Welch Allyn Board of Directors

Although Welch Allyn remains family-owned, the company is governed by a board of directors who provide oversight and direction to the overall strategic and operating performance of the company.

Eric Allyn has spent most of his career working at Welch Allyn, beginning with his first summer job in 1982. He has held various executive roles in International Business Development, International and US Marketing, US Specialty Sales, Japan and UK Country Management, and SBU Management, as well as numerous other positions within Welch Allyn's Skaneateles facilities. Most recently, Eric was the Interim Managing Director of the Allyn Family Office. Eric has lived overseas for five years, including two years with Welch Allyn in the UK, and three years in France and Switzerland as both a student and a teacher.

Eric is a 1986 graduate of Dartmouth College and earned an MBA from The Darden School at the University of Virginia in 1990.

Robert (Bob) J. Bennett has been a member of the Welch Allyn board of directors since 1999.

He has served in various executive and board capacities with responsibilities for mergers, acquisitions and integration of more than seventy banks. Additional experience includes international management consulting, information systems marketing, and industrial financial management. Bob was chairman of M&T Bank, prior to his retirement in 2000 and remains on the board of directors there. In addition, he is a member of the board of directors for both Farmers & Traders Life Insurance Company and Hand Held Products, Inc.

Mr. Bennett is a graduate of Babson College, holds a M.B.A. degree from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Advanced Management program.

Larry Buckelew, former president and CEO of Gambro Healthcare, Inc, has more than 30 years experience in the healthcare industry. He began his career with American Hospital Supply Corporation (AHSC) and served as an Executive with American and later Baxter International Inc. following their merger. Formerly the president of Teleflex Medical Group and COO of Sunrise Medical, Inc., Buckelew has ample leadership experience, including serving on a variety of boards: Cymed, Inc., Gambro, Inc., Sunrise Medical, Inc., Surgical Services and Weck Closure Systems. Currently, Mr. Buckelew serves as a Corporate Director for Alliance Healthcare Services and LaVie Care Centers, and serves as an advisor to Warburg Pincus, LLC.

James Crook, Jr. was the CEO of IDX Systems Corporation, a healthcare software and services company that provides products for healthcare practitioners to automate financial, administrative and patient access operations, before IDX was acquired by General Electric in 2006. He started his career with IBM prior to working 25-years with IDX in a number of executive operating roles. Crook serves as an advisor to the Accel-KKR board of directors and is active on several non-profit and not-for-profit boards, including Volunteers in Medicine, Champlain College and Development Associates International.

Yvonne Curl is the former chief marketing officer for Avaya, Inc., a communications corporation headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J. Previously, she worked in a variety of capacities at Xerox Corporation, leaving as the senior vice president and general manager of the Public Sector Worldwide. Additionally, Curl's service on the HealthSouth board of directors since 2004, has given her an accelerated education on the delivery side of healthcare, which complements her extensive business experience. She also serves on the Charming Shoppes and Nationwide boards.

Prior to his appointment to the Board of Directors at Welch Allyn, Samir Desai was the senior vice president and General Manager of iDen Networks and Devices, a Motorola business segment. Over the course of his 36-year tenure at Motorola, Desai has developed a strong engineering and management background. A member of the Larsen & Toubro Infotech Limited board of directors, Desai will provide leadership and innovation experience to the board.

Tasha Allyn Given was named to the Welch Allyn board of drectors in 2005, one of three directors from the Allyn family.

Tasha has a B.A. degree from Colby College.

Julie A. Shimer, Ph. D. has been a member of the Welch Allyn board of directors since 2002. She was named president and CEO of the company in January 2007.

Prior to Welch Allyn, she was president & CEO of Cupertino, Calif.-based Vocera Communications, a leading wireless communications company. She also serves on the board of directors at Netgear.

She holds a B.S. degree in physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Lehigh University.

Peer Allyn Soderberg, M.D., has been a member of the Welch Allyn board of directors since 2005 and is one of three Allyn family members on the board. He is medical director of Jordan/Elbridge and Marcellus Volunteer Emergency Services.

Peer earned his B.S. degree at Washington and Lee University and his M.D. at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He completed his residency at the St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center and is board-certified by the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Barry W. Wilson is an international executive with 40+ years of experience in both the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. He has served as President of Medtronic International, President of Lederle International, prior to its merger with Wyeth, and President of Bristol Myers Squibb Europe. He had nine international assignments with Pfizer. Mr. Wilson is currently Chairman of Heartscape Technologies and serves on the Board of Directors of Atani Pharma, NextPharma Technologies, Anecova and The Rezidor Hotel Group. He also advises several Private Equity and Venture Capital organisations.

About Welch Allyn

Board of Directors

Eric Allyn

Robert (Bob) J. Bennett

Larry Buckelew

James Crook Jr.

Yvonne Curl

Samir Desai

Tasha Allyn Given

Julie A. Shimer, Ph. D.

Peer Allyn Soderberg, M.D.

Barry Wilson

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