People: Monsanto Company (MON)
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant, Hugh | 51 | 2003 | Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer |
| Casale, Carl | 48 | 2009 | Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President |
| Fraley, Robert | 56 | 2000 | Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer |
| Mizell, Steven | 49 | 2007 | Executive Vice President - Human Resources |
| Leidy, Mark | 53 | 2003 | Executive Vice President - Manufacturing |
| Steiner, Gerald | 49 | 2008 | Executive Vice President - Sustainability & Corporate Affairs |
| Begemann, Brett | 48 | 2009 | Executive Vice President - Seeds & Traits |
| Snively, David | 55 | 2006 | Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary |
| Holloway, Janet | 55 | 2007 | Senior Vice President, Chief of Staff and Community Relations |
| Ringenberg, Nicole | 48 | 2009 | Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer, Controller |
| Hartley, Tom | 50 | 2008 | Vice President, Treasurer |
| Foster, Scarlett | 52 | 2005 | Vice President - Investor Relations |
| Preete, Kerry | 49 | 2009 | Vice President - Crop Protection |
| Madere, Consuelo | 48 | 2009 | Vice President - Vegetable Business |
| AtLee, Frank | 69 | 2003 | Director |
| McMillan, C. Steven | 64 | 2000 | Director |
| King, Gwendolyn | 69 | 2001 | Director |
| Stevens, Robert | 58 | 2002 | Director |
| Poste, George | 65 | 2003 | Director |
| Bachmann, John | 71 | 2004 | Director |
| Parfet, William | 63 | 2000 | Director |
| Harper, Arthur | 54 | 2006 | Director |
| Fields, Janice | 54 | 2008 | Director |
| Chicoine, David | 62 | 2009 | Director |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Grant, Hugh | Mr. Hugh Grant serves as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Monsanto Company. He is Chairman of the Board of Monsanto Company since October 2003; President and Chief Executive Officer of Monsanto Company since May 2003; Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Monsanto Company, 2000-2003; Co-President, Agricultural Sector, Former Monsanto Company, 1998-2000. Director: PPG Industries, Inc. |
| Casale, Carl | Mr. Carl Casale has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Monsanto Company effective Sept. 1, 2009. He has served as Executive Vice President - Strategy & Operations of Monsanto Company since October 2007. He has been Vice President, North America of Monsanto Company from June 2000 to June 2003 and Executive Vice President, North America Commercial of Monsanto Company from June 2003 to October 2007. Mr. Casale holds a Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural economics from Oregon State University and a Master of Business Administration from Washington University. He grew up on a family farm in Oregon, which still operates today, and began his career as a sales representative in Walla Walla, Washington. |
| Fraley, Robert | Dr. Robert Fraley has been served as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Monsanto Company since August 2000. He is a Fellows of University of California, San Francisco, he received Ph.D in microbiology/biochemistry from University of Illinois and a Bachelor of Science from University of Illinois. |
| Mizell, Steven | Mr. Steven Mizell has been served as Executive Vice President, Human Resources of Monsanto Company since August 2007. He served as Senior Vice President and Chief Corporate Resources Officer — Advance PCS from August 2001 to March 2004 and Senior Vice President, Human Resources of Monsanto Company from March 2004 to August 2007. |
| Leidy, Mark | Mr. Mark Leidy has been served as Vice President, Manufacturing of Monsanto Company from 2001to June 2003 and Executive Vice President-Manufacturing of Monsanto Company since June 2003. He received B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from University of Michigan and Executive M.B.A. degree, University of Iowa. |
