People: Continental Materials Corp (CUO)

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23 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

James Gidwitz

65 1983 Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer

Joseph Sum

64 2004 Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Treasurer

Mark Nichter

61 1993 Secretary, Corporate Controller

Betsy Gidwitz

71 1996 Director

Ralph Gidwitz

76 1984 Director

Ronald Gidwitz

67 1974 Director

William Andrews

64 2004 Independent Director

Thomas Carmody

65 1994 Independent Director

Theodore Tetzlaff

68 1981 Independent Director

Peter Thieriot

69 2001 Independent Director

Darrell Trent

72 1997 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

James Gidwitz

Mr. James G. Gidwitz is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of Continental Materials Corp. He has served on the Board since 1978. He has served as the Chairman of the Board and its Chief Executive Officer since 1983. Mr. Gidwitz also serves on the Boards of several non-profit institutions involved in such diverse activities as medical research and political analysis. Mr. Gidwitz served as Chairman of the Endowment Committee of The Hotchkiss School where he continues to serve on the Committee. Mr. Gidwitz also formerly served on the Board of the Hoover Institution, an organization associated with Stanford University.

Joseph Sum

Mr. Joseph J. Sum is Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Treasurer of Continental Materials Corp. He has been an officer of the Company since 1978. Mr. Sum has been Vice President and Treasurer of the Company since 1988. Mr. Sum previously served as Assistant Treasurer of the Company from 1978 through August 1988, Controller from 1979 through January 1989 and Secretary from 1983 through February 1993.

Mark Nichter

Mr. Mark S. Nichter is Secretary, Corporate Controller of Continental Materials Corp. Mr. Nichter has been an officer of the Company since 1989. Mr. Nichter has served as the Company’s Secretary since 1993 and Corporate Controller since 1989.

Betsy Gidwitz

Ms. Betsy R. Gidwitz is Director of Continental Materials Corp., since 1996. She is retired having previously been an instructor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology until 1992. Ms. Gidwitz was involved on a leadership level in a number of community organizations while in Boston and continues to be similarly engaged in community organizations in the Chicago area.

Ralph Gidwitz

Mr. Ralph W. Gidwitz is Director of Continental Materials Corp., since 1984. Mr. Gidwitz is retired having previously started Capital Results LLC, a financial consulting company, for which he also served as the Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer until 2009. Mr. Gidwitz has also served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of a private company engaged in manufacturing. Mr. Gidwitz currently serves on the Board of Trustees for a local college as well as serving as its Treasurer and Chairman of its Finance and Investment Committees. He also serves as a Director for three community associations and is a Governor for a Chicago cultural group.

Ronald Gidwitz

Mr. Ronald J. Gidwitz is Director of Continental Materials Corp., since 1974. Mr. Gidwitz is currently a partner in GCG Partners, a strategic consulting and equity capital firm he co-founded in 1998. Mr. Gidwitz served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Unilever HPC Helene Curtis Business Unit from 1996 to 1998. Prior to that, Mr. Gidwitz served as President (since 1979) and Chief Executive Officer (since 1985) and member of the Board of Directors of Helene Curtis, a Fortune 500 consumer products company. Before being appointed President, Mr. Gidwitz held a number of positions within the company, with responsibilities ranging from sales to manufacturing. Mr. Gidwitz currently serves as a director on the Board of Kapstone Paper and Packaging Corporation, a publicly traded company as well as serving on the Board of numerous non-profit organizations including Rush University Medical Center, the Museum of Science and Industry and the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Mr. Gidwitz has also been appointed to various state and Chicago boards, commission and chambers. In addition, in 2006 Mr. Gidwitz was a candidate for Governor of the State of Illinois.

William Andrews

Mr. William D. Andrews is Independent Director of Continental Materials Corp. He is is retired and has served on the Board since 2004. Mr. Andrews previously served as a Senior Vice President and the Executive Vice President of Fixed Income for Stein, Roe and Farnham, an investment management firm during the period from 1986 to 2002. Mr. Andrews has served on numerous Boards of non-profit organizations and private companies involved in a variety of activities.

Thomas Carmody

Mr. Thomas H. Carmody is Independent Director of Continental Materials Corp. Mr. Carmody is the Chief Executive Officer of Summit International, LLC, a sports marketing and distribution company he founded in 1999. He has also served as the Chairman of the Board of Ameridream, a charitable organization providing housing down payment assistance for qualifying individuals, since 2003. Mr. Carmody has also served as Vice President of U.S. Operations and Vice President of the Sports Division of a publicly traded footwear, apparel and fitness company.

Theodore Tetzlaff

Mr. Theodore R. Tetzlaff is Independent Director of Continental Materials Corp., since 1981. Mr. Tetzlaff is an attorney at law. He was previously of counsel to the law firm of Ungaretti & Harris LLP. from 2005 to 2012. He has also been a partner at other law firms where he served as the Managing Partner of one firm’s Chicago office and as a member of another firm’s Executive Committee. He served as General Counsel of Tenneco, Inc., a publicly traded oil and gas company from 1992 to 1999 and General Counsel for Peoples Energy Corporation, a publicly traded diversified energy company from 2003 to 2006. Mr. Tetzlaff has also served as Chairman of the Board of a Chicago civic organization.

Peter Thieriot

Mr. Peter E. Thieriot is Independent Director of Continental Materials Corp., since 2001. He is currently the General Manager of EMR Land Co., a privately owned land and livestock company. He has served in that capacity since 2006. He previously served in the same capacity for the predecessor company, Elk Mountain Ranch Company, LLC, from 1993 to 2006. Mr. Thieriot possesses diverse experience having served in numerous capacities for The Chronicle Publishing Company (The Chronicle). His roles have included President, Vice President, Publisher and Station Manager for newspapers and television stations owned by The Chronicle. Over the years, Mr. Thieriot has served as a director or trustee for numerous cultural, civic and other types of non-profit organizations as well as serving as a director of The Chronicle from 1977 to 1993.

Darrell Trent

Mr. Darrell M. Trent is Independent Director of Continental Materials Corp., since 1997. Mr. Trent has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Acton Development Company, Inc., a privately held real estate development and property management company since 1988. Mr. Trent was also Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Clean Earth Technologies, Inc., an environmental management venture from 1992 to 1994. Mr. Trent took a leave of absence for part of 2003 to serve as a volunteer with the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq. Mr. Trent, a former U.S. Undersecretary of Transportation, was in Iraq to oversee the recreation of Iraq’s Ministry of Transportation.

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