FRANKLIN D. WICKS, JR. - Corporate Board Profile

CASS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC

Filing Date	Source Excerpt
2010-03-19	Dr. Wicks, 56, has been a director since 2006. He is President, Research Essentials and Specialties of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, a publicly traded life science and high technology company located in St. Louis, Missouri. The Board selected Dr. Wicks to serve as a director because of his public company senior management experience, familiarity with corporate governance, and knowledge of local and global marketplace issues.
2011-03-10	Franklin D. Wicks, Jr., 57, has been a director since 2006. He is Executive Vice President and President of Research Products of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation. Member of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Total compensation: $33,280.
2012-03-16	Franklin D. Wicks, Jr., 58, has been a director since 2006. He is Executive Vice President and President of Research Products of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation. The Board selected Dr. Wicks to serve as a director because of his public company senior management experience. The following table represents the membership and number of meetings in 2011 (in parentheses) of the Board committees: Nominating and Corporate Governance (4) includes Franklin D. Wicks, Jr. Summary Compensation - Directors table shows Franklin D. Wicks, Jr.'s total compensation as $32,996.
2013-03-08	Franklin D. Wicks, Jr., 59, has been a director since 2006. He is Executive Vice President and President of Applied Markets of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, a publicly-traded life science and high technology company located in St. Louis, Missouri (Sigma-Aldrich). Dr. Wicks has worked for Sigma-Aldrich since 1982, beginning as a research chemist and subsequently working in marketing as President of Sigma Chemical and Vice President of Worldwide Operations, Sigma-Aldrich. He served as President, Scientific Research Division, Sigma-Aldrich from 1999 to 2002 and was responsible for operations in 34 countries. Prior to his most recent appointment, Dr. Wicks served as President-SAFC. After receiving his Ph. D., Dr. Wicks served for four years on the staff of the Navigators at the Air Force Academy and at the University of Colorado at Boulder before joining Sigma-Aldrich. He is currently a member of the CEO Forum and serves as a trustee of Covenant Theological Seminary. The Board selected Dr. Wicks to serve as a director because of his public company senior management experience, familiarity with corporate governance, and knowledge of local and global marketplace issues. Board committees: Audit Committee (5 meetings) Summary Compensation - Directors Franklin D. Wicks, Jr. Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($)(2): 35,687 Stock Awards ($)(3): 28,514 All Other Compensation ($)(4): 496 Total ($): 64,697 Note: All share information has been restated to reflect the 10% stock dividend paid by the Company in December 2012.
2014-03-11	Franklin D. Wicks, Jr., 60, has been a director since 2006. He is Executive Vice President and President of Applied Markets of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (Sigma-Aldrich), a publicly-traded life science and high technology company located in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Wicks has worked for Sigma-Aldrich since 1982, beginning as a research chemist and subsequently working in marketing, then as President of Sigma Chemical and Vice President of Worldwide Operations, Sigma-Aldrich. He served as President, Scientific Research Division, Sigma-Aldrich from 1999 to 2002 and was responsible for operations in 34 countries. Prior to his most recent appointment, Dr. Wicks served as President-SAFC. After receiving his Ph. D., Dr. Wicks served for four years on the staff of the Navigators at the Air Force Academy and at the University of Colorado at Boulder before joining Sigma-Aldrich. He is currently a member of the CEO Forum and serves as a trustee of Covenant Theological Seminary.
2015-03-09	Franklin D. Wicks, Jr., 61, has been a director since 2006. He is Executive Vice President and President of Applied Markets of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (Sigma-Aldrich), a publicly-traded life science and high technology company located in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Wicks has worked for Sigma-Aldrich since 1982, beginning as a research chemist and subsequently working in marketing, then as President of Sigma Chemical and Vice President of Worldwide Operations, Sigma-Aldrich. He served as President, Scientific Research Division, Sigma-Aldrich from 1999 to 2002 and was responsible for operations in 34 countries. Prior to his most recent appointment, Dr. Wicks served as President-SAFC. After receiving his Ph. D., Dr. Wicks served for four years on the staff of the Navigators at the Air Force Academy and at the University of Colorado at Boulder before joining Sigma-Aldrich. He is currently a member of the CEO Forum and serves as a trustee of Covenant Theological Seminary. The Board selected Dr. Wicks to serve as a director because of his public company senior management experience, familiarity with corporate governance, and knowledge of local and global marketplace issues. The following table represents the current membership of each of the Board committees and number of meetings held by each committee in 2014 (in parentheses). Each of the committees is comprised entirely of independent directors, as defined by Nasdaq and SEC rules: Audit (5) Nominating and Corporate Governance (4) Compensation (4) Robert A. Ebel Wayne J. Grace* Randall L. Schilling
2016-03-07	Franklin D. Wicks, Jr., 62, has been a director since 2006. He was Executive Vice President and President of Applied Markets of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (Sigma-Aldrich), a publicly-traded life science and high technology company located in St. Louis, Missouri, until his retirement in 2015. Dr. Wicks has worked for Sigma-Aldrich since 1982, beginning as a research chemist and subsequently working in marketing, then as President of Sigma Chemical and Vice President of Worldwide Operations, Sigma-Aldrich. He served as President, Scientific Research Division, Sigma-Aldrich from 1999 to 2002 and was responsible for operations in 34 countries. Prior to his most recent appointment, Dr. Wicks served as President-SAFC. After receiving his Ph. D., Dr. Wicks served for four years on the staff of the Navigators at the Air Force Academy and at the University of Colorado at Boulder before joining Sigma-Aldrich. He is currently a member of the CEO Forum and serves as a trustee of Covenant Theological Seminary. The Board selected Dr. Wicks to serve as a director because of his public company senior management experience, familiarity with corporate governance, and knowledge of local and global marketplace issues. Summary Compensation - Directors table shows total compensation of $92,114 for Dr. Wicks.
