Mr. Egan was elected to the board of directors in August 2001. Retired form Johnson & Johnson after 25 years of active management, he most recently served as a member of Johnson & Johnson's Consumer Products Operating Committee from 1995 to 2001. During this period, he held a number of important global positions, including Group Franchise Chairman, Worldwide Consumer and Personal Care Products. Additional positions with Johnson & Johnson included President of Baby Products, and Group Product Director, Tylenol Products. Mr. Egan also served as president of Arm & Hammer Consumer Products, a division of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. He also served as chairman of the board of directors of the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association from 1999 to 2001. Mr. Egan graduated from Trinity College and received a Master of Business Administration from the Northwestern University, J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management.
Ms. Bush was elected to the board of directors in October 2004. Ms. Bush currently serves as President of Nu Skin a division of Nu Skin Enterprises, a position she was appointed to in May 2001 after serving as Vice President of Marketing there since February 2000. In 2003, Bush was appointed to the Executive Committee of Nu Skin Enterprises (NYSE: NUS), a publicly traded direct selling company with 2003 revenues of $960 million that markets premium quality personal care and nutrition products through a global network of over 750,000 sales representatives. Prior to joining Nu Skin, she worked at Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products Companies as the worldwide executive director over skin care ventures from May 1998 to February 2000. She also served as vice president of professional marketing at Neutrogena Corporation. Ms. Bush holds a MBA from Temple University and a Bachelor of Science from Ohio State University
Mr. Clayton was elected to the board of directors in October 2005. Mr. Clayton joins Matrixx's Board with over 30 years of research and development experience at Schering-Plough Healthcare Products, Inc. Most recently, Mr. Clayton served as the Senior Vice President of Scientific and Regulatory Affairs for Schering-Plough, a position he was appointed to in September 1984. In that position, Mr. Clayton was responsible for research and development of drugs and devices as well as regulatory affairs, clinical research, and prescription-to-over-the-counter drug switch programs. Prior to joining Schering-Plough in April 1974, Mr. Clayton held several research and teaching positions, which include serving as Associate Professor at the University of Tennessee as well as a Research Biologist at the Food and Drug Administration's National Center for Toxicological Research.
Mr. Matthews was elected to the board of directors in March 2003. Retired from active management, he currently serves as a director and Chairman of the Audit Committee for Nortrax Incorporated of Moline, Illinois, a large John Deer equipment dealership. He is also a director and audit committee member of Imation Corp., an NYSE-listed data storage provider, and a director of Mercantile Funds, Inc., a family of mutual funds. Mr. Matthews brings extensive experience in the accounting, financial and audit fields of corporate management from having served as chief financial officer of two large public corporations. From 1999 until 2001, he served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and member of the board of directors for Ecolab, Inc., a NYSE-listed developer and marketer of cleaning and sanitizing products and services. From 1977 to 1998, Mr. Matthews served in various capacities with Union Pacific Corporation, including as Executive Vice President-Finance and Chief Financial Officer from 1988-1998, and as a member of the board of directors from 1994 to 1998. He also served as a director and member of the Compensation Committee and as Chairman of the Audit Committee of Lexent, Inc., a Nasdaq-listed infrastructure services company, from 1998 to January 2003. Mr. Matthews earned a Master of Business Administration in Finance and General Business from the Univeristy of Virginia's Darden School of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Hampden-Sydney College.
Mr. Zeher was elected to the board of directors in September 2000. Since March 2002, he has operated a business consulting firm specializing in international sales and marketing strategy. From 1994 to February 2002, Mr. Zeher served as president and chief executive officer of Lander Company, Inc., a leading manufacturer and marketer of non-prescription health and beauty products, where his responsibilities included oversight of worldwide operations and the custom health care and international divisions. Prior to joining Lander, Mr. Zeher had more than 25 years of progressive management experience in sales and marketing at Johnson & Johnson, including serving as vice president of business development for the company, and responsibility for the North American Consumer Sector business. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia.
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Mr. Cowley was elected to the Matrixx board of directors in July 2005. In May 2008, Mr. Cowley joined the Company as Executive Vice President, Business Development, General Counsel and Secretary. Previously, Mr. Cowley served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Swift Transportation Co., Inc. and was a member of Swift's Board of Directors. Prior to joining Swift in March 2005, Mr. Cowley was a practicing attorney in the law firm of Snell & Wilmer L.L.P., Phoenix, Arizona since March 1990. Mr. Cowley's practice was concentrated in mergers and acquisitions, securities regulation including Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance, and corporate finance. Previously he was associated with Reid & Priest, New York, New York. Mr. Cowley is a graduate of Cornell Law School, Ithaca, New York and of Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah with a B.A. in Economics. Mr. Cowley is admitted to practice law in the States of Arizona and New York.
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