Joseph A. Carrabba has been Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of
Cliffs since May 8, 2007. Mr. Carrabba served as Cliffs’ President and Chief
Executive Officer from September 2006 through May 8, 2007 and as Cliffs’
President and Chief Operating Officer from May 2005 to September 2006. Mr. Carrabba
previously served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Diavik Diamond Mines,
Inc. from April 2003 to May 2005, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto plc, an international
mining group. Mr. Carrabba is a Director of KeyCorp and Newmont Mining Corporation.
Laurie Brlas has been Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration and
Chief Financial Officer of Cliffs since July 2010. Ms. Brlas previously served
as Executive Vice President — Chief Financial Officer of Cliffs from March
2008 through July 2010 and as Cliffs’ Senior Vice President — Chief
Financial Officer from October 2007 through March 2008. From December 2006 to
October 2007, Ms. Brlas served as Senior Vice President — Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer of Cliffs. From April 2000 to December 2006, Ms. Brlas was
Senior Vice President — Chief Financial Officer of STERIS Corporation, a
global manufacturer and supplier of infection prevention, contamination control,
decontamination, microbial reduction, and surgical and critical care support products,
technologies and services. Ms. Brlas is a Director of Perrigo Company.
Donald J. Gallagher has been Executive Vice President and President — Global
Commercial since January 2011. Mr. Gallagher served as President, North American
Business Unit of Cliffs from November 2007 to January 2011. From December 2006
to November 2007, Mr. Gallagher served as President, North American Iron Ore.
From July 2006 to December 2006, Mr. Gallagher served as President, North American
Iron Ore, and Acting Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Cliffs. From May
2005 to July 2006, Mr. Gallagher was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer of Cliffs. From July 2003 to May 2005, Mr. Gallagher served
as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Cliffs.
Duncan P. Price has been Executive Vice President and President — Global
Operations of Cliffs since January 2011. Mr. Price served as Senior Vice President
— Managing Director of Asia Pacific Iron Ore from March 2009 to January
2011, and Mr. Price served as Chief Executive Officer, Portman Limited from 2007
to 2009. Prior to joining Cliffs, Mr. Price served as Project Director at Sinosteel/Midwest
Joint Venture, an iron ore joint venture formed by Sinosteel Corporation, a major
supplier of raw materials to Chinese steel mills, and Midwest Corporation Limited,
an Australian-based iron ore mining company, to develop the Koolanooka deposit
and the Weld Range in Western Australia from 2006 to 2007 and Managing Director
at Rio Tinto Group, an international mining company, from 1996 to 2006.
P. Kelly Tompkins has served as Executive Vice President, Legal, Government Affairs
and Sustainability and Chief Legal Officer of Cliffs since January 2011. Mr. Tompkins
joined Cliffs in May of 2010 as Executive Vice President — Legal, Government
Affairs and Sustainability until January 2011. Prior to joining Cliffs, Mr. Tompkins
was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for RPM International
Inc., a specialty coatings and sealants manufacturer, from June 2008 to May 2010
and served as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer from October
2006 to May 2010. Mr. Tompkins served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel
for RPM International Inc. from October 2002 to October 2006.
Clifford Smith has served as Senior Vice President, Global Business Development
of Cliffs since January 2011. He has served as Vice President, Latin American
Operations from September 2009 to January 2011. From October 2006 to September
2009, Mr. Smith served as General Manager — Business Development of Cliffs.
Mr. Smith served as Vice President and General Manager of Cliffs’ Tilden
Mine, Empire Mine, and Lake Superior and Ishpeming railroad from April 2004 to
September 2006. Prior to joining Cliffs, Mr. Smith held mine management positions
with Asarco, a subsidiary of Grupo Mexico, Mexico’s largest mining company,
and Southern Peru Copper Corporation, a copper mining company.