2017-03-08	Franklin D. Wicks, Jr., 63, has been a director since 2006. He was Executive Vice President and President of Applied Markets of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation. Committees: Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Total compensation: $108,988.
2018-03-09	Franklin D. Wicks, Jr., 64, has been a director since 2006. He was Executive Vice President and President of Applied Markets of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation until his retirement in 2015. The Board selected Dr. Wicks to serve as a director because of his public company senior management experience, familiarity with corporate governance, and knowledge of local and global marketplace issues. The following table sets forth the following compensation for each non-executive director for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017: Franklin D. Wicks, Jr. total compensation $111,360.
2019-03-08	Franklin D. Wicks, Jr., 65, has been a director since 2006. He was Executive Vice President and President of Applied Markets of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (Sigma-Aldrich), a publicly-traded life science and high technology company located in St. Louis, Missouri, until his retirement in 2015. Dr. Wicks worked for Sigma-Aldrich for 33 years, beginning as a research chemist and subsequently working in marketing, then as President of Sigma Chemical and Vice President of Worldwide Operations, Sigma-Aldrich. He served as President, Scientific Research Division, Sigma-Aldrich from 1999 to 2002 and was responsible for operations in 34 countries. Prior to his appointment as Executive Vice President and President of Applied Markets of Sigma-Aldrich, Dr. Wicks served as President-SAFC. After receiving his Ph. D., Dr. Wicks served for four years on the staff of the Navigators at the Air Force Academy and at the University of Colorado at Boulder before joining Sigma-Aldrich. He is currently a member of the CEO Forum and serves as a trustee of Covenant Theological Seminary. The Board selected Dr. Wicks to serve as a director because of his public company senior management experience, familiarity with corporate governance, and knowledge of local and global marketplace issues. Compensation Committee Messrs. Lindemann, Rupp and Wicks served on the Compensation Committee during the entire fiscal year ended December 31, 2018. None of the members of the Compensation Committee during the last fiscal year is or has been an officer or employee of the Company. None of the Company’s executive officers currently serves, or in the past fiscal year has served, as a member of the Board of Directors or compensation committee (or other Board committee performing equivalent functions) of any entity that has one or more of its executive officers serving on the Company’s Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee. None of the members of the Company’s Compensation Committee or other members of the Board of Directors is a person having a relationship requiring disclosure by the Company pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K. Summary Compensation - Directors The table below sets forth the following compensation for each non-executive director for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018: (i) dollar value of fees earned or paid; (ii) aggregate grant date fair value of restricted stock awards; (iii) all other compensation; and (iv) dollar value of total compensation. Franklin D. Wicks, Jr. 59,375 52,504 6,250 118,129
2020-03-09	Franklin D. Wicks, Jr., 66, has been a director since 2006. He was Executive Vice President and President of Applied Markets of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (Sigma-Aldrich), which was a publicly-traded life science and high technology company located in St. Louis, Missouri, until his retirement in 2015.
2021-03-10	Franklin D. Wicks, Jr., 67, has been a director since 2006. He was Executive Vice President and President of Applied Markets of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation until his retirement in 2015. The following table sets forth the following compensation for each non-executive director for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020: Franklin D. Wicks, Jr.: Total ($) 107,662.
2023-03-08	Franklin D. Wicks, Jr., 69, has been a director since 2006. He serves on the Compensation Committee. Total compensation in 2022 was $143,756.
2024-03-07	Franklin D. Wicks, Jr.,70, has been a director since 2006. He was Executive Vice President and President of Applied Markets of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation until his retirement in 2015. Dr. Wicks currently serves as Secretary of the Board of Covenant Theological Seminary. The Board selected Dr. Wicks to serve as a director because of his public company senior management experience, familiarity with corporate governance, and knowledge of local and global marketplace issues. Director Compensation table shows total compensation of $161,953.
2025-03-06	Dr. Wicks worked for Sigma-Aldrich for 33 years, beginning as a research chemist and subsequently working in marketing, then as President of Sigma Chemical and Vice President of Worldwide Operations, Sigma-Aldrich. He holds a Ph. D. and served on the staff of the Navigators at the Air Force Academy and at the University of Colorado at Boulder before joining Sigma-Aldrich.