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ROBERT F. CAVANAUGH, age 50, is Managing Director of DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners, Los
Angeles, California, a subsidiary of Credit Suisse and a leading global investment banking firm. He has
held that position since October 1999. He is a director of Hershey Trust Company and a member of the
board of managers of Milton Hershey School. A Hershey director since 2003, he chairs the Compensation and Executive Organization Committee, and is a member of the Audit Committee, Finance and Risk Management Committee and Executive Committee. |
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CHARLES A. DAVIS, age 60, is Chief Executive Officer of Stone Point Capital LLC, Greenwich,
Connecticut, a global private equity firm. Mr. Davis has held that position since June 2005 when the firm
was established. Prior to that, Mr. Davis was with MMC Capital, Inc., the private equity business of
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., serving as President from April 1998 to December 2002, Chief
Executive Officer from January 1999 to May 2005 and Chairman from January 2002 to May 2005. He
also served as a Vice Chairman of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., a global professional services
firm and the parent of MMC Capital, Inc., from September 1999 to May 2005. Mr. Davis is a director of
AXIS Capital Holdings Limited and The Progressive Corporation. A Hershey director since 2007, he chairs the Finance and Risk Management Committee, and is a member of the Audit Committee and Executive Committee. |
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JAMES E. NEVELS, age 57, was elected the non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of The
Hershey Company effective February 16, 2009. He is Chairman of The Swarthmore Group, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, a minority-owned investment-advisory firm, which he founded in 1991. He is a director of
Tasty Baking Company. He is also a director of Hershey Trust Company and a member of the board of
managers of Milton Hershey School. A Hershey director since 2007, he chairs the Governance Committee and Executive Committee, and is a member of the Compensation and Executive Organization Committee. |
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THOMAS J. RIDGE, age 63, is President and Chief Executive Officer of Ridge Global, LLC,
Washington, D.C., a global strategic consulting company. He has held that position since July 2006. From
April 2005 to July 2006, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Thomas Ridge LLC. From
October 2001 to February 2005, Mr. Ridge was Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Prior to his service as Secretary of Homeland Security, he was Governor of Pennsylvania from 1995 to
2001. He is a director of Exelon Corporation and Vonage. A Hershey director since 2007, he is a member of the Finance and Risk Management Committee and Governance Committee. |
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DAVID L. SHEDLARZ, age 60, retired in December 2007 as Vice Chairman of Pfizer Inc., New York,
New York, a pharmaceutical, consumer and animal products health company. He held that position from
July 2005. From January 1999 to July 2005, he was Pfizer’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer. He is a director of Pitney Bowes, Inc. and a member of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity
Association Board of Trustees. A Hershey director since 2008, he chairs the Audit Committee and is a member of the Compensation and Executive Organization Committee, Finance and Risk Management Committee and Executive Committee. |
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DAVID J. WEST, age 45, was elected President and Chief Executive Officer of The Hershey Company,
effective December 1, 2007. From October to November 2007, he was President of the Company; from
January until October 2007, he was Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer; from January
2005 to January 2007, he was Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and he continued to hold the
position of Chief Financial Officer until July 2007 when his successor to that position was elected. He
was Senior Vice President, Chief Customer Officer from June 2004 to January 2005 and was Senior Vice
President, Sales from December 2002 to June 2004. Mr. West is a director of Tasty Baking Company. He
has been a Hershey director since 2007. |
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LEROY S. ZIMMERMAN, age 74, is Senior Counsel, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a national full service law firm. He has held that position since January 2002.
He is a director of Hershey Trust Company and a member of the board of managers of Milton Hershey
School. A Hershey director since 2007, he is a member of the Governance Committee and the Executive
Committee. |
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