Mr. Gilchrist has been a director of Wolverine since October 2005. Mr. Gilchrist is President and Chief Executive Officer of Siegel-Robert, Inc., headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Siegel-Robert, Inc., a privately held company, is a manufacturer of products for the automotive, safety/air monitoring and semiconductor packaging industries. Mr. Gilchrist served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Jackson Products, Inc. ("Jackson") from 2003 until February 2007. Mr. Gilchrist was originally brought into Jackson during a workout process, to facilitate an orderly transition necessitated by a prepackaged reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or a debt for equity exchange. In January 2004, Jackson reorganized under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. From 1995 to 2003, Mr. Gilchrist was employed as President and Chief Executive Officer of VP Buildings, Inc, a manufacturer of metal buildings. |