| Steiner, Gerald | Mr. Gerald Steiner has been served as Executive Vice President - Sustainability & Corporate Affairs of Monsanto Company since December 2008. He was Executive Vice President - Commercial Acceptance of Monsanto Company since June 2003. He served as Vice President, Strategy of Monsanto Company from to June 2003. He received MBA from Washington University and B.S. from University of Wisconsin. |
| Begemann, Brett | Mr. Brett Begemann has been Executive Vice President - Seeds & Traits of Monsanto Company since October 2009. He was Executive Vice President - Global Commercial of Monsanto Company since October 2007. He was Executive Vice President, International Commercial of Monsanto Company from June 2003 to October 2007. |
| Snively, David | Mr. David Snively has been served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Monsanto Company since september 2006. He was Associate General Counsel, Litigation of Monsanto Company from 2000 to 2004 and Deputy General Counsel, Core Functions of Monsanto Company from 2004 to september 2006. |
| Holloway, Janet | Ms. Janet Holloway is Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff & Community Relations of Monsanto Company since October 2007. She served as Vice President and Chief Information Officer - Responsible for Human Resources of Monsanto Company from June 2003 to April 2004 and Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Monsanto Company from April 2004 to April 2005. He was Vice President and Chief of Staff of Monsanto Company from April 2005 to October 2007. She received B.S. degree in Mathematics from Augusta College and a M.S. degree in Computer Science from Washington University in St. Louis. |
| Ringenberg, Nicole | Ms. Nicole Ringenberg serves as Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer, Controller of Monsanto Company effective December 7, 2009. She served as Vice President - Finance, Seeds & Traits of Monsanto Company since October 2009. She was Vice President - Finance & Operations, Global Commercial of Monsanto Company since October 2007. She was International Finance Lead of Monsanto Company from July 2003 to July 2004 and Asia Pacific Business Lead of Monsanto Company from August 2004 to December 2006. She served as Vice President, Finance of Monsanto Company from January 2007 to October 2007. She received Bachelor of Science from the University of Michigan and Masters in International Business from the University of South Carolina. |
| Hartley, Tom | Mr. Tom D. Hartley has been appointed as Vice President and Treasurer of Monsanto Company, effective December 8, 2008. Most recently, Hartley was Director, International Finance for the company. He joined Monsanto's predecessor in January 1992 and has had broad finance experience supporting Monsanto's commercial business and technology organizations. Hartley also has experience in the company's controllership, treasury, financial reporting and accounting departments. Prior to joining Monsanto, he was a Manager with Deloitte & Touche, LLP. Hartley holds B.S. and M.B.A. degrees from Duke University. He is also a Certified Public Accountant. |
| Foster, Scarlett | Ms. Scarlett Lee Foster served as Vice President - Investor Relations of Monsanto Company since August 2005. She was Director, Public Affairs of Monsanto Company from 2000 to 2001 and Director, Investor Relations of Monsanto Company from January 2001 to August 2005. She received MBA from Washington University, St. Louis and a B.A. degree from Bethany College, Bethany, W.Va. |
| Preete, Kerry | Mr. Kerry Preete is Vice President - Crop Protection of Monsanto Company since October 2009. He was Vice President, International Commercial of Monsanto Company since June 2008. He was President of Seminis, Monsanto’s Vegetable Seed Division from 2005 to June 2008 and Vice President of Monsanto Company from 2003 to 2005. He was U.S. Markets Lead of Monsanto Company from 2001 to 2003. He holds Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Saskatchewan, Master of Business Administration from Washington University. |
