People: Oil-Dri Corporation of America (ODC)
ODC on New York Consolidated
27.50USD
17 May 2013
27.50USD
17 May 2013
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Volume
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6,227
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
Richard Jaffee |
76 | 1997 | Chairman of the Board |
Daniel Jaffee |
48 | 1997 | President, Chief Executive Officer, Director |
Joseph Miller |
70 | 1995 | Vice Chairman of the Board |
Daniel Smith |
53 | 2012 | Chief Financial Officer, Vice President |
Douglas Graham |
49 | 2011 | Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary |
Thierry Jean |
42 | 2012 | Vice President, General Manager - Consumer Packaged Goods |
Thomas Cofsky |
52 | 2011 | Vice President - Manufacturing |
Michael Nemeroff |
49 | 2006 | Director |
Lawrence Washow |
2013 | Director | |
J. Steven Cole |
78 | 1981 | Independent Director |
Allan Selig |
78 | 1969 | Independent Director |
Paul Suckow |
65 | 2005 | Independent Director |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
Richard Jaffee |
Mr. Richard M. Jaffee is Chairman of the Board of Oil- Dri Corporation of America. Mr. Jaffee received a degree from the University of Wisconsin School of Business in 1957. He received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 2001. He earned his CPA certificate from the State of Illinois in 1957 and worked briefly for the public accounting firm of Touche Niven, et al. After service as an officer in the United States Army, he joined the Company in 1958, becoming its president in 1960, a position he held until 1995. He served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company from 1962 until 1997. Mr. Jaffee retired as an employee of the Company in 2001. He has served as Chairman of the Board of the Company since 1962. Mr. Jaffee served as director of Harris Financial Corp., a subsidiary of Bank of Montreal, until his retirement from that board in May 2006. Harris Financial Corp. provides banking and related services to the Company on customary terms. He is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Rush University Medical Center and Chairman of its Executive Committee. He serves on its Audit and Finance Committees and serves ex-officio on all other Rush board committees. He is a life trustee of the Illinois Institute of Technology, the Museum of Science and Industry and the Chicago History Museum. Mr. Jaffee has served on an SEC advisory committee on smaller public companies and on an advisory committee to the Chicago Federal Reserve. |
Daniel Jaffee |
Mr. Daniel S. Jaffee is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Oil- Dri Corporation of America. Mr. Jaffee graduated from Georgetown University in 1986. Mr. Jaffee joined the Company in 1987 after a year with Price Waterhouse. He was a product manager in the Industrial and Agricultural divisions of the Company until 1989. In 1990, he became Chief Financial Officer of the Company, a position he held until 1995. From 1990 to 1995, he also held group vice presidential positions in the areas of Canadian and domestic operations, finance, management, information systems and consumer products. Mr. Jaffee became President of the Company in 1995 and Chief Executive Officer in 1997. He was Chief Operating Officer from 1995 to 1997. Mr. Jaffee received an M.B.A. from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management of Northwestern University in 2004. Mr. Jaffee’s civic activities include the Anti-Cruelty Society of Chicago, Georgetown University and the Chicago History Museum. |
Joseph Miller |
Mr. Joseph C. Miller is Vice Chairman of the Board of Oil- Dri Corporation of America. Mr. Miller graduated from the West Virginia University School of Business in 1964. After serving as an officer in the United States Army, he joined Republic Steel Corporation in 1966. Mr. Miller served as president of Lowes, Inc., Inland Distributing and Whiteford Transportation Systems. He joined the Company in 1989 as Vice President of Corporate Planning and Marketing. He served as Group Vice President for Sales, Marketing and Distribution from 1990 to 1993. Mr. Miller was Senior Vice President for the Consumer, Industrial & Environmental and Transportation Groups of the Company from 1993 to 1995. He became Vice Chairman of the Board in 1995. Mr. Miller was an employee of the Company until 2000, when he became an independent consultant specializing in strategic planning. Mr. Miller is a member of the board of advisors of Global Access Point, Deluxe Sheet Metal, Inc. and Union Station Properties. |
Daniel Smith |
Mr. Daniel Thomas Smith is Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of Oil- Dri Corporation Of America. Prior to such appointment he was the Company’s Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller of the Company from February 2011 to May 2012; Vice President and Controller of the Company from 2001 to February 2011.He holds a master's degree in business administration (MBA) from Southern Methodist University and a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Iowa. He received his CPA from the State of Iowa. |
Douglas Graham |
Mr. Douglas Alan Graham is Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Oil- Dri Corporation of America. He was General Counsel of the Company since February 2011; Assistant General Counsel at Commonwealth Edison Company from January 2008 to February 2011; Assistant General Counsel at Exelon Business Services Company from March 2001 to January 2008. |
Thierry Jean |
Mr. Thierry R. Jean is Vice President, General Manager - Consumer Packaged Goods of Oil-Dri Corporation Of America. Prior to that General Manager, Consumer Packaged Goods since April 2012; Brand Director at ConAgra Foods Inc. from August 2010 to April 2012; Senior Brand Manager at ConAgra Foods Inc. from June 2008 to July 2010; Brand Manager at ConAgra Foods Inc. from December 2007 to May 2008. |
Thomas Cofsky |
Mr. Thomas F. Cofsky is Vice President - Manufacturing of Oil- Dri Corporation Of America. He was Vice President of Manufacturing and Logistics of the Company from 1999 to October 2011. |
Michael Nemeroff |
Mr. Michael A. Nemeroff is Director of Oil- Dri Corporation of America. Mr. Nemeroff received a bachelor’s degree from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1985 and earned a J.D. from the National Law Center of George Washington University in 1988. He joined the law firm of Vedder Price P.C. (“Vedder Price”) in 1988 and has been the Chairman of the firm’s Finance & Transaction Group and an equity partner since 1995. Since 1998, he has served on the firm’s Board of Directors. Since 2005, Mr. Nemeroff has served as President and CEO of Vedder Price and a member of the Executive Committee of the firm’s Board of Directors. Vedder Price regularly provides services to the Company. Mr. Nemeroff serves as a legal advisor to the G100, an elite international organization of Chief Executive Officers from Fortune 500 publicly traded corporations. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Chicago Children’s Choir, a not-for-profit organization making a difference in the lives of children through musical excellence, and as a Trustee of the Chicago History Museum. |
Lawrence Washow |
Mr. Lawrence Washow has been appointed as the Director of Oil-Dri Corporation of America. Mr. Washow was named a Director of AMCOL in 1998 and became President and Chief Executive Officer in May of 2000. Lawrence retired from these roles as of December 31, 2010. Mr. Washow received his bachelor’s degree in Communications from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and earned an MBA from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. In 2011, Mr. Washow began and continues serving as a Board Member of First Bauxite Corporation and as a Board Member and Partner of Eudora Global, LLC. |
J. Steven Cole |
Mr. J. Steven Cole is Independent Director of Oil- Dri Corporation of America. Mr. Cole graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1957. After serving as an officer in the United States Army, he received a master’s degree from the American Graduate School for International Business following graduate studies at the University of Michigan. He began his career at Abbott Laboratories in 1962. Later, he joined G.D. Searle and Company, where he became Vice President of the Asian and Canadian Divisions, a position he held until 1986. In 1986, Mr. Cole joined A.H. Robins Company, where he was a senior vice president responsible for all international operations until 1990. In 1990, he joined SAV-A-LIFE Systems, Inc., a firm selling specialty products to the dental and medical professions, where he served as President until 1994 and then Chairman of the Board until 2000. In 1990, Mr. Cole also became president of Cole & Associates, an international consulting firm. Mr. Cole is also a director of Aculux, Inc. and Ocularis Inc. He serves on the board of Beat-The-Streets, an organization providing opportunity and direction to under-privileged youth. |
Allan Selig |
Mr. Allan H. Selig is Independent Director of Oil-Dri Corporation of America. Mr. Selig received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1956. After two years in the United States Army, Mr. Selig joined Selig Ford, Inc. He served as president of Selig Ford (which became Selig Chevrolet in 1982) from 1959 until 1990. Since 1970, he has served as Chairman of the Board and President of Selig Lease Company. Mr. Selig became President and Chief Executive Officer of the Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, Inc. in 1970 and served in that capacity until 1998, when he was elected to the position of Commissioner of Major League Baseball. He also served as Chairman of the Executive Council of Major League Baseball from 1992 to 1998. Mr. Selig is a director of Marcus Corporation and a director emeritus of the Green Bay Packers. In addition, he is a director of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, the Milwaukee Club, the University of Wisconsin Foundation and Ixonia Bancshares, Inc. and a trustee of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee. He is a founder and vice chairman of Athletes for Youth and co-founder of the Child Abuse Prevention Fund. |
Paul Suckow |
Mr. Paul E. Suckow is Independent Director of Oil- Dri Corporation of America. Mr. Suckow received a B.S. degree in economics from Bradley University in 1969 and earned an M.B.A. with a concentration in finance from Western Illinois University in 1973. He began his career in finance in 1973 with American National Insurance Company as a securities analyst. In 1975, he became a trust investment officer with First Hutchings-Sealy National Bank. From 1978 to 1981, he was Vice President, Investments, for Sun Insurance Services and from 1981 to 1985, Vice President and Portfolio Manager for Delaware Investment Advisers. From 1985 to 1992, Mr. Suckow was Executive Vice President and Director of Fixed Income Securities for Oppenheimer Management Corporation, and from 1993 to 1999, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer-Fixed Income for Delaware Investment Advisers, Inc. In 1999, he retired from the investment management industry and began a teaching career as a business fellow and adjunct professor of finance and economics at Villanova University. Since 1978, he has been a Chartered Financial Analyst and is a member of the CFA Institute. |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
Richard Jaffee |
289,478 |
Daniel Jaffee |
1,230,440 |
Joseph Miller |
-- |
Daniel Smith |
314,999 |
Douglas Graham |
295,450 |
Thierry Jean |
-- |
Thomas Cofsky |
578,422 |
Michael Nemeroff |
-- |
Lawrence Washow |
-- |
J. Steven Cole |
-- |
Allan Selig |
-- |
Paul Suckow |
-- |
As Of 30 Jul 2012
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
Richard Jaffee |
50,000 | 0 |
Daniel Jaffee |
163,421 | 1,443,778 |
Joseph Miller |
0 | 0 |
Daniel Smith |
0 | 0 |
Douglas Graham |
0 | 0 |
Thierry Jean |
0 | 0 |
Thomas Cofsky |
84,376 | 852,038 |
Michael Nemeroff |
0 | 0 |
Lawrence Washow |
0 | 0 |
J. Steven Cole |
0 | 0 |
Allan Selig |
0 | 0 |
Paul Suckow |
0 | 0 |
| Name | Shares Traded | Price |
|---|---|---|
JEAN THIERRY |
1,000 | $25.81 |
WASHOW LAWRENCE E JR |
3,000 | $27.46 |
SMITH DANIEL THOMAS |
1,000 | $26.30 |
SELIG ALLAN H |
2,000 | $27.13 |
COLE JOHN STEVEN |
4,400 | $26.31 |
COLE JOHN STEVEN |
6,250 | $13.07 |
COFSKY THOMAS F |
3,550 | $25.40 |
COFSKY THOMAS F |
3,550 | $0.00 |
JAFFEE DANIEL S |
5,000 | $0.00 |
JAFFEE DANIEL S |
5,000 | $25.06 |
COFSKY THOMAS F |
4,785 | $0.00 |
COFSKY THOMAS F |
4,785 | $21.05 |
COFSKY THOMAS F |
2,100 | $0.00 |
COFSKY THOMAS F |
2,100 | $22.93 |
COFSKY THOMAS F |
100 | $0.00 |
COFSKY THOMAS F |
100 | $22.90 |
JAFFEE DANIEL S |
5,000 | $0.00 |
JAFFEE DANIEL S |
5,000 | $21.57 |
COLE JOHN STEVEN |
500 | $20.21 |
LIBERT JEFFREY M |
110 | $9.11 |
LIBERT JEFFREY M |
13 | $20.50 |
LIBERT JEFFREY M |
97 | $20.68 |
LIBERT JEFFREY M |
3,590 | $20.50 |
LIBERT JEFFREY M |
3,590 | $9.11 |
JAFFEE DANIEL S |
1,793 | $21.17 |
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