member of Science & Technology Committee
President, University of Michigan
Elected 2003

Dr. Coleman was elected to the Board of Directors in 2003 and is a member of the Audit Committee and the Science & Technology Advisory Committee. She has served as President of the University of Michigan since August 2002, after having served as President of the University of Iowa from 1995 to July 2002. In addition to her current position as President, Dr. Coleman is a professor of biological chemistry in the University of Michigan Medical School and a professor of chemistry in the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science and the Arts. Prior to 1995, Dr. Coleman served as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of New Mexico, Vice Chancellor for Graduate Studies & Research and Associate Provost and Dean of Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a member of the biochemistry faculty and an administrator at the Cancer Center of the University of Kentucky in Lexington. Elected to the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine in 1997, Dr. Coleman is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Coleman is a Trustee of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Gerald R. Ford Foundation. Having served as President of two of the nation's largest and most prestigious public universities and having a long and decorated career in the sciences, Dr. Coleman brings to the Company's Board a unique point of view regarding organizational management and academic research vital to a company competing in science-based industries.

Other Public Company Board Service: Meredith Corporation (1997 to present).

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Other Public Company Board Service: Meredith Corpo

James G. Cullen Independent Director Committee Chair for Audit Committee   Member of Finance Committee Member of Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee    
Retired President and Chief Operating Officer, Bell Atlantic Corporation
Bell Atlantic Corporation
Elected 1995

Mr. Cullen was elected to the Board of Directors in 1995 and is the Presiding Director of the Board, Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Cullen retired as President and Chief Operating Officer of Bell Atlantic Corporation (communications) in 2000. He had assumed those positions in 1998, after having been Vice Chairman since 1995 and, prior to that, President since 1993. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of Bell Atlantic-New Jersey, Inc. from 1989 to 1993. He is a Director of Eisenhower Medical Center. With years of demonstrated managerial ability as CEO and COO of a large telecommunications company, and as the current independent, non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Agilent Technologies, Inc. and NeuStar, Inc., Mr. Cullen brings to the Company's Board a wealth of knowledge of organizational and operational management as well as board leadership experience essential to a large public company.

Other Public Company Board Service: Agilent Technologies, Inc. (2000 to present; Non-Executive Chairman since 2005), NeuStar, Inc. (2005 to present; Non-Executive Chairman since 2010), Prudential Financial, Inc. (2001 to present).

Ian E. L. Davis Independent Director Member of Audit Committee       Member of Public Policy Committee  
Senior Advisor, Apax Partners; Former Chairman and Worldwide Managing Director, McKinsey & Company

Mr. Davis was appointed to the Board of Directors in July 2010 and is a member of the Audit Committee and the Public Policy Advisory Committee. Mr. Davis is currently a Senior Advisor at Apax Partners, a private equity advisory firm. Mr. Davis retired from McKinsey & Company (management consulting) in 2010 as a Senior Partner, having served as Chairman and Worldwide Managing Director from 2003 until 2009. In his more than 30 years at McKinsey, he served as a consultant to a range of global organizations across the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. Prior to becoming Chairman and Worldwide Managing Director, he was Managing Partner of McKinsey's practice in the United Kingdom and Ireland. His experience includes oversight for McKinsey clients and services in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, as well as an expertise in the consumer products and retail industries. Mr. Davis is a Director of Teach for All, a global network of independent social enterprises working to expand educational opportunities in their nations; a non-executive Director of global energy group, BP plc.; a non-executive member of the UK's Cabinet Office Board and serves on the International Advisory Committee of the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Centre. Having served as Chairman and Worldwide Managing Director of one of the world's leading management consulting firms, and as a consultant to a range of global organizations across the public, private and not-for-profit sectors, Mr. Davis brings considerable global experience, management insight and business knowledge to the Company's Board.

Other Public Company Board Service: BP plc (2010 to present).