| Madere, Consuelo | Consuelo E. Madere serves as Vice President - Vegetable Business of Monsanto Company since October 2009. President, Monsanto Dairy Business — Monsanto Company, 2/04-8/05; General Manager, Europe-Africa — Monsanto Company, 8/05-7/08; President, Vegetable Seeds Division — Monsanto Company, 7/08-10/09. |
| AtLee, Frank | Mr. Frank V. AtLee served as Chairman of the Board of Monsanto Company, 2000-2003; Interim president and chief executive officer, Monsanto Company, December 2002-May 2003; Chair, Advisory Committee, Arizona Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, 2002-2004; President of American Cyanamid Company, a major pharmaceutical company, 1993-January 1995; Chairman of Cyanamid International, 1993-January 1995. |
| McMillan, C. Steven | Mr. C. Steven McMillan serves as Director of Monsanto Company. He has served as Chairman of the Board of Sara Lee Corporation, a global consumer packaged goods company, October 2001-October 2005; Chief Executive Officer of Sara Lee Corporation, July 2000-February 2005; President and Chief Operating Officer, Sara Lee Corporation, 2000-2004; President of Sara Lee Corporation 1997-2000. |
| King, Gwendolyn | Ms. Gwendolyn S. King serves as Director of Monsanto Company. He is President, Podium Prose, a speaker’s bureau and speechwriting service founded in 2000; Founding Partner, The Directors’ Council, a corporate board search firm, October 2003-May 2005; Senior Vice President, Corporate and Public Affairs, PECO Energy Company (now Exelon), a diversified utility company, 1992-1998; Commissioner, Social Security Administration, 1989-1992. Director: Lockheed Martin Corporation and Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. |
| Stevens, Robert | Mr. Robert J. Stevens serves as Director of Monsanto Company. He is Chairman of the Board of Lockheed Martin Corporation, a high technology aerospace and defense company, since April 2005; President and Chief Executive Officer of Lockheed Martin Corporation since August 2004; President and Chief Operating Officer of Lockheed Martin Corporation, October 2000-August 2004; Chief Financial Officer of Lockheed Martin Corporation, 1999-2001; Vice President Strategic Development of Lockheed Martin Corporation, 1998-1999; President and Chief Operating Officer of the former Lockheed Martin Energy and Environmental Sector, 1998-1999. Director: Lockheed Martin Corporation. |
| Poste, George | Mr. George H. Poste Ph.D. serves as Director of Monsanto Company. He has been Chief Executive of Health Technology Networks, a consulting group specializing in the application of genomics technologies and computing in healthcare, since 1999; Chief Scientist, Complex Adaptive Systems Initiative since March 2009; Director of the Biodesign Institute, a combination of research groups at Arizona State University, May 2003-March 2009; Chief Science and Technology Officer and Director, SmithKline Beecham, 1992-1999. Director: Exelixis, Inc. and Caris Holdings. |
| Bachmann, John | Mr. John W. Bachmann serves as Director of Monsanto Company. He is a Senior Partner of Edward Jones, a major financial firm, since 2004; Managing Partner, Edward Jones, 1980-2004. Director: AMR Corporation. |
| Parfet, William | Mr. William U. Parfet serves as Director of Monsanto Company. He has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MPI Research, Inc., a pre-clinical toxicology research laboratory, since 1999; Co-Chairman of MPI Research, LLC, 1995-1999. Director: Stryker Corporation and Taubman Centers, Inc. |
| Harper, Arthur | Mr. Arthur H. Harper serves as Director of Monsanto Company. He is managing partner of GenNx360 Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on business-to-business companies. He served as president and chief executive officer — Equipment Services Division, General Electric Corporation from 2002 to 2005 and executive vice president — GE Capital Services, General Electric Corporation from 2001 to 2002. Mr. Harper was elected to the Monsanto board in October 2006 and is a member of the Public Policy and Corporate Responsibility Committee and the Science and Technology Committee. He also serves on the board of Gannett Co., Inc. |
