Mr. Frigon currently serves as the Vice Chairman of the Board of CARSTAR, Inc., Overland Park, Kansas, and served as Chairman of the Board of CARSTAR from 1998 to May 2005. He served as Chief Executive Officer of CARSTAR, Inc. from July 1998 until February 2001. Mr. Frigon retired from Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri in 1994 where he served as Executive Vice President, Corporate Development & Strategy, and Chief Financial Officer, as well as being a member of its Board of Directors from 1990 until December 1994. Prior to joining Hallmark, Mr. Frigon served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of BATUS, Inc., where he was responsible for the company's extensive U.S. holdings in retailing, financial services, tobacco and paper. His previous business experience covers a variety of operating, management and board positions with companies such as Masco Corporation, General Housewares, General Foods Corporation and Chase Manhattan Bank. Mr. Frigon received a bachelor's degree in engineering from Tufts University in 1957 and a Master of Business Administration from New York University in 1961. He also attended Wharton Graduate School at the University of Pennsylvania and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. Mr. Frigon is also a director of Buckeye Technologies, Inc., Dimon, Inc., Packaging Corporation of America, Sypris Solutions, Inc. and Tuesday Morning Corporation. Mr. Frigon is Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Board of Directors and a member of the Audit, Compensation and Executive Committees. |