JOHN D. BUCK - Corporate Board Profile

PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC.

Filing Date	Source Excerpt
2012-08-07	John D. Buck, age 62, has served as Chief Executive Officer of Whitefish Ventures, LLC, which provides financial services and strategic business expertise to small companies, since 2000. Mr. Buck was Chief Executive Officer of Medica, the second largest health benefits plan in Minnesota, from February 2002 to May 2003. From 1996 to 2000, he worked for Fingerhut Companies, Inc. with his last assignment as President and Chief Operating Officer, and played an integral role in developing the business services area of the company. Prior to Fingerhut, Mr. Buck was Vice President of Administration at Alliant Techsystems, a leading supplier of aerospace and defense technologies. Prior to that, Mr. Buck spent 21 years at Honeywell, Inc., including a four-year international posting, and most recently serving as Vice President of Administration. Mr. Buck is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Medica, serves as a director of ValueVision Media, Inc./Shop NBC and serves on the Board of Trustees of William Mitchell College of Law. He has been one of our directors since December 2006. Mr. Buck brings financial, strategic and leadership experience, including health benefit plan experience, to our Board.
2013-08-06	John D. Buck 63 Chief Executive Officer of Whitefish Ventures, LLC Director 2006 The Audit Committee, chaired by Mr. Buck John D. Buck 79,000 99,977 178,977
2014-08-05	John D. Buck, age 64, is the principal owner of Whitefish Ventures, LLC, a family investment fund. He has been its Chief Executive Officer since 2000. Mr. Buck was Chief Executive Officer of Medica, the second largest health benefits plan in Minnesota, from February 2002 to May 2003. From 1996 to 2000, he worked for Fingerhut Companies, Inc. with his last assignment as President and Chief Operating Officer, and played an integral role in developing the business services area of the company. Prior to Fingerhut, Mr. Buck was Vice President of Administration at Alliant Techsystems, a leading supplier of aerospace and defense technologies. Prior to that, Mr. Buck spent 21 years at Honeywell, Inc., including a four-year international posting, and most recently serving as Vice President of Administration. Mr. Buck is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Medica, serves as a director of ValueVision Media, Inc./Shop HQ, and serves on the Board of Trustees of William Mitchell College of Law. He has been one of our directors since December 2006. Mr. Buck, who was elected to a one-year term in 2013, brings financial, strategic and leadership experience, including health benefit plan experience, to our Board.
2015-08-07	John D. Buck, age 65, serves as our Lead Director. Mr. Buck is the principal owner of Whitefish Ventures, LLC, a family investment fund. He has been its Chief Executive Officer since 2000. Mr. Buck was Chief Executive Officer of Medica, the second largest health benefits plan in Minnesota, from February 2002 to May 2003. From 1996 to 2000, he worked for Fingerhut Companies, Inc. with his last assignment as President and Chief Operating Officer, and played an integral role in developing the business services area of the company. Prior to Fingerhut, Mr. Buck was Vice President of Administration at Alliant Techsystems, a leading supplier of aerospace and defense technologies. Prior to that, Mr. Buck spent 21 years at Honeywell, Inc., including a four-year international posting, and most recently serving as Vice President of Administration. Mr. Buck is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Medica, serves as a director of EVINE Live, Inc., formerly ValueVision Media, Inc./Shop HQ, and serves on the Board of Trustees of William Mitchell College of Law. He has been one of our directors since December 2006. Mr. Buck brings financial, strategic and leadership experience, including health benefit plan experience, to our Board.
2016-07-29	John D. Buck serves as our Lead Director. Mr. Buck is the principal owner of Whitefish Ventures, LLC, a family investment fund. He has been its Chief Executive Officer since 2000. Mr. Buck was Chief Executive Officer of Medica, the second largest health benefits plan in Minnesota, from February 2002 to May 2003. From 1996 to 2000, he worked for Fingerhut Companies, Inc. with his last assignment as President and Chief Operating Officer, and played an integral role in developing the business services area of the company. Prior to Fingerhut, Mr. Buck was Vice President of Administration at Alliant Techsystems, a leading supplier of aerospace and defense technologies. Prior to that, Mr. Buck spent 21 years at Honeywell, Inc., including a four-year international posting, and most recently serving as Vice President of Administration. Mr. Buck is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Medica. He has been one of our directors since December 2006. Mr. Buck brings financial, strategic and leadership experience, including health benefit plan experience, to our Board.