| Fields, Janice | Ms. Janice L. Fields is Director of Monsanto Company. Ms. Fields is president and chief executive officer of McDonald’s USA, LLC, a subsidiary of McDonald’s Corporation, the world’s global foodservice retailer. She served as executive vice president and chief operating officer, McDonald’s USA from 2006 to 2010 and president, McDonald’s USA for more than 30 years. Ms. Fields was elected to the Monsanto board in April 2008 and is a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, the Public Policy and Corporate Responsibility Committee and of the Science and Technology Committee. |
| Chicoine, David | Dr. David L. Chicoine, Ph.D., is Director of Monsanto Company. Dr. Chicoine is currently president of South Dakota State University (SDSU) in Brookings, South Dakota. Dr. Chicoine is also a nationally recognized economist, specializing in public finance, taxation and rural economies. Prior to joining SDSU in 2007, Dr. Chicoine held various positions of increasing responsibility with the University of Illinois, most recently as Vice President for Technology and Economic Development. His higher education administrative experience at the University of Illinois also includes service as Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Dean of the College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the Urbana-Champaign campus. |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
| Grant, Hugh | 9,133,840 |
| Casale, Carl | 3,532,680 |
| Fraley, Robert | 5,194,480 |
| Mizell, Steven | -- |
| Leidy, Mark | 3,906,780 |
| Steiner, Gerald | -- |
| Begemann, Brett | 3,149,090 |
| Snively, David | -- |
| Holloway, Janet | -- |
| Ringenberg, Nicole | -- |
| Hartley, Tom | -- |
| Foster, Scarlett | -- |
| Preete, Kerry | -- |
| Madere, Consuelo | -- |
| AtLee, Frank | 474,368 |
| McMillan, C. Steven | -- |
| King, Gwendolyn | -- |
| Stevens, Robert | -- |
| Poste, George | -- |
| Bachmann, John | -- |
| Parfet, William | -- |
| Harper, Arthur | -- |
| Fields, Janice | -- |
| Chicoine, David | -- |
As Of 30 Aug 2009
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Grant, Hugh | 1,842,480 | 61,418,100 |
| Casale, Carl | 424,030 | 16,840,040 |
| Fraley, Robert | 490,732 | 17,469,853 |
| Mizell, Steven | 0 | 0 |
| Leidy, Mark | 14,980 | 703,651 |
| Steiner, Gerald | 0 | 0 |
| Begemann, Brett | 74,782 | 6,542,370 |
| Snively, David | 0 | 0 |
| Holloway, Janet | 0 | 0 |
| Ringenberg, Nicole | 0 | 0 |
| Hartley, Tom | 0 | 0 |
| Foster, Scarlett | 0 | 0 |
| Preete, Kerry | 0 | 0 |
| Madere, Consuelo | 0 | 0 |
| AtLee, Frank | 160,000 | 1,423,150 |
| McMillan, C. Steven | 0 | 0 |
| King, Gwendolyn | 0 | 0 |
| Stevens, Robert | 0 | 0 |
| Poste, George | 0 | 0 |
| Bachmann, John | 0 | 0 |
| Parfet, William | 0 | 0 |
| Harper, Arthur | 0 | 0 |
| Fields, Janice | 0 | 0 |
| Chicoine, David | 0 | 0 |
| Name | Shares Traded | Price |
|---|---|---|
| KING GWENDOLYN S | 110 | $75.88 |
| POSTE GEORGE H | 80 | $75.88 |
| FIELDS JANICE L | 16 | $75.88 |
| HARPER ARTHUR H | 17 | $75.88 |
| MCMILLAN CHARLES STEVEN | 140 | $75.88 |
| STEVENS ROBERT J | 127 | $75.88 |
| ATLEE FRANK V III | 213 | $75.88 |
| BACHMANN JOHN W | 93 | $75.88 |
| PARFET WILLIAM U | 140 | $75.88 |
| CHICOINE DAVID L | 6 | $75.88 |
| MIZELL STEVEN C | 2,950 | $82.00 |
| MADERE CONSUELO E | 2,645 | $81.58 |
| CLARK RICHARD B | 2,019 | $81.16 |
| MADERE CONSUELO E | 5,420 | $8.07 |
| MADERE CONSUELO E | 1,414 | $81.53 |
| FRALEY ROBERT T | 10,000 | $87.00 |
| FRALEY ROBERT T | 10,000 | $44.06 |
| FRALEY ROBERT T | 10,000 | $44.06 |
| FRALEY ROBERT T | 10,000 | $85.00 |
| FRALEY ROBERT T | 300 | $0.00 |
| CLARK RICHARD B | 400 | $0.00 |
| STEINER GERALD A | 12,770 | $80.20 |
| STEINER GERALD A | 12,770 | $44.06 |
| FRALEY ROBERT T | 55,110 | $79.31 |
| FRALEY ROBERT T | 40,110 | $29.22 |





