Board of Directors Committee Composition
=Chairman of the Board 
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=Independent Director
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Nominating and Governance |
Compensation |
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| Chinh E. Chu |
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| Leslie H. Cross | |||
| Julia Kahr | |
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| Sidney Braginsky |
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| Bruce McEvoy | |
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| Phillip J. Hildebrand | |||
| Lesley Howe |
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| Paul LaViolette |
Chinh E. Chu
Chairman of the Board
Mr. Chu became one of our directors in November 2006 in connection with Blackstone's acquisition of the Company and became Chairman of the Board in January 2009. Mr. Chu is a senior managing director of the Blackstone Group. Since joining Blackstone in 1990, Mr. Chu has led the execution of the Blackstone's investments in Healthmarkets, Inc., SunGuard Data Systems Inc., Nalco, Celanese, Nycomed and LIFFE. He has also been involved in the execution of Blackstone's investments in Graham Packaging, Sirius Satellite Radio, StorageApps, Haynes International, Prime Succession/Rose Hills, Interstate Hotels, HFS and Alco Holdings. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Chu worked at Salomon Brothers in the Mergers & Acquisitions Department. Mr. Chu currently serves on the boards of directors Catalent, Celanese Corporation, Financial Guaranty Insurance Company, Graham Packaging, SunGard Data Systems Inc. and Healthmarkets, Inc.
Leslie H. Cross
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Cross was appointed Chief Executive Officer of DJO and DJOFL as of the effective date of the DJO Merger and was appointed President in May 2008. Prior to the DJO Merger, Mr. Cross was the Chief Executive Officer and President and a member of the board of directors of DJO Opco since August 2001. He served as the Chief Executive Officer and a Manager of DonJoy, L.L.C., from June 1999 until November 2001, and has served as President of DJO, LLC, or its predecessor, the Bracing & Support Systems division of Smith & Nephew, Inc., since June 1995. From 1990 to 1994, Mr. Cross held the position of Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development of the Bracing & Support Systems division of Smith & Nephew. He was a Managing Director of two different divisions of Smith & Nephew from 1982 to 1990. Prior to that time, he worked at American Hospital Supply Corporation. Mr. Cross earned a diploma in medical technology from Sydney Technical College in Sydney, Australia and studied business at the University of Cape Town in Cape Town, South Africa.
Julia Kahr
Director
Ms. Kahr became one of our directors in November 2006 in connection with Blackstone's acquisition of the Company. Ms. Kahr is currently a principal of the Blackstone Group. Before joining Blackstone in 2004, Ms. Kahr was a Project Leader at the Boston Consulting Group, where she worked with companies in a variety of industries, including financial services, pharmaceuticals, media and entertainment, and consumer goods. Ms. Kahr is also the sole author of Working Knowledge, a book published by Simon & Schuster in 1998.
Sidney Braginsky
Director
Mr. Braginsky became one of our directors on December 14, 2006. Mr. Braginsky has been President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Atropos Technology, LLC since July 2000. Mr. Braginsky also serves as chairman and managing Director of Double D (Devices and Diagnostics) a Venture Capital Fund and is Chairman and CEO of Digilab LLC, a molecular spectroscopy division acquired by Atropos in 2001. Double D and Digilab LLC are both affiliated with Atropos Technology, LLC. Before joining Atropos, Mr. Braginsky served as President of Olympus America, Inc. where he built a large business focused on optical products. Prior to Olympus America, Mr. Braginsky served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Mediscience Technology Corp., a designer and developer of diagnostic medical devices for cancer detection. Mr. Braginsky currently serves on the board of directors and audit committees of Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Diomed Holdings, Inc., Electro—Optical Sciences, Inc. and Geneva Acquisition Corp.
Bruce McEvoy
Director
Mr. McEvoy became one of our directors in August 2007. Mr. McEvoy has been an Associate at The Blackstone Group since 2006. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. McEvoy worked as an Associate at General Atlantic from 2002 to 2004 and was a consultant at McKinsey & Company from 1999 to 2002. Mr. McEvoy received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 2006. Mr. McEvoy currently serves on the boards of directors of Catalent, RGIS Inventory Services and Vistar.
Phillip J. Hildebrand
Director
Mr. Hildebrand became one of DJO's directors in December 2008. Mr. Hildebrand serves as President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of HealthMarkets, Inc., a company in which affiliates of The Blackstone Group own a 55.6% equity interest. An affiliate of The Blackstone Group owns substantially all of the capital stock of DJO Incorporated. Mr. Hildebrand is also Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company, Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of Tennessee, The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company and Fidelity First Insurance Company. Before joining HealthMarkets, Mr. Hildebrand spent 33 years at the New York Life Insurance Company, retiring in 2008 as Vice Chairman.
Mr. Howe became one of DJO's directors in January 2009. Mr. Howe has over 40 years of financial accounting and management experience. He was with KPMG for 30 years until his retirement as Area Managing Partner/Managing Partner of that firm's Los Angeles office. From 2001 until its sale in 2007, Mr. Howe served as CEO of Consumer Networks LLC, a privately owned San Diego based internet marketing firm. Mr. Howe served on the Board of Directors of DJO Opco from October 2002 to the date of the DJO Merger. Mr. Howe currently serves on the boards of directors of NuVasive, Inc., Volcano Corporation, P.F. Chang's China Bistro Inc. and Jamba Inc.
Mr. LaViolette became one of DJO's directors in January 2009. Mr. LaViolette is a Venture Partner with SV Life Sciences, a capital advisor and manger in the human life sciences sector. Mr. LaViolette served as Chief Operating Officer of Boston Scientific Corporation, a worldwide leader in less invasive medical devices, from 2004 until the end of 2008. Prior to 2004, Mr. LaViolette held marketing and general management positions at CR Bard, and various marketing roles at The Kendall Company, at that time a subsidiary of Colgate Palmolive. He currently serves on the boards of directors of TranS1, Inc. (public), DirectFlow Medical, Inc. (private) and Conceptus Incorporated (private). He previously served on the board of directors and on the Executive Committee of the Advanced Medical Technology Association (ADVAMED), the world's largest medical technology association as well as on the boards of directors of Urologix, Inc. (public) and Percutaneous Valve Technologies, Inc. (private).
