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Barbara K. Rimer, DrPH, 67
Dean and Alumni Distinguished
Professor, Gillings School of
Global Public Health, University
of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill
Director since 1995
Corporate Governance Committee (Chair)
Executive Committee
Sustainability Committee
Dr. Rimer has been dean of the University of North Carolina Gillings School
of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC since June 2005 and alumni
distinguished professor of the Gillings School of Global Public Health since
2003. Previously, she was director of the Division of Cancer Control and
Population Sciences at the National Cancer Institute. She is a former
director of Cancer Control Research and professor of Community and
Family Medicine at the Duke University School of Medicine and was elected
to the Institute of Medicine in 2008. In 2012, Dr. Rimer was appointed
chairman of the President’s Cancer Panel. She earned both her Bachelor of
Arts in English and Masters of Public Health from the University of
Michigan, and her doctorate of public health (DrPH) from the Johns Hopkins
School of Hygiene and Public Health. The mission of the Gillings School of
Public Health is to improve public health, promote individual well-being, and
eliminate health disparities across North Carolina and around the world.
Dr. Rimer’s insight and leadership are extremely relevant to the Company’s
business and operations in light of her particular health care experience and
knowledge.
Melvin T. Stith, 69
Dean Emeritus of the Martin J.
Whitman School of Management
at Syracuse University
Director since 2012
Audit and Risk Committee
Corporate Governance Committee
Dr. Stith is dean emeritus of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management
at Syracuse University and served as dean from 2005 until July 2013. Prior
to taking this position in 2005, Dr. Stith was the dean emeritus and Jim
Moran Professor of Business Administration at Florida State University for
thirteen years. He has been a professor of marketing and business since
1977 after having served in the U.S. Army Military Intelligence Command
and achieving the rank of captain. He holds a bachelor’s degree from
Norfolk State College and a master’s degree in business administration and
a Ph.D. in marketing from Syracuse University. Dr. Stith currently serves on
the boards of Synovus Financial Corp., where he serves on the
compensation committee; and Flowers Foods, Inc., a publicly held baked
foods company, where he serves on the compensation and governance
committees, and the Jim Moran Foundation. He has also served on the
boards of Correctional Services Corporation, JM Family Enterprises Youth
Automotive Training Center, the Keebler Company, United Telephone of
Florida, and Rexall Sundown.
Dr. Stith’s leadership skills in consensus-building, risk management and
executive management, and his financial acumen add an important
dimension to our Board’s composition.
Daniel P. Amos is the father of Paul S. Amos II. No other family
relationships exist among any other executive officers
or Directors.
Directors Not Standing for Re-Election
Mr. Takuro Yoshida, 63, is not standing for re-election, and his term will end as of the Annual Meeting.
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