Michael M.E. Johns, M.D. Independent Director   Member of Compensation & Benefits Committee       Member of Science & Technology Committee
Chancellor, Emory University
Elected 2005

Dr. Johns was elected to the Board of Directors in 2005 and is a member of the Compensation & Benefits Committee and the Science & Technology Advisory Committee. He has served since October 2007 as Chancellor of Emory University. From 1996 to 2007, Dr. Johns served as Executive Vice President for Health Affairs and Chief Executive Officer of the Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center of Emory University. As the Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, he oversaw Emory University's widespread academic and clinical programs in health sciences and led strategic planning initiatives for both patient care and research. In addition, from 1996 to 2007, he served as the Chairman of the Board of Emory Healthcare, the largest health care system in Georgia. From 1990 to 1996, Dr. Johns served as Dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Vice President of the Medical Faculty at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Johns is Past Chair of the Council of Teaching Hospitals, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the Institute of Medicine. He is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and chairs the Publication Committee of the journal Academic Medicine. Having served in numerous senior leadership positions at some of the nation's most prestigious academic institutions, hospitals and health care systems, Dr. Johns provides a valuable combination of experience at the highest levels of both patient care and medical research, as well as organizational management skills and public health policy expertise, making him an integral board member of a company in the health care industry.

Other Public Company Board Service: AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (2008 to present), Genuine Parts Company (2000 to present).

Susan L. Lindquist, Ph.D. Independent Director         Member of Public Policy Committee Member of Science & Technology Committee
Member and Former Director, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research; Professor of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Elected 2004

Dr. Lindquist was elected to the Board of Directors in 2004 and is a member of the Science & Technology Advisory Committee and the Public Policy Advisory Committee. She is a member of the Whitehead Institute, a non-profit, independent research and educational institution, a Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Dr. Lindquist served as Director of the Whitehead Institute from 2001 to 2004. Previously she was affiliated with the University of Chicago where she was the Albert D. Lasker Professor of Medical Sciences in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology. Dr. Lindquist was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1996, the National Academy of Sciences in 1997, the American Philosophical Society in 2003 and the Institute of Medicine in 2006. She received the Novartis/Drew Award for Biomedical Research in 2000, the Dickson Prize in Medicine in 2002, the Sigma Xi William Procter Prize for Academic Achievement in 2006, the Nevada Silver Medal for Scientific Achievement in 2007, the Genetics Society of America Medal and the Centennial Medal of the Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in 2008. In 2010, she received the Mendel Medal from the Genetics Society (UK), The Delbrück Medal from Bayer Schering, and the National Medal of Science (USA). She is a member of the Scientific Advisory Boards of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research and the Institut für Molekulare Biotechnologie GmbH. She is also a Co-Founder of FoldRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a subsidiary of Pfizer Inc. From her long and decorated career in scientific research and her global reputation as a pioneer in biomedical innovation, Dr. Lindquist brings to the Company's Board an incomparable perspective on the intersection of academic and commercial medical research critical to a company in the health care industry.

Other Public Company Board Service: None.

Anne M. Mulcahy Independent Director   Member of Compensation & Benefits Committee   Member of Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee    
Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Xerox Corporation

Ms. Mulcahy was appointed to the Board of Directors in 2009 and is a member of the Compensation & Benefits Committee and the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee. Ms. Mulcahy was both Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Xerox Corporation (business equipment and services) until July 2009, when she retired as CEO after eight years in the position. Prior to serving as CEO, Ms. Mulcahy was President and Chief Operating Officer of Xerox. She has also served as President of Xerox's General Markets Operations, which created and sold products for reseller, dealer and retail channels. During a career at Xerox that began in 1976, Ms. Mulcahy also served as Vice President for Human Resources with responsibility for compensation, benefits, human resource strategy, labor relations, management development and employee training; and Vice President and Staff Officer for Customer Operations, covering South America and Central America, Europe, Asia and Africa, and China. Ms. Mulcahy has been a U.S. Board Chair of Save the Children since March 2010. Having served as Chairman and CEO of a large, global manufacturing and services company with one of the world's most recognized brands and track record for innovation, Ms. Mulcahy presents valuable insight into organizational and operational management issues crucial to a large public company, as well as a strong reputation for leadership in business innovation and talent development.

