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Directors of Exponent, Inc.


Samuel H. Armacost
Age: 69
Director Since: 1989
Principal Occupation: Chairman of the Board of SRI International since July 1998
Recent Business Experience:
Mr. Armacost was a Principal of Weiss, Peck & Greer, L.L.C., an investment firm, from 1990 to 1997. In 1997, he was appointed Managing Director until his departure in June 1998. He was Managing Director of Merrill Lynch Capital Markets of Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Incorporated, from 1987 to August 1990, and he was Director, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Bank America Corporation from 1981 to 1986.
Other Directorships:

Member of the Boards of Callaway Golf Company, Chevron Corporation, Del Monte Foods Company, Franklin Resources, Inc., Sarnoff Corp., and SRI International.

 

Michael R. Gaulke
Age: 62
Director Since: 1994
Principal Occupation: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since 1996
Recent Business Experience:
Mr. Gaulke joined the Company in September 1992, as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He was named President in March 1993, and he was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company in January 1994. He assumed his current role of Chief Executive Officer in June 1996. He was named Chairman in May of 2007. Prior to 1992, he held senior executive positions at Raynet Corporation and Spectra Physics.
Other Directorships:

Member of the Board of Cymer, Inc. and the Board of Trustees of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation.

 

Jon R. Katzenbach
Age: 75
Director Since: 1997
Principal Occupation: Founding Partner of Katzenbach Partners, L.L.C., a consulting firm, since 1999
Recent Business Experience:
Mr. Katzenbach was with McKinsey & Company from 1959 until January 1999. During his 39 years of service, Mr. Katzenbach managed several of their offices, including McKinsey & Company's San Francisco and New York offices for five years each. Mr. Katzenbach served as Chairman of several governance committees and was elected to the Shareholders' Committee in 1972, which he served on for nearly 20 years.
Authored: Teams at the Top; Peak Performance; and Why Pride Matters More Than Money
Co-authored:

The Wisdom of Teams; Real Change Leaders; Real Change Leaders; and The Discipline of Teams

 

Stephen C. Riggins
Age: 63
Director Since: 2003
Principal Occupation: Former Western Area Managing Partner-Assurance of KPMG LLP
Recent Business Experience:


Mr. Riggins spent 30 years with KPMG LLP where he practiced as a certified public accountant and was in a number of senior leadership positions including being a member of KPMG's Board of Directors and its Management Committee. Other roles included serving as Western Area Managing Partner-Assurance; Managing Partner-Information, Communication, and Entertainment; Managing Partner-Silicon Valley office and Los Angeles Office.

 

John B. Shoven, Ph.D.
Age: 61
Director Since: 2007
Principal Occupation: Professor of Economics, Stanford University since 1973
Recent Business Experience:
Dr. Shoven is currently the Charles R. Schwab Professor of Economics at Stanford University, where he has taught since 1973. He is also the Wallace R. Hawley Director of the Stanford Institute for Economics Policy Research, a position he has held since November 1999 and earlier served in that capacity from 1989 to 1993. He served as Chairman of the Economics Department at Stanford University from 1986 to 1989 and as Dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences from 1993 to 1998. Dr. Shoven earned his Ph.D. in economics from Yale University and his bachelor’s degree in physics from University of California, San Diego. Dr. Shoven is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a recipient of the Paul A. Samuelson Award for Outstanding Scholarly Writing on Lifelong Financial Security, an award winning teacher at Stanford, and has published more than one hundred professional articles and twenty books. He is also Chairman of the Board of Cadence Design Systems and a member of the Board of American Century Funds.

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