ELWOOD D. HOWSE, JR. - Corporate Board Profile

Capstone Holding Corp.

Filing Date	Source Excerpt
2001-04-16	Elwood D. Howse, Jr., 61, has served as a director of the Company since September 1987. He is a general partner of CH Partners IV, a venture capital fund, and was a co-founder of Cable & Howse Ventures, a venture capital management firm. Mr. Howse has served as the President of Cable & Howse Ventures, Inc. since 1981. He is a member of the boards of directors of Applied Microsystems Corporation, a publicly held provider of software development tools and technologies, ImageX.com, Inc., a public business to business Internet market maker for printed business materials, as well as several private companies and not-for-profit organizations.
2002-04-15	Elwood D. Howse, Jr., 62, has served as a director of the Company since September 1987. (1) Member of the Executive Committee. (2) Member of the Audit Committee. (3) Member of the Compensation Committee. The Company pays non-employee directors an annual retainer of $12,000.
2003-04-17	ELWOOD D. HOWSE, JR.(1)(2)(3) Director since 1987 Elwood D. Howse, Jr., 63, has served as a director of the Company since September 1987. ... (1) Member of the Executive Committee. (2) Member of the Audit Committee. (3) Member of the Compensation Committee. During the year ended 2002, the Company paid non-employee directors an annual retainer of $12,000. Effective January 1, 2003, that amount was increased to $24,000, payable quarterly in advance. All directors are eligible for the grant of nonqualified stock options pursuant to the Company's 1997 Stock Option Plan.
2004-04-29	Elwood D. Howse, Jr., 64, has served as a director of the Company since September 1987. ... The Executive Committee, which acts on Board matters that arise between meetings of the full Board of Directors, consists of Dr. Feldman, Mr. Holliman and Mr. Howse and met four times during 2003. ... The Audit Committee consists of Mr. Howse, Mr. Altman and Mr. Holliman and met four times in 2003. ... The Compensation Committee, which consists of Dr. Feldman and Mr. Howse, met one time during 2003. ... During the year ended 2003, the Company paid non-employee directors an annual retainer of $24,000, payable quarterly in advance. ... The Company issued options to acquire 20,000 non-qualified shares to each non-employee director on December 31, 2003.
2005-03-07	Elwood D. Howse, Jr., 65, has served as a director of the Company since September 1987. The Executive Committee consists of Dr. Feldman, Mr. Holliman and Mr. Howse and met four times during 2004. The Audit Committee consists of Mr. Howse, Mr. Altman and Mr. Holliman and met four times in 2004. The Compensation Committee, which consists of Dr. Feldman and Mr. Howse, met one time during 2004. During the year ended 2004, the Company paid non-employee directors an annual retainer of $24,000 payable quarterly in advance.
2006-04-14	Elwood D. Howse, Jr., 66, has served as a director of the Company since September 1987... The Executive Committee, which acts on Board matters that arise between meetings of the full Board of Directors, consists of Dr. Feldman, Mr. Holliman and Mr. Howse and met five times during 2005... The Audit Committee, which is a separately-designated standing committee... consisted of Mr. Howse (Chairman), Dr. White and Mr. Holliman and met four times in 2005... The Compensation Committee, which consists of Dr. Feldman and Mr. Howse, met four times during 2005... During the year ended December 31, 2005, the Company paid non-employee directors an annual retainer of $24,000 payable quarterly in advance.
2007-04-09	Elwood D. Howse, Jr., 67, has served as a director of the Company since September 1987. ... (1) Member of the Executive Committee. ... (2) Member of the Audit Committee. ... (3) Member of the Compensation Committee. ... Compensation of Directors ... Elwood D. Howse, Director 28,000 20,000 46,000 94,000
2008-04-11	Elwood D. Howse, Jr., 68, has served as a director of the Company since September 1987. In 1982, Mr. Howse founded Cable, Howse and Ragen, investment banking and stock brokerage firm, now owned by Wells Fargo and known as Ragen MacKenzie.