Other Public Company Board Service: Target Corporation (1997 to present), The Washington Post Company (2008 to present)

Recent Past Public Company Board Service: Citigroup Inc. (2004 to 2009), Federal National Mortgage Association (2000-2004), Xerox Corporation (2000 to 2010)

Leo F. Mullin Independent Director Member of Audit Committee       Committee Chair for Public Policy Committee  
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Elected 1999

Mr. Mullin was elected to the Board of Directors in 1999 and is a member of the Audit Committee and Chairman of the Public Policy Advisory Committee. Mr. Mullin currently serves as a Senior Advisor, on a part-time basis, to Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, a private equity fund group. Mr. Mullin retired as Chief Executive Officer of Delta Air Lines, Inc. in December 2003 and Chairman in April 2004, after having served as Chief Executive Officer of Delta since 1997 and Chairman since 1999. Mr. Mullin was Vice Chairman of Unicom Corporation and its principal subsidiary, Commonwealth Edison Company, from 1995 to 1997. He was an executive of First Chicago Corporation from 1981 to 1995, serving as that company's President and Chief Operating Officer from 1993 to 1995, and as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American National Bank, a subsidiary of First Chicago Corporation, from 1991 to 1993. He is a Board member and immediate past Board Chairman of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and served as interim Chief Executive Officer of JDRF from July through December 2008. Mr.Mullin's depth and breadth of exposure to complex issues from having served as Chairman and CEO of one of the nation's largest airlines, and his long and distinguished career in the banking industry, make him a skilled advisor who provides critical insight into organizational and operational management, global business and financial matters.

Other Public Company Board Service: ACE Limited (2007 to present), Education Management Corporation (2009 to present).

Recent Past Public Company Board Service: Bell South Corporation (1998 to 2006), Delta Air Lines, Inc. (1997 to 2004; Executive Chairman 1999 to 2004)

William D. Perez Independent Director   Member of Compensation & Benefits Committee   Committee Chair for Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee    
Senior Advisor, Greenhill & Co., Inc.; Retired President and Chief Executive Officer, Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
Elected 2007

Mr. Perez was elected to the Board of Directors in 2007 and is Chairman of the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee and a member of the Compensation & Benefits Committee. Mr. Perez is currently a Senior Advisor at Greenhill & Co., Inc., (investment banking). Mr. Perez served as President and Chief Executive Officer for the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company (confectionary and chewing gum) from 2006 to 2008. Before joining Wrigley, Mr. Perez served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Nike, Inc. Previously, he spent 34 years with S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., including eight years as its President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Perez is a Trustee for Cornell University and Northwestern Memorial Hospital. With his experience as CEO of several large, consumer-focused companies across a wide variety of industries, Mr. Perez contributes to the Company's Board significant organizational and operational management skills, combined with a wealth of experience in global, consumer-oriented businesses vital to a large public company in the consumer products space.

Other Public Company Board Service: Campbell Soup Company (2009 to present), Whirlpool Corporation (2009 to present)

Recent Past Public Company Board Service: Kellogg Company (2000 to 2006), Nike, Inc. (2004 to 2006), Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company (2006 to 2008)

Charles Prince Independent Director   Committee Chair for Compensation & Benefits Committee   Member of Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee    
Senior Counselor, Albright Capital Management LLC; Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Citigroup Inc.
Elected 2006

Mr. Prince was elected to the Board of Directors in 2006 and is Chairman of the Compensation & Benefits Committee and a member of the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Prince is currently a Senior Counselor for Albright Capital Management LLC, a Washington, D.C., based investment firm. Mr. Prince served as Chief Executive Officer of Citigroup Inc. (financial services) from 2003 to 2007 and as Chairman from 2006 to 2007. Previously he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Citigroup's Global Corporate and Investment Bank from 2002 to 2003, Chief Operating Officer from 2001 to 2002, and Chief Administrative Officer from 2000 to 2001. Mr. Prince began his career as an attorney at U.S. Steel Corporation in 1975, and in 1979 joined Commercial Credit Company (a predecessor company to Citigroup) where he held various management positions until 1995, when he was named Executive Vice President. Mr. Prince is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and The Business Council. Having served as Chairman and CEO of the nation's largest and most diversified financial institution, Mr. Prince brings to the Company's Board a strong mix of organizational and operational management skills combined with well-developed legal, global business and financial acumen critical to a large public company.

Other Public Company Board Service: Xerox Corporation (2008 to present)

Recent Past Public Company Board Service: Citigroup Inc. (2003 to 2007; Executive Chairman 2006 to 2007)

David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D. Independent Director         Member of Public Policy Committee Committee Chair for Science & Technology Committee
Director, Center of Excellence on Health Disparities, Director, Satcher Health Leadership Institute and Poussaint-Satcher-Cosby Chair in Mental Health, Morehouse School of Medicine
Morehouse School of Medicine
Elected 2002

Dr. Satcher was elected to the Board of Directors in 2002 and is Chairman of the Science & Technology Advisory Committee and a member of the Public Policy Advisory Committee. Dr. Satcher assumed his current post at Morehouse School of Medicine in 2004 and served as the School's Interim President from 2004 until 2006 and Director of the School's National Center for Primary Care from 2002 through 2004. In 2002, Dr. Satcher completed his four-year term as the 16th Surgeon General of the United States. He also served as the U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health from 1998 to 2001. From 1993 to 1998, Dr. Satcher served as Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Dr. Satcher served as President of Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee from 1982 to 1993. Dr. Satcher is a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Preventive Medicine and the American College of Physicians. He has received numerous honorary degrees and awards, including the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Award for Humanitarian Contributions to the Health of Humankind, the New York Academy of Medicine Lifetime Achievement Award and the National Association of Mental Illness Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Satcher serves on the boards of Action for Healthy Kids, Community Foundation of Greater Atlanta, Kaiser Family Foundation, Save the Children and the United Way of Atlanta. With his long and decorated career in the field of public health policy, including service as Surgeon General of the United States, as well as his valuable experience in medical academia and patient care, Dr. Satcher provides unparalleled experience and vision for a company in the health care industry.

Other Public Company Board Service: MetLife, Inc. (2007 to present).

William C. Weldon Chairman of the Board     Committee Chair for Finance Committee      
Chairman, Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer; Chairman, Executive Committee
Johnson & Johnson
Elected 2001

Mr. Weldon was elected to the Board of Directors and named Vice Chairman of the Board in 2001 and assumed his current responsibilities in 2002. Mr. Weldon joined the Company in 1971, and served in several sales, marketing and international management positions before becoming President of the Company's affiliate, Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. in 1992 and Company Group Chairman of Ethicon Endo-Surgery in 1995. He was appointed to the Executive Committee and named Worldwide Chairman, Pharmaceuticals Group, in 1998. Mr. Weldon is a member of The Business Council, the Business Roundtable, the Executive Committee of the Health Leadership Council, and the Sullivan Alliance to Transform America's Health Profession. He is a Trustee of Quinnipiac University and serves on the Liberty Science Center Chairman's Advisory Council. Mr.Weldon also serves as Chairman of the CEO Roundtable on Cancer. Having started his career at the Company in 1971 and been promoted to positions of increasing responsibility across business segments, culminating with his appointment as Chairman/CEO in 2002, Mr. Weldon brings vast knowledge of the Company's business, structure, history and culture to the Board and the Chairman position. Mr. Weldon continues to be one of the longest-tenured and most well-respected CEOs in the healthcare industry.

Other Public Company Board Service: J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (2005 to present)

Ronald A. Williams Independent Director   Member of Compensation & Benefits Committee     Member of Public Policy Committee  
Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Aetna Inc.
Elected 2011

Mr. Williams joined the Board of Directors in June 2011 and is a member of the Compensation & Benefits Committee and the Public Policy Advisory Committee. Mr. Williams served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Aetna Inc. (managed care and health insurance) from 2006 to 2010, and as Chairman from 2010 until his retirement in April 2011. He currently serves on President Obama's Management Advisory Board, which is helping to bring the best of business practices to the management and operation of federal government. He is also an advisor to the private equity firm, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC, and serves as Chairman of the board of Emergency Medical Services Corporation, a leading provider of facility-based physician services and medical transportation services in the U.S. In addition, Mr. Williams lends his time and expertise to a number of organizations, such as the International Federation of Health Plans, GE Healthymagination Advisory Committee, and the Wall Street Journal CEO Council. He also serves on the boards of the Peterson Institute for International Economics and Save the Children. Previously, he served as chairman of the Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare from 2007-2010 and vice chairman of The Business Council from 2008 to 2010. With his long and distinguished career in the health care industry – from his experience leading one of Fortune's Most Admired health care companies to his career-long role as an advocate for meaningful health care reform—Mr. Williams provides the Company's Board with an exceptional combination of operational management expertise and insight into both public health care policy and the health care industry critical to a large public company in the health care industry.

Other Public Company Board Service: The Boeing Company (2010 to present); American Express Company (2007 to present)

Recent Past Public Company Board Service: Lucent Technologies, Inc. (2003 to 2006)

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