2017-08-04	John D. Buck serves as our non-executive Chairman of the Board. Mr. Buck is the principal owner of Whitefish Ventures, LLC, a family investment fund. He has been its Chief Executive Officer since 2000. Mr. Buck was Chief Executive Officer of Medica, the second largest health benefits plan in Minnesota, from February 2002 to May 2003. From 1996 to 2000, he worked for Fingerhut Companies, Inc. with his last assignment as President and Chief Operating Officer, and played an integral role in developing the business services area of the company. Prior to Fingerhut, Mr. Buck was Vice President of Administration at Alliant Techsystems, a leading supplier of aerospace and defense technologies. Prior to that, Mr. Buck spent 21 years at Honeywell, Inc., including a four-year international posting, and most recently serving as Vice President of Administration. Mr. Buck is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Medica. He has been one of our directors since December 2006. Mr. Buck brings financial, strategic and leadership experience, including health benefit plan experience, to our Board. Non-employee director compensation: $256,007.
2018-08-06	John D. Buck serves as our non-executive Chairman of the Board. Mr. Buck is the principal owner of Whitefish Ventures, LLC, a family investment fund. He has been its Chief Executive Officer since 2000. ... He has been one of our directors since December 2006. ... Mr. Buck brings financial, strategic and leadership experience, including health benefit plan experience, to our Board. ... Committee Overview: John D. Buck(a) Audit: X, Compensation: X*, Governance and Nominating: X, Finance and Corporate Development: X. ... Non-employee director compensation: John D. Buck total compensation $330,189.
2019-08-02	John D. Buck serves as our non-executive Chairman of the Board. Mr. Buck is the principal owner of Whitefish Ventures, LLC, a family investment fund. He has been its Chief Executive Officer since 2000. Mr. Buck was Chief Executive Officer of Medica, the second largest health benefits plan in Minnesota, from February 2002 to May 2003. From 1996 to 2000, he worked for Fingerhut Companies, Inc. with his last assignment as President and Chief Operating Officer, and played an integral role in developing the business services area of the company. Prior to Fingerhut, Mr. Buck was Vice President of Administration at Alliant Techsystems, a leading supplier of aerospace and defense technologies. Prior to that, Mr. Buck spent 21 years at Honeywell, Inc., including a four-year international posting, and most recently serving as Vice President of Administration. Mr. Buck is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Medica, served as a director of Evine Live, Inc. from 2004 to 2015, and became a director of Round River Research in 2017. He has been one of our directors since December 2006. Mr. Buck brings financial, strategic and leadership experience, including health benefit plan experience, to our Board. As non-executive Chairman of the Board, Mr. Buck attends all committee meetings ex officio. Non-employee director compensation: $326,006.
2020-07-31	John D. Buck serves as our non-executive Chairman of the Board. Mr. Buck is the principal owner of Whitefish Ventures, LLC, a family investment fund. He has been its Chief Executive Officer since 2000. Mr. Buck was Chief Executive Officer of Medica, the second largest health benefits plan in Minnesota, from February 2002 to May 2003. From 1996 to 2000, he worked for Fingerhut Companies, Inc. with his last assignment as President and Chief Operating Officer, and played an integral role in developing the business services area of the company. Prior to Fingerhut, Mr. Buck was Vice President of Administration at Alliant Techsystems, a leading supplier of aerospace and defense technologies. Prior to that, Mr. Buck spent 21 years at Honeywell, Inc., including a four-year international posting, and most recently serving as Vice President of Administration. Mr. Buck is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Medica, served as a director of Evine Live, Inc. from 2004 to 2015, and became a director of Round River Research in 2017. He has been one of our directors since December 2006. Mr. Buck brings financial, strategic and leadership experience, including health benefit plan experience, to our Board. Our Board is comprised of a majority of independent directors as defined in Rule 5605(a)(2) of the Marketplace Rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market. Our Board has affirmatively determined the independence under the applicable Marketplace Rule as to each of our directors who are identified as independent directors in the chart that appears below within the subsection captioned “Committee Overview.” The independent members of our Board meet in executive session at each regular meeting of our Board, with no members of management present. Mr. Buck frequently interacts with Mr. Walchirk and other members of management to provide his perspective on important issues facing our company and the informational needs of our Board. In addition to the Governance and Nominating Committee, which he chairs, and the Compliance Committee, where he currently serves as a member, Mr. Buck routinely attends the meetings of our Board’s other committees and frequently communicates with the chairs of those committees and with other independent directors both inside and outside of our Board’s normal meeting schedule to discuss Board and company issues as they arise. Non-employee directors receive cash compensation and equity-based compensation for their service on our Board of Directors. For fiscal 2020, non-employee director compensation included an overall Board retainer of $206,000, with $90,000 representing an annual cash retainer and $116,000 issued in the form of restricted stock awards vesting one year from date of grant. Committee member and committee chair annual cash retainers were as follows: $10,000 for each member of the Audit Committee and an additional $20,000 for the chair of the Audit Committee; $5,000 for each member of the Compensation Committee and an additional $15,000 for the chair of the Compensation Committee; a $10,000 cash retainer for the chair of the Governance and Nominating Committee; $5,000 for each member of the Finance and Corporate Development Committee and an additional $15,000 for the chair of the Finance and Corporate Development Committee; and $10,000 for each member of the Compliance Committee and an additional $20,000 for the chair of the Compliance Committee. During its existence, each member of our former Special Investigation Committee received a monthly cash retainer of $5,000. In addition, the non-executive Chairman of the Board receives an annual cash retainer of $100,000. Non-employee directors may elect to receive shares of common stock in lieu of their director fees otherwise payable in cash. Directors are also reimbursed for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with their service on our Board. For fiscal 2020, John D. Buck received total compensation of $326,002.
