People: Carriage Services Inc (CSV)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
Melvin Payne	69	1996	Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
L. William Heiligbrodt	70	2012	Vice Chairman of the Board, Principal Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, Secretary
George Klug	67	2002	Chief Information Officer, Senior Vice President - Information Systems
Viki Blinderman		2012	Chief Accounting Officer, Controller
David DeCarlo	66	2011	Lead Independent Director
Barry Fingerhut	66	2012	Independent Director
Donald Patteson	67	2011	Independent Director
Richard Scott	59	2009	Independent Director

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Biographies

Name	Description
Melvin Payne	Mr. Melvin C. Payne serves as Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of Carriage Services Inc. He is a management founder of Carriage, has been Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since December 1996, prior to which he was a Director and Chief Executive Officer since Carriage’s inception in 1991. Prior to co-founding Carriage, Mr. Payne spent ten years in the private company turnaround business involving numerous industries. Prior to his turnaround career, Mr. Payne spent ten years in the corporate lending business, initially with Prudential Insurance Company and later with Texas Commerce Bank in Houston. Mr. Payne’s diverse industry and financial experience coupled with his personal leadership and a founders vision for the company makes him qualified to serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors.
L. William Heiligbrodt	Mr. L. William Heiligbrodt is the Vice Chairman of the Board, Principal Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, Secretary of Carriage Services Inc. Mr. Heiligbrodt has served as the Company’s Vice Chairman of the Board, Executive Vice President and Secretary since September 2011. From February 2009 to September 2011, Mr. Heiligbrodt was an independent director of the Company. From February 2003 until his appointment on the Board, Mr. Heiligbrodt was a private investor and managing partner in a family business. From February 1999 to February 2003, he served as a consultant to Service Corporation International, a funeral services corporation (“SCI”). Mr. Heiligbrodt was the President and Chief Operating Officer of SCI until February 1999, and, prior to holding such positions, served in various management positions with SCI beginning in February 1990. Prior to joining SCI, Mr. Heiligbrodt served as President of Provident Services, Inc. from March 1988 to February 1990. Prior to that, he served for five years as Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of WEDGE Group Incorporated. Before Wedge Group Inc., Mr. Heiligbrodt served as Chairman of Texas Commerce Bank, Houston and Vice Chairman of Texas Commerce Bancshares, Inc. and as a director of both companies.
George Klug	Mr. George J. Klug serves as Chief Information Officer, Senior Vice President - Information Systems of Carriage Services Inc., since May 2002. Before joining Carriage, Mr. Klug served from 1997 to 2000 as Vice President of Information Technology at Allright Corporation, an owner operator of parking facilities both national and international. Prior to Allright, Mr. Klug served as Vice President of Information Technology for various retail companies including Oshmans (currently The Sports Authority, Inc.), Sports Town USA Inc., and Zaks Inc.
Viki Blinderman	Ms. Viki K. Blinderman is the Chief Accounting Officer, Controller of Carriage Services, Inc. Ms. Blinderman has served as the Controller for the Company since 2008 and prior to that, from 2005-2008, as the Assistant Controller.
David DeCarlo	Mr. David J. DeCarlo serves as Lead Independent Director of Carriage Services Inc. He was elected to Board in May 2011. He has had more than 24 years of experience in the death care industry, having served as an executive officer in various roles for Matthews International (“Matthews”), a worldwide supplier of death care products, including serving as President of the Bronze Division and Group President of the Memorialization Group. Mr. DeCarlo also served as a director of Matthews for 22 years. He retired from Matthews as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors in 2008. Before joining Matthews in 1985, Mr. DeCarlo held diverse management and executive roles in finance, manufacturing, operations, sales, marketing and management and information systems at several Fortune 500 companies. Mr. DeCarlo has an MBA in Finance, a Masters of Arts in Economics and Statistics, and a Ph.D. in Applied Economics and Finance (all but dissertation) from the Wharton School of Finance and University of Pennsylvania, as well as a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management from West Virginia University.
Barry Fingerhut	Mr. Barry K. Fingerhut serves as an Independent Director of Carriage Services Inc., since March 5, 2012. Mr. Fingerhut has been the Chief Executive Officer and majority equity owner of Certification Partners, LLC, a developer and global distributor of IT certification programs, since the fall of 2010. Prior to 2010, he focused much of his career in investing in small capitalization companies in the for-profit education and training, publishing, media, consumer services, hydrocarbon, investment and financial services industries. He served as President of GeoCapital, LLC from 1981 to 2004, following two years at First Manhattan Co. and four years as a Limited Partner, then as General Partner of Weiss, Peck & Greer. In 1992, he co-founded Wheatley Partners, a venture capital partnership, specializing in investments in new technologies and services. In 2004, he formed Fingerhut Management. In 2009, he co-founded The Caregiver Institute, LLC, formed to address the enormous challenges of aiding the work of home caregivers in the United States. Mr. Fingerhut also served on company's Board for the period from 1995 through 1999.
Donald Patteson	Mr. Donald D. Patteson, Jr., serves as an Independent Director of Carriage Services Inc., since August 10, 2011. He is the founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sovereign Business Forms, Inc. (“Sovereign”), a consolidator in the wholesale manufacturing of custom business forms and related products segment of the printing industry. Prior to founding Sovereign in August 1996, he served as Managing Director of Sovereign Capital Partners, an investment firm specializing in leveraged buyouts. Mr. Patteson also previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of WBC Holdings, Inc., a consolidator in the rent-to-own industry, and was President and Chief Executive Officer of Temple Marine Drilling, Inc./R.C. Chapman Drilling Co., Inc., a consolidation and workout subsidiary of GE Capital in the drilling industry. He was President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Temple Drilling and held various other executive and financial management positions in the offshore drilling industry. Mr. Patteson began his business career with Arthur Andersen’s management consulting practice. Mr. Patteson currently serves on the Board of Directors of Rosetta Resources, Inc. as a member of the Audit Committee and Chairman of the Compensation Committee.
Richard Scott	Mr. Richard W. Scott serves as an Independent Director of Carriage Services Inc., since 2009. Mr. Scott is a seasoned financial services executive with over thirty years of capital markets experience. Since January 2009, he has served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of Loews Corporation and from 2001 to 2008, was a senior executive in Insurance Portfolio Management, with AIG Investments including service as the Chief Investment Officer-Insurance Operations. His career has included executive and professional responsibility for all aspects of fixed income and insurance portfolio management on both domestic and global platforms, as well as experience as a mergers and acquisition and capital markets attorney.

Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
Melvin Payne	2,034,430
L. William Heiligbrodt	655,575
George Klug	577,850
Viki Blinderman	--
David DeCarlo	--
Barry Fingerhut	--
Donald Patteson	--
Richard Scott	--

As Of 30 Dec 2011

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
Melvin Payne	450,000	1,114,200
L. William Heiligbrodt	0	0
George Klug	58,750	27,480
Viki Blinderman	0	0
David DeCarlo	0	0
Barry Fingerhut	0	0
Donald Patteson	0	0
Richard Scott	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
ELLIOTT PAUL DONALD	3,000	$17.27
FINGERHUT BARRY K	2,638	$20.45
BLINDERMAN VIKI K	1,000	$20.39
FINGERHUT BARRY K	14,840	$20.41
PAYNE MELVIN C	2,905	$20.38
FINGERHUT BARRY K	23,840	$20.44
KLUG GEORGE J	802	$18.91
HEILIGBRODT L WILLIAM	6,914	$18.91
BRUCE MARK R	908	$18.91
PHILLIPS SHAWN R	870	$18.91
BLINDERMAN VIKI K	455	$18.91
PAYNE MELVIN C	13,537	$18.91
BRUCE MARK R	841	$18.20
PHILLIPS SHAWN R	836	$18.20
PAYNE MELVIN C	5,097	$18.20
KLUG GEORGE J	1,393	$18.20
BLINDERMAN VIKI K	545	$18.20
BRUCE MARK R	409	$14.02
PHILLIPS SHAWN R	1,582	$14.02
BLINDERMAN VIKI K	954	$14.02
DECARLO DAVID J	60,329	$0.00
HAIGLER CLIFFORD	1,000	$11.38
DECARLO DAVID J	60,329	$0.00
PAYNE MELVIN C	3,283	$5.70
DECARLO DAVID J	43,023	$0.00

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