People: M&T Bank Corp (MTB.N)

Mrs. Melinda R. Rich is Independent Director of M&T Bank Corp. Mrs. Rich is a director of M&T Bank and past chair of its Community Reinvestment Act Committee. She serves on the Board of Directors for, and has been since July 2006, vice chairman of Rich Products Corporation, a privately owned frozen food manufacturer headquartered in Buffalo, New York. Mrs. Rich is chairperson of Rich Products Corporation’s finance and audit committee and a member of Rich Products Corporation’s executive committee. She is also the president of Rich Entertainment Group, which consists of various businesses in the sports, entertainment and restaurant industries. Mrs. Rich is also a director of several other entities within the Rich Products Corporation family of companies. She is a former director of Wm. Wrigley, Jr. Company, having served in such capacity from January 1999 through October 2008, and she was chair of its corporate governance committee from March 2005 through October 2008. Mrs. Rich is currently a director of Cleveland Clinic’s Wellness Institute Leadership Council and Cleveland Clinic Innovations Board of Regents. She is a director of several charitable foundations including The Culinary Institute of America, Rich Foundation, DreamCatcher Foundation, Inc. and Cleveland Rock and Roll, Inc./Rock and Roll Hall of Fame & Museum.