People: AeroGrow International, Inc. (AERO.OB)

AERO.OB on OTC BB

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9 Feb 2010
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Walker, Jack 74 2010 Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
Clarke, H. MacGregor 48 2009 Chief Financial Officer, Director
Wolfe, J. Michael 51 2010 Chief Operating Officer
Thompson, John 48 2010 Senior Vice President - Sales and Marketing
Perkins, Jervis 54 2010 Director
Dingman, Michael 55 2008 Director
Barish, Michael 2009 Director
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Biographies

Name Description
Walker, Jack Jack J. Walker is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of AeroGrow International, Inc. He is Director since the February 23, 2006 annual meeting of shareholders, and became Chairman as of July 23, 2008. He is the Managing Member of Walker Enterprises LLLP, a real estate investment and development company, since 2000. He is on the Board of Pathogen Systems, Inc and Modern Hotels Limited. He is an English Solicitor and began his career in 1956 in London, England. In 1968 he founded English & Continental Property Company, and served as Joint Managing Director of this commercial property development company, which operated in Europe with over 200 staff, until its sale to the Post Office Pension Fund in 1973. From 1973 he controlled several English listed companies, including Charles Spreckly Industries, Town & Commercial Properties and Associated Development Holdings, with worldwide interests and over 3,500 employees. Mr. Walker served as a director of supermarket group Megafoods Stores, Inc from 1987 to 1993, and was CFO for part of that time. Mr. Walker created the Walker Foundation for Charitable Activities in England, and serves as a director of various civic and charitable organizations.
Clarke, H. MacGregor H. MacGregor Clarke is Chief Financial Officer, Director of AeroGrow International, Inc. He is Chief Financial Officer on May 23, 2008. From 2007 to 2008, Mr. Clarke was president and chief executive officer, and from 2006 to 2007, chief financial officer, of Ankmar, LLC, a garage door manufacturer, distributor and installer. From 2003 to 2006, Mr. Clarke was a senior investment banker with FMI Corporation, a management consulting and investment banking firm serving the building and construction industry. At FMI Corporation, Mr. Clarke was responsible for delivering consulting and investment banking services to clients, and for marketing to prospective clients in the financial services industry. From 1997 to 2002, Mr. Clarke served as an operating group chief financial officer, then vice president and general manager for Johns Manville Corporation, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Mr. Clarke also served as vice president, corporate treasurer, and international division chief financial officer for The Coleman Company, Inc. Prior to Coleman, Mr. Clarke was with PepsiCo, Inc. for over nine years and served in a range of financial roles, including director of corporate strategic planning, where he led strategy and planning related to the worldwide beverage sector.
Wolfe, J. Michael Mr. J. Michael Wolfe serves as Chief Operating Officer of AeroGrow International Inc. He has been AeroGrow’s Vice President of Operations since joining the Company in April 2006, and also General Manager of AeroGrow’s Direct Response division since August 2008. Prior to joining AeroGrow, Mr. Wolfe was an independent consultant from 2004 to 2006. He served as President of Concepts Direct, Inc. from 1992 to 2004, where he oversaw the development, launch and operations of seven catalogs including the successful Colorful Images, Snoopy, Etc. and Linda Anderson brands.
Thompson, John Mr. John K. Thompson serves as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing of AeroGrow International Inc. He joined AeroGrow in 2002 and has served in a variety of senior management positions at the Company, including his most recent position as Vice President of Marketing, which he assumed in October 2009. Mr. Thompson also served as the Company’s International Division General Manager and Vice President of Investor Relations, and was instrumental in the research activities up to the development and launch of the Company’s AeroGarden product line. Prior to joining AeroGrow, Mr. Thompson was Director of Marketing for Productivity Point International, a direct marketing and direct sales company, and Sales and Marketing Manager for CareerTrack, a direct marketing company that sold personal and professional growth products to the consumer and commercial markets.
Perkins, Jervis Jervis B. Perkins serves as Director of AeroGrow International, Inc. He was was President, Chief Executive Officer of the company. He is Chief Executive Officer and a Director of AeroGrow since March 2008, and President and Chief Operating Officer since November 2007. From January 2003 to May 2006, Mr. Perkins served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Johnson Outdoors, Inc., a publicly-traded global manufacturer of outdoor recreation products with revenue of approximately $400 million per year. At Johnson Outdoors, Mr. Perkins was directly responsible for all aspects of sales, marketing, product development, manufacturing, and distribution. From 1995 to 2003, Mr. Perkins served as Executive Vice President and General Manager at Brunswick Corporation, a consumer brands company. Prior to Brunswick, Mr. Perkins worked at Quaker Oats for 17 years, serving in a variety of general management and senior marketing roles.
Dingman, Michael Michael D. Dingman, Jr. is Director of AeroGrow International, Inc. since July 2, 2008. Dingman served as Chief Investment Administration Officer for Spencer Trask & Co, a venture capital firm based in New York City, from April 2008 through March 2009, where he was responsible for restructurings, recapitalizations, and the development and implementation of strategies to enhance the value and liquidity of individual portfolio companies. From June 2006 to July 2007, Mr. Dingman was chief financial officer of Local Matters, Inc., a pre-IPO software and media services company supporting yellow pages and delivery assistance providers, where he was responsible for the financial and capital markets strategies, budgeting, and forecasting. From September 2000 until April 2006, Mr. Dingman served as the chief financial officer of Intrado Inc., a provider of 911 information services and systems to telecommunications companies, where he was responsible for budgeting, forecasting, investor relations, capital market and financial strategy development and all aspects of the accounting/financial reporting functions. Prior to joining Intrado, from March 1999 to August 2000, Mr. Dingman was the chief financial officer and treasurer of Internet Commerce and Communication (formerly RMI NET, Inc.). Mr. Dingman's prior work experience includes five years of banking in merger and acquisitions with Lazard Freres in New York during the late 1980s, three years as an independent consultant specializing in debt restructuring and workouts during the early 1990s, and five years as an investment advisor specializing in corporate retirement plans and high-net-worth accounts.
Barish, Michael Michael S. Barish is the Director of AeroGrow International, Inc. since July 8, 2009. He co-founded Lazarus Investment Partners LLLP, a private investment partnership focused on microcap stocks, in 2003, and served as the fund's Chief Investment Officer until his retirement on June 30, 2009. In 1973, Mr. Barish founded Cambiar Investors and grew the firm's assets from less than $1 million in 1973 to over $2.3 billion upon his retirement in 2001.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total
Walker, Jack --
Clarke, H. MacGregor 296,747
Wolfe, J. Michael --
Thompson, John --
Perkins, Jervis 370,223
Dingman, Michael --
Barish, Michael --
As Of 30 Mar 2009

Options Compensation

Name Options Value
Walker, Jack 0 0
Clarke, H. MacGregor 0 0
Wolfe, J. Michael 0 0
Thompson, John 0 0
Perkins, Jervis 0 0
Dingman, Michael 0 0
Barish, Michael 0 0

Insider Trading

Name Shares Traded Price
WALKER JACK JONAS 20,000 $0.14
WALKER JACK JONAS 2,000 $0.16
WALKER JACK JONAS 3,000 $0.15
WALKER JACK JONAS 4,000 $0.15
LAZARUS INV PTNRS L L L P 10,000 $0.15
LAZARUS INV PTNRS L L L P 5,000 $0.18
LAZARUS INV PTNRS L L L P 45,049 $0.14
CHANNER DENNIS ELDON 15,600 $0.20
CHANNER DENNIS ELDON 1,400 $0.21
WALKER JACK JONAS 1,550 $0.95
WALKER JACK JONAS 2,300 $0.93
WALKER JACK JONAS 100 $0.97
WALKER JACK JONAS 400 $0.94
WALKER JACK JONAS 650 $0.98
WALKER JACK JONAS 200 $1.57
WALKER JACK JONAS 700 $1.58
WALKER JACK JONAS 100 $1.55
WALKER JACK JONAS 2,400 $1.67
WALKER JACK JONAS 200 $1.60
SEFFREN RANDAL 5,000 $1.60
WALKER JACK JONAS 1,400 $1.59
RUBIN MITCHELL B 125 $1.95
RUBIN MITCHELL B 4,775 $1.91
RUBIN MITCHELL B 100 $1.96
WALKER JACK JONAS 10,000 $2.01
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