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KIRK A. BENSON – Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Benson has served as a Director of Headwaters since January 1999 and as Chairman and CEO since April 1999. Mr. Benson was Senior Vice President of Foundation Health Systems, Inc., one of the nation’s largest publicly traded managed healthcare companies. Mr. Benson was with Foundation Health Systems and its predecessors for approximately ten years, holding various positions including president and chief operating officer for commercial operations, general counsel, and senior vice president for development with responsibility for merger and acquisition activity. He also holds a Master of Laws in Taxation from the University of Denver, and a Master of Accountancy and Juris Doctorate from Brigham Young University.
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RAYMOND J. WELLER – President
of WanSutter Insurance & Risk Management
Mr. Weller has served
as a Director of Headwaters since July 1991. He served as Chairman
of the Board from January 1997 through
July 1998. He later served as Chairman of the Compensation Committee
and Governance Committee. Mr. Weller is past President of HealthCare
Benefits of Utah and served as an agent with Galbraith Benson & McKay. |
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JAMES A. HERICKHOFF – President, Chief Operating Officer Of Wold Talc Company
Mr. Herickhoff has served as a Director of Headwaters since August 1997 and was elected Vice Chairman in April 1999. Mr. Herickoff is President, Chief Operating Officer and a principal of Wold Talc Company, which operates one of the largest talc mines in the United States. From 1987 to 1994, he served as President of Atlantic Richfield Company’s Thunder Basin Coal Company. Mr. Herickhoff has over 25 years of experience in the coal and mining industries and extensive experience in strategic positioning of these companies for long-term growth and competitiveness. Mr. Herickhoff led the growth of the Black Thunder and Coal Creek coal mines from 19,000,000 to approximately 40,000,000 tons per year of production. He previously served as President of Mountain Coal Company, managing all of ARCO’s underground mining and preparation plants. He is the past President of the Wyoming Mining Association and a former Board member of the Colorado and Utah Mining Associations. Mr. Herickhoff received a Bachelor degree in 1964 from St. John’s University, a Master of Science degree in 1966 from St. Cloud State University and attended Kellogg Executive Management Institute at Northwestern University in 1986. |
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E.J ."JAKE" GARN
Mr.
Garn has served as a Director of Headwaters since January 2002.
Mr. Garn is a former United States Senator from the state of
Utah. Mr. Garn is currently self-employed. From 1993 to 1999,
he served as Vice Chairman of Huntsman Corporation, a large Utah-based
privately-held chemical company. From 1993 until the present,
Mr. Garn has served as a director of Morgan Stanley Funds and
at the present time serves as a director of the following entities:
United Space Alliance, Franklin Covey, NuSkin Enterprises, BMW
Bank of NA and Escrow Bank, USA. Mr. Garn has a long and distinguished
career in national politics. Mr. Garn entered politics in 1967
when he was elected to the Salt Lake City (Utah) Commission.
He was elected mayor of Salt Lake City in 1971 and to the United
States Senate in 1974. He served as chairman of the Senate Banking,
Housing and Urban Affairs Committee and as a member of the Senate
Appropriations Committee. Senator Garn was re-elected to the
Senate in 1980 and again in 1986, retiring in 1992. |
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R. SAM CHRISTENSEN – Trustee
of General Partner of Black Bear Ventures, L.P.
Mr. Christensen
has served as a Director of Headwaters since January 2003. Since
1996, Mr. Christensen has spent the majority
of his time managing Black Bear Ventures LP, a private investment
firm, and evaluating new business opportunities. Prior to 1996,
Mr. Christensen was chairman and majority owner of Richmond Holdings,
Inc., a privately-held corporation engaged in developing, designing,
manufacturing and selling flexible packaging materials and static
control devices worldwide to the electronics and pharmaceutical
industries. Richmond was sold to a publicly-traded firm in 1996.
Mr. Christensen began his career as an auditor with the firm
of Touche Ross & Co. where he spent nearly ten years. His
final assignment, before resigning, was overseeing and managing
their Salt Lake City office and its audit and tax practice. Mr.
Christensen earned a B.S. degree in Accounting from Brigham Young
University
in 1972. Mr. Christensen is a Certified Public Accountant. |
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MALYN K. MALQUIST – Senior VP and CFO, Avista Corp.
Mr. Malquist has served as a Director of Headwaters since January 2003. Mr. Malquist is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Avista Corp., an energy utility in the Pacific Northwest. Mr. Malquist has held this position since September 2002. He has 24 years of experience in the utility industry, many of which were in financial leadership positions. Mr. Malquist worked for the Truckee Meadows Water Authority from February 2001 until September 2002, serving as its General Manager. He was CEO of Data Engines, a high tech start-up company from May 2000 through October 2000. From 1994 through April 2000, Mr. Malquist was employed by Sierra Pacific Resources, initially as its Chief Financial Officer, and later as President, CEO and board member. He also worked for San Diego Gas and Electric from 1978 through 1994 in a variety of financial positions, including Vice President – Finance and Treasurer. Mr. Malquist received BA and MBA degrees from Brigham Young University. |
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WILLIAM S. DICKINSON – Former
V.P. of Engineering and Technology for the Arco Products Co.
Mr. Dickinson has served as a Director of Headwaters since January
2003. From 1972 to 1994, Mr. Dickinson worked for Arco Oil & Gas
Co. and Arco Products Co., most recently as Vice President
of Engineering and Technology, Arco Products Co. (from 1988 to
1994), at which time he retired and has been involved in various
projects as a consultant. In this most recent position with Arco,
Mr. Dickinson was responsible for engineering and process development
for the Arco refineries. In prior years, he was responsible for,
among other things, the sale of all natural gas produced by Arco,
the engineering and construction of all new oil production facilities
in Alaska and the lower 48 states, and managed annual budgets
in the range of $100 million to $300 million. Mr. Dickinson graduated
from Yale University in 1956 with a B.E. in Chemical Engineering. |
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–BLAKE O. FISHER, JR.– President
of Blake Fisher Associates
Mr. Fisher has served as a Director of Headwaters since November
of 2004. Since May of 2004 he has been President of Blake Fisher
Associates, providing financial consulting services in the utility
and telecommunications fields. He also serves on the Board of
Directors of UCN, Inc, a telecommunications company. From 1996
to 2002, he served in senior management positions for McleodUSA,
a telecommunications company providing service in 25 states,
initially as Chief Financial Officer and later as President of
the company’s Western Region. He was chief financial officer
of IES Industries, an electric and gas holding company in Iowa,
from 1991 to 1996 and President of IES’s non-regulated
businesses from 1991 to 1996. He worked for Consumers Power Company,
an electric and gas utility in Michigan, from 1967 to 1990 in
several management positions, including vice president of finance
and treasurer. He graduated from the University of Michigan with
BSE and MSE degrees. |
