DAVID H. WATTS

Corporate Board Profile

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GRANITE CONSTRUCTION INC

Filing Date	Source Excerpt
2010-03-26	David H. Watts Director since 1988 Mr. Watts served as our Chairman of the Board from May 1999 to September 2009. He also served as our Chief Executive Officer from October 1987 to December 2003 and as our President from October 1987 to January 2003. He was formerly President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Ford, Bacon & Davis, Inc., an industrial engineering and construction firm. Mr. Watts currently serves as a director of Elgin National Industries, Inc. (a private company), the California Chamber of Commerce, of which he is a past Chair, Transportation California, the Monterey Bay Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America, and the California Business Roundtable. He also serves as a director of Franklin County Education Foundation and Bring Me A Book Franklin, Inc., both of which are non-profit organizations. Between 2005 and 2007, Mr. Watts served as director of InfraSource. We believe that Mr. Watts qualifications to serve on our Board include his intimate knowledge of our business, employees, culture, competitors and the effect on our business of various government policies as well as his stature as a national leader in the construction industry through his work with the California Chamber of Commerce and the Construction Industry Roundtable. Mr. Watts holds a B.A. degree in Economics from Cornell University. Age 71.
2011-04-08	David H. Watts Mr. Watts, who served as a director since 1988 but will be retiring effective as of our 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, served as our Chairman of the Board from May 1999 to September 2009. He also served as our Chief Executive Officer from October 1987 to December 2003 and as our President from October 1987 to January 2003. Mr. Watts currently serves as a director of Elgin National Industries, Inc. (a private company), the California Chamber of Commerce, of which he is a past Chair, Transportation California, the Monterey Bay Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America, and the California Business Roundtable. He also serves as a director of Franklin County Education Foundation and Bring Me A Book Franklin, Inc., both of which are non-profit organizations. Between 2005 and 2007, Mr. Watts served as director of InfraSource. We believe that Mr. Watts qualifications to serve on our Board included his intimate knowledge of our business, employees, culture, competitors and the effect on our business of various government policies as well as his stature as a national leader in the construction industry through his work with the California Chamber of Commerce and the Construction Industry Roundtable. Mr. Watts holds a B.A. degree in Economics from Cornell University. Age 72.

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Source Excerpt

2010-03-26

David H. Watts Director since 1988 Mr. Watts served as our Chairman of the Board from May 1999 to September 2009. He also served as our Chief Executive Officer from October 1987 to December 2003 and as our President from October 1987 to January 2003. He was formerly President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Ford, Bacon & Davis, Inc., an industrial engineering and construction firm. Mr. Watts currently serves as a director of Elgin National Industries, Inc. (a private company), the California Chamber of Commerce, of which he is a past Chair, Transportation California, the Monterey Bay Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America, and the California Business Roundtable. He also serves as a director of Franklin County Education Foundation and Bring Me A Book Franklin, Inc., both of which are non-profit organizations. Between 2005 and 2007, Mr. Watts served as director of InfraSource. We believe that Mr. Watts qualifications to serve on our Board include his intimate knowledge of our business, employees, culture, competitors and the effect on our business of various government policies as well as his stature as a national leader in the construction industry through his work with the California Chamber of Commerce and the Construction Industry Roundtable. Mr. Watts holds a B.A. degree in Economics from Cornell University. Age 71.

2011-04-08

David H. Watts Mr. Watts, who served as a director since 1988 but will be retiring effective as of our 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, served as our Chairman of the Board from May 1999 to September 2009. He also served as our Chief Executive Officer from October 1987 to December 2003 and as our President from October 1987 to January 2003. Mr. Watts currently serves as a director of Elgin National Industries, Inc. (a private company), the California Chamber of Commerce, of which he is a past Chair, Transportation California, the Monterey Bay Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America, and the California Business Roundtable. He also serves as a director of Franklin County Education Foundation and Bring Me A Book Franklin, Inc., both of which are non-profit organizations. Between 2005 and 2007, Mr. Watts served as director of InfraSource. We believe that Mr. Watts qualifications to serve on our Board included his intimate knowledge of our business, employees, culture, competitors and the effect on our business of various government policies as well as his stature as a national leader in the construction industry through his work with the California Chamber of Commerce and the Construction Industry Roundtable. Mr. Watts holds a B.A. degree in Economics from Cornell University. Age 72.

Data sourced from SEC filings. Last updated: 2025-12-06