Jean-Lou Chameau
Director since 1998

President, California Institute of Technology since September 2006; Provost and Vice President at the Georgia Institute of Technology June 2001 – August 2006; Dean of the College of Engineering and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar at the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1997 to June 2001; Vice Provost for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies at the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1995 to 1997; President of Golder Associates, Inc. (engineering and environmental consulting company) from 1994 to 1995; Director of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1991 to 1994; Professor of Geotechnical Engineering Program at Purdue University from 1980 to 1991; a director of a number of non-profit and private organizations.

Laura B. Hamilton
Director since 2007
Chair since 2008

Chair of the Board since September 2008, Chief Executive Officer of the Company since January 2008, President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company from June 2007 to January 2008; Senior Vice President of the Company’s Test Division from 2003 to 2007; Vice President of the Company’s Materials and Aerospace Divisions 2000 to 2003; Director of Business Process Improvement 1999 to 2000; various management positions with Quest Diagnostics (national clinical laboratory) from 1995 to 1999; various management positions with Corning, Inc. (manufacturer of  specialty glass and ceramics) from 1989 to 1995; various positions, ending with Tax Manager, with Arthur Young and Company (public accounting firm) from 1984 to 1989.

Brendan C. Hegarty
Director since 1998

Consultant since January 2003; Chief Executive Officer of Nano Magnetics (start-up nanotechnology company located in the United Kingdom) from 2001 to 2003; Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Seagate Technology (manufacturer of computer disk drives) from 1993 to 1998; Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer of Seagate Technology from 1989 to 1993; Vice President of Thin Film Head Operations for Control Data Corporation (computer hardware and software company) from 1988 to 1989; management and executive positions with IBM (computer hardware and software company) from 1967 to 1987.

Gail P. Steinel
Director since 2009

Owner of Executive Advisors, providing companies with leadership development services and advice on entering new markets and improving operations; Serves on the Board of Trustees of Federal Reality Investment Trust and is Chairperson of the Audit Committee. Her career experience includes five years at BearingPoint, a global technology and management consulting company, as Executive Vice President, Consumer, Industrial & Technology business unit and twenty-three of progressive management experience at Arthur Andersen, where her final position was Global Managing Partner of the Business Consulting Division.  Ms. Steinel also serves on the board of the non-profit organization, Shelter our Sisters.