William A. Brake, Jr. has served as Executive Vice President, Global Metallics
since January 2011. Mr. Brake served as Cliffs’ Executive Vice President,
Strategic Alternatives and Chief Technology Officer from July 2010 to January
2011 and as Executive Vice President, Human and Technical Resources from November
2008 to July 2010. From April 2007 until November 2008, Mr. Brake served as Executive
Vice President, Cliffs Metallics and Chief Technical Officer. From March 2005
to August 2006, Mr. Brake served in several management positions with Mittal Steel
USA, an international steel and processing and manufacturing company, most recently
as Executive Vice President — Operations. From March 2003 to March 2005,
Mr. Brake was Vice President and General Manager of International Steel Group,
an international steel processing and manufacturing company.
David B. Blake has served as Senior Vice President, Operations, North American
Iron Ore since March 2009. Mr. Blake served as Vice President, Operations North
American Iron Ore from November 2007 to March 2009 and as General Manager, Michigan
Operations from November 2005 to November 2007. Prior to joining Cliffs, Mr. Blake
served as Production Manager for Diavik Diamond Mines, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto
plc, an international mining group, from October 2003 to November 2005.
William C. Boor has served as Senior Vice President, Global Ferroalloys since
January 2011. Mr. Boor served as Senior Vice President, President — Ferroalloys
from May 2010 to January 2011. Prior to that time, Mr. Boor served as Senior Vice
President, Business Development of Cliffs from May 2007 to May 2010. Mr. Boor
served as Executive Vice President — Strategy and Development at American
Gypsum Co. (a subsidiary of Eagle Materials Inc.), a manufacturer of building
materials, from February 2005 to April 2007. Mr. Boor is a Director of Cavco Industries,
Inc.
Terrence R. Mee has served as Senior Vice President, Global Iron Ore and Metallic
Sales since January 2011. From September 2007 to January 2011, Mr. Mee served
as Vice President, Sales and Transportation for the North American business unit
and as General Manager — Sales and Traffic from August 2003 to September
2007.
James Michaud has served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources since January
2011 and was Vice President, Human Resources from September 2010 to January 2011.
Prior to joining Cliffs, Mr. Michaud was a partner in a Chicago-based human resources
consulting company, Laurus Strategies, from February 2009 to September 2010. From
March 2006 to October 2008, Mr. Michaud held the position of Vice President Human
Resources — Americas with ArcelorMittal, a steel company engaged in the
production and marketing of finished and semi-finished carbon steel and stainless
steel products worldwide.
Terrance M. Paradie has served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller
and Chief Accounting Officer since January 2011 and served as Vice President,
Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of Cliffs from July 2009 to
January 2011. Mr. Paradie served as Cliffs’ Vice President — Corporate
Controller from October 2007 through July 2009. Prior to joining Cliffs, Mr. Paradie
worked for international accounting and consulting firm KPMG LLP since 1992 in
a variety of roles, most recently as an audit partner.
Steven M. Raguz has served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Treasurer
since January 2011. Mr. Raguz served as Vice President, Corporate Strategy and
Treasurer from August 2010 to January 2011 and as Vice President, Corporate Planning
and Treasurer from October 2007 to August 2010, and Vice President, Financial
Planning and Strategy Analysis from March 2007 to October 2007. Prior to joining
Cliffs, Mr. Raguz was Senior Director, Financial Planning and Analysis of STERIS
Corporation.
Duke D. Vetor has served as Senior Vice President, Global Operations Services
since July 2011. From November 2007 to July 2011, he served as Senior Vice President,
North American Coal of Cliffs and from July 2006 to November 2007, he served as
Vice President — Operations — North American Iron Ore of Cliffs. Mr.
Vetor was General Manager of Safety and Operations Improvement of Cliffs from
December 2005 to July 2006. From 2003 to November 2005, Mr. Vetor served as Vice
President — Operations of Diavik Diamond Mines, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto
plc, an international mining group.
David Webb has served as Senior Vice President, Global Coal since joining Cliffs
in July 2011. Prior to joining Cliffs, Mr. Webb served as Vice President and General
Manager of Mid-West Operations for Patriot Coal Corp., a producer of thermal and
metallurgical coal, from 2007 to June 2011. Mr. Webb also previously served in
director-level positions for Peabody Energy and Freeman United Corp., both coal
companies.
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