2021-07-30	John D. Buck serves as our non-executive Chairman of the Board. Mr. Buck is the principal owner of Whitefish Ventures, LLC, a family investment fund. He has been its Chief Executive Officer since 2000. Mr. Buck was Chief Executive Officer of Medica, the second largest health benefits plan in Minnesota, from February 2002 to May 2003. From 1996 to 2000, he worked for Fingerhut Companies, Inc. with his last assignment as President and Chief Operating Officer, and played an integral role in developing the business services area of the company. Prior to Fingerhut, Mr. Buck was Vice President of Administration at Alliant Techsystems, a leading supplier of aerospace and defense technologies. Prior to that, Mr. Buck spent 21 years at Honeywell, Inc., including a four-year international posting, and most recently serving as Vice President of Administration. Mr. Buck is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Medica, served as a director of Evine Live, Inc. from 2004 to 2015, and became a director of Round River Research in 2017. He has been one of our directors since December 2006. Mr. Buck brings financial, strategic and leadership experience, including health benefit plan experience, to our Board. The current standing committees of our Board of Directors are the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee, the Governance and Nominating Committee, the Finance and Corporate Development Committee and the Compliance Committee. In June 2021, we determined to consolidate our former Finance and Corporate Development Committee with our Audit Committee. Each committee consists solely of members who are independent as defined in Rule 5605(a)(2) of the Marketplace Rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market. In addition, each member of our Audit Committee is independent as defined in Exchange Act Rule 10A-3 and each member of our Compensation Committee is a non-employee director under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The following table shows the current membership of our standing committees and identifies our independent directors: Name Audit Compensation Governance and Nominating Compliance Independent Director John D. Buck X* X X * Denotes committee chairperson. Non-employee directors receive cash compensation and equity-based compensation for their service on our Board of Directors. For fiscal 2021, non-employee director compensation included an overall Board retainer of $206,000, with $90,000 representing an annual cash retainer and $116,000 issued in the form of restricted stock awards vesting one year from date of grant. Committee member and committee chair annual cash retainers were as follows: $10,000 for each member of the Audit Committee and an additional $20,000 for the chair of the Audit Committee; $5,000 for each member of the Compensation Committee and an additional $15,000 for the chair of the Compensation Committee; a $10,000 cash retainer for the chair of the Governance and Nominating Committee; and $10,000 for each member of the Compliance Committee and an additional $20,000 for the chair of the Compliance Committee. During its existence, each member of our former Finance and Corporate Development Committee received $5,000 and the chair of such committee received an additional $15,000. In addition, the non-executive Chairman of the Board receives an annual cash retainer of $100,000. Non-employee directors may elect to receive shares of common stock in lieu of their director fees otherwise payable in cash. Directors are also reimbursed for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with their service on our Board.
2022-07-29	Mr. Buck serves as our non-executive Chairman of the Board. Mr. Buck is the principal owner of Whitefish Ventures, LLC, a family investment fund. He has been its Chief Executive Officer since 2000. Mr. Buck was Chief Executive Officer of Medica, the second largest health benefits plan in Minnesota, from February 2002 to May 2003. From 1996 to 2000, he worked for Fingerhut Companies, Inc. with his last assignment as President and Chief Operating Officer, and played an integral role in developing the business services area of the company. Prior to Fingerhut, Mr. Buck was Vice President of Administration at Alliant Techsystems, a leading supplier of aerospace and defense technologies. Prior to that, Mr. Buck spent 21 years at Honeywell, Inc., including a four-year international posting, and most recently serving as Vice President of Administration. Other Board Service Mr. Buck is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Medica, served as a director of Evine Live, Inc. from 2004 to 2015, and served as a director of Round River Research from 2017 to 2021. Qualifications Mr. Buck brings financial, strategic and leadership experience, including health benefit plan experience, to our Board.
2023-07-28	Mr. Buck serves as our non-executive Chairman of the Board. Mr. Buck is the principal owner of Whitefish Ventures, LