Nickolas W. Vande Steeg
Vice Chairman
Compensation Committee Chairman
Audit Committee Member

Nickolas W. Vande Steeg was appointed vice chairman in 2007, and has served as a director of the Company since 2003. In 2010, Mr. Vande Steeg became a partner in McAdams Advisory Partners, a firm specializing in corporate restructuring. Mr. Vande Steeg served as president and chief operating officer of Parker Hannifin Corporation until March 2007, where he began his career in 1971. Mr. Vande Steeg currently serves on the boards of directors of Wabtec Corporation, a supplier of products and services to the rail transportation industry, and Azusa Pacific University. Mr. Vande Steeg began his career at Deere & Company serving as an industrial engineer and industrial relations manager from 1965 to 1970. Mr. Vande Steeg received his B.S. in Industrial Technology from the University of California, Irvine in 1968 and an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California in 1985.