2009-04-10	Elwood D. Howse, Jr., 69, has served as a director of the Company since September 1987. He founded Cable, Howse and Ragen, investment banking and stock brokerage firm. He served on the board of the National Venture Capital Association and is past President of the Stanford Business School Alumni Association. He currently serves on the boards of directors of BSQUARE Corporation, Formotus, Inc., Perlego Systems Inc., and not-for-profits. He is a member of the Executive Committee, Audit Committee (Chairman), and Compensation Committee. Director compensation was $67,000 in 2008.
2010-04-12	Elwood D. Howse, Jr., 70, has served as a director of the Company since September 1987. ... Member of the Executive Committee. Member of the Audit Committee. Member of the Compensation Committee. ... The Audit Committee consists of Mr. Howse (Chairman), Dr. White and Dr. Feldman. ... Compensation of Directors table shows $62,000 Fees Earned or Paid in Cash, $12,000 Option Awards, Total $74,000.
2011-04-29	Elwood D. Howse, Jr., 71, has served as a director of the Company since September 1987. The Executive Committee consists of Dr. Feldman, Mr. Holliman and Mr. Howse. The Audit Committee met five times in 2010 and consisted of Mr. Howse (Chairman), Dr. White and Dr. Feldman. Dr. Spiegel replaced Dr. Feldman in August 2010. The Compensation Committee consists of Dr. Feldman (Chairman), Mr. Howse and Dr. Spiegel (joined August 2010). The Corporate Governance/Nominating Committee consists of Dr. White (Chairman) and Dr. Wardell. Mr. Howse temporarily joined the Committee for its February 21, 2011 meeting. Mr. Howse received total compensation of $67,000 in 2010.
2012-05-10	Elwood D. Howse, Jr., 72, has served as a director of the Company since September 1987. The Board believes Mr. Howse’s education and experience, particularly Mr. Howse’s financial experience, which qualifies him to be designated as our financial expert on our Audit Committee, brings important financial and business experience to the board and qualifies him to serve on our board. (1) Member of the Audit Committee. (2) Member of the Compensation Committee. (3) Member of the Corporate Governance/Nominating Committee. The following table sets forth compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to the Company’s directors during the year ended December 31, 2011. Elwood D. Howse, Jr. Director Fees Earned or Paid in Cash $64,000, Option Awards $3,000, Total $67,000.
2013-05-03	Elwood D. Howse, Jr., 73, has served as a director of the Company since September 1987. ... (1) Member of the Audit Committee. (2) Member of the Compensation Committee. (3) Member of the Corporate Governance/Nominating Committee. ... The following table sets forth compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to the Company’s directors during the last fiscal year. ... Elwood D. Howse, Jr. received total compensation of $34,000.
2014-05-02	Elwood D. Howse, Jr., 74, has served as a director of the Company since September 1987. He is the Lead Independent Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee. He is a member of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, and Corporate Governance/Nominating Committee. The following table sets forth compensation awarded to the Company’s directors during the last fiscal year. Elwood D. Howse, Jr. received total compensation of $53,000.
2015-05-08	Elwood D. Howse, Jr., 75, has served as a director of the Company since September 1987. The Board believes Mr. Howse’s education and experience, particularly Mr. Howse’s financial experience, which qualifies him to be designated as our financial expert on our Audit Committee, brings important financial and business experience to the board and qualifies him to serve on our board. The Audit Committee met five times in 2014 and consists of Mr. Howse (Chairman) and Mr. Fangmann. The Compensation Committee consists of Dr. Feldman (Chairman) and Mr. Howse. The Corporate Governance/Nominating Committee consists of Dr. Feldman (Chairman) and Mr. Howse. The following table sets forth compensation awarded to the Company’s directors during the last fiscal year. Elwood D. Howse, Jr. received total compensation of $53,000.
2019-07-10	Elwood D. Howse, Jr., 79, has served as a director of the Company since September 1987. ... (1) Member of the Audit Committee. (2) Member of the Compensation Committee. (3) Member of the Corporate Governance/Nominating Committee. ... During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company did not pay Directors’ Board fees to Mr. Holliman, Mr. Toporek or Mr. Lipman. In 2018, Mr. Howse and Dr. Feldman were each paid Board fees of $10,000 in cash and each earned an additional Board Fee of $10,000, payable July 15, 2020, or earlier if certain transactions occur.