Class A Board of Directors
Term Expires - 2012
Name,Principal Occupation,
Business Experience
& Other Directorships
Director Since
Henry W. Knueppel
Chairman of the Board, employed with the Company since 1979. Executive Vice President 1987-2002. COO 2002-2005. President 2002-2005. Chief Executive Officer 2005-2011. Director of Harsco Corporation.
1987
 
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Stephen Burt
 Managing Director, Duff & Phelps. Leader of the firm's Mergers and Acquisitions Advisory practice. President of Duff & Phelps Securities. Employed with the company since 1993.
2010
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Dean A. Foate
 Director, CEO and President of Plexus Corporation since 2002; served as Chief Operating Officer of Plexus Corporation from 2001-2002.
2005
 
Class B Board of Directors
Term Expires - 2013
Principal Occupation,
Business Experience
& Other Directorships
Director Since
Christopher L. Doerr
Co-CEO Passage Partners, LLC; Former President and Co-CEO, LEESON Electric Corporation; Director, Fischer Scientific International.
2003
Curtis W. Stoelting
CEO, RC2 Corporation since 2003. Employed with RC2 since 1994. COO 2000-2003. Executive Vice President 1998-2003.
2005
Mark J. Gliebe
President and Chief Executive Officer, Regal Beloit Corporation. Vice President and President of the Electric Motors Group, 2005. General Electric, General Manager from 2000-2004. COO from 2005-2011.
2007
 
Class C Board of Directors
Term Expires - 2011
Principal Occupation,
Business Experience
& Other Directorships
Director Since
     
Thomas J. Fischer
Corporate Financial and Accounting Consultant. Formerly, Arthur Andersen LLP - Milwaukee office: retired Managing Partner. Director, Badger Meter Inc., Actuant Corporation, and Wisconsin Energy Corporation.
2004
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Carol N. Skornicka
Retired Sr. Vice President-Corporate Affairs, Secretary and General Counsel of Midwest Air Group, a holding Company for MidWest Airlines. Employed with Midwest from 1996 to her retirement in 2008; Director of Johnson Financial Group, Inc.
2006
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Rakesh Sachdev
 Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation since October 2008; prior thereto worked in various positions with ArvinMeritor, Inc. beginning in 1999.
2007
RBC Officers
Job Title
Business Experience and Principle Occupation
Henry W. Knueppel
Chairman of the Board
Elected Chairman in April 2006; Served as Chief Executive Officer April 2005 to May 2011; served as President from April 2002 to December 2005, Chief Operating Officer from April 2002 to April 2005 and Chief Executive Officer from April 2005 to May 2011; served as Executive Vice President from 1987 to April 2002; joined the Company in 1979.
 
Mark J. Gliebe
President and Chief Executive Officer
Elected Chief Executive Officer in May 2011. Served as President and Chief Operating Officer from December 2005 to May 2011. Joined the Company in January 2005 as Vice President and President – Electric Motors Group, following our acquisition of the HVAC motors and capacitors businesses from GE; previously employed by GE as the General Manager of GE Motors & Controls in the GE Consumer & Industrial business unit from June 2000 to December 2004.
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Jonathan J. Schlemmer
Chief Operating Officer
Elected Chief Operating Officer in May 2011. Joined the Company in 2005. Global VP of Technology for Regal Beloit from 2005 to 2010. Most recently served as RBC's VP Asia Business Leader 2010 to 2011. Previously employed by GE as Technology Manager for GE's commercial motors business.
chuck hinrichs
Chuck A. Hinrichs
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Joined the Company in September 2010. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Hinrichs was Chief Financial Officer for Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation (SSCC) from 2002 to 2009.  From 1995 to 2002, Mr. Hinrichs served as Treasurer of SSCC.
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Terry R. Colvin
Vice President, Corporate Human Resources
Joined the Company in September 2006 and was elected Vice President Corporate Human Resources in January 2007. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Colvin was Vice President of Human Resources for Stereotaxis Corporation from 2005 to 2006. From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Colvin was a Plant Operations consultant. In 2003 and prior, Mr. Colvin served in several human resources positions for Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, serving most recently as Vice President of Human Resources from 1995 to 2003.
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Peter C. Underwood
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Joined the Company in September 2010. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Underwood was a partner at Foley & Lardner LLP, specializing in mergers and acquisitions, securities law, reporting compliance and corporate governance.
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John M. Avampato
Vice President, Chief  Information Officer
Joined the Company in April 2006 and was elected Vice President, Chief Information Officer in April 2010. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Avampato was Vice President, Chief Information Officer for Newell Rubbermaid from 1999 to 2006. Mr. Avampato served in several positions for Newell Rubbermaid from 1984 to1999.