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2012 Board of Directors


Board of Directors’ Background


WALTER S. CATLOW                                                                                 
Director since 1999
Age 67

Mr. Catlow is the retired Dean of the College of Business at Concordia University. Mr. Catlow served as President of Ameritech Cellular Services, a wireless communications service provider, from 1998 until his retirement in 2000. Prior to that, Mr. Catlow served as Executive Vice President of Ameritech and as President of Ameritech International, Inc., where he directed Ameritech international investments and was responsible for global acquisitions and alliances. The Board believes Mr. Catlow’s experience in international business, his experience in the wireless communications infrastructure industry and his experience as a top level executive make him well qualified to serve as a director.


LAWRENCE J. CIANCIA                                                          
Director since 1990
Age 69

Mr. Ciancia has been a partner in Corporate Development International, Inc., a corporate search firm specializing in mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, since 1998. Previously, Mr. Ciancia served as President of Uponor ETI, a supplier of PVC pipe products, specialty chemicals and PVC compounds. The Board believes Mr. Ciancia’s experience in international mergers and acquisitions and his experience as a top level executive make him well qualified to serve as a director.


THOMAS G. CODY  
Director since 1998
Age 70

Mr. Cody is the Lead Independent Director of the Board.  He is also a retired Vice Chairman of Macy’s, Inc. (formerly known as Federated Department Stores, Inc.), a nationwide department store retailer, serving from February 2003 through March 2010. Prior to assuming that position, he served as Executive Vice President, Legal and Human Resources of Federated Department Stores, Inc. since 1992. Until May 2008, Mr. Cody was also a director of LCA Vision, Inc. The Board believes that Mr. Cody’s extensive legal, tax, human resources, and top level executive experience, garnered in service of a major New York Stock Exchange listed corporation, as well as his experience serving as a director of another company, make him well qualified to serve as a director.
 

PATRICIA K. COLLAWN   
Director since 2003
Age 53

Ms. Collawn is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of PNM Resources, Inc., a multi-state utilities corporation serving electricity customers. PNM Resources, Inc. is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol PNM. Ms. Collawn was named Chairman effective January 1, 2011. In March 2010, she was made a director of PNM Resources, Inc. She was President and Chief Operating Officer since August 2008 and Utilities President at PNM Resources, Inc. from June 2007 to August 2008. Prior to that, Ms. Collawn was President and Chief Executive Officer of Public Service Company of Colorado, an Xcel Energy, Inc. subsidiary, from October 2005. The Board believes that Ms. Collawn’s experience as a sitting President and Chief Executive Officer of a publicly traded corporation, as well as substantial operations experience, make her well qualified to serve as a director.
 

MICHAEL A. HENNING   
Director since 2000
Age 71

Mr. Henning is the retired Deputy Chairman of Ernst & Young LLP, an independent accounting firm, serving from 1999 to 2000. Mr. Henning served as Chief Executive Officer of Ernst & Young International, Inc. from 1993 until 1999. Mr. Henning also serves as a director of Omnicom Group, Inc., Landstar System, Inc., and Black Diamond, Inc. (formerly Clarus Corporation). Until October 2009, Mr. Henning was a director of Highlands Acquisition Corporation. The Board believes that Mr. Henning’s substantial international tax and accounting experience garnered through service with one of the world’s preeminent accounting firms, and his experience serving as a director of other companies, makes him well qualified to serve as a director. Mr. Henning’s tax and accounting acumen also enable his service as CTS’ Audit Committee financial expert.
 

GORDON HUNTER
Director since 2011
Age 60

Mr. Hunter is the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Littelfuse, Inc., a global electronics company. Mr. Hunter has served as a director of Littelfuse, Inc. since June 2002, and joined the company as Chief Operating Officer in November 2003. He assumed the role of Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Littelfuse, Inc. on January 1, 2005.  He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Veeco Instruments, Inc., and also serves on the Veeco Instruments, Inc. Compensation Committee. Mr. Hunter also serves on the Council of Advisors of Shure Incorporated.  The Board believes that Mr. Hunter’s experience as a sitting President and Chief Executive Officer of a publicly traded corporation serving global markets, as well as substantial experience in the electronics industry, make him well qualified to serve as a director.


VINOD M. KHILNANI    
Director since 2007
Age 59 

Mr. Khilnani is Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer of CTS. Mr. Khilnani joined CTS in May 2001 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In July 2007, he was elected President and appointed Chief Executive Officer. He was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors in May of 2009. Mr. Khilnani also serves as a Director of Materion Corporation and is a member of Materion Corporation’s Nominating and Governance Committee and Chairman of its Compensation Committee. The Board believes that Mr. Khilnani’s more than 30 years of leadership experience and acumen in finance, strategy, mergers and acquisitions and operating roles based in the United States and Europe, including 18 years at Cummins, Inc., as well as extensive experience as a top executive at CTS, all make him well qualified to serve as a director.


DIANA M. MURPHY
Director since 2010
Age 55

Ms. Murphy is currently the Managing Director of Rocksolid Holdings, LLC, a private equity firm, serving in that capacity since January of 2007.  From 1997 to that time, she was a Managing Director at Chartwell Capital Management Company, a private equity firm. She is also currently a Director of Landstar System, Inc., Georgia Research Alliance Venture Fund, LLC, the Coastal Bank of Georgia, a member of the Executive Committee of United States Golf Association and on other private and non-profit boards.  The Board believes that Ms. Murphy’s extensive experience in business management, strategic planning, marketing, public relations, and experience on the boards of other companies all make her well qualified to serve as a director. 


KIERAN O'SULLIVAN
Director since 2012
Age 51

Mr. O’Sullivan is the President and Chief Executive Officer of CTS.  Prior to assuming this role on January 7, 2013, Mr. O’Sullivan served as Executive Vice President of Continental AG’s Global Infotainment and Connectivity Business and led the NAFTA Interior Division, having joined Continental AG, a global automotive supplier, in 2006.   The Board believes that Mr. O’Sullivan’s over twenty-five years of leadership experience in operations, strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and finance roles in the manufacturing services, electronics, and automotive business segments make him well qualified to serve as a director.


ROBERT A. PROFUSEK    
Director since 1998
Age 62

Mr. Profusek is the Head of Mergers & Acquisitions for Jones Day, a global law firm which he joined in 1975.  Mr. Profusek also serves as the lead Director of Valero Energy Corporation and is a member of the company's Compensation and Nominating and Governance Committees.  He previously served as a director of two other NYSE-listed companies.  The Board believes that Mr. Profusek's substantial experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and experience serving as a director of other companies make him well qualified to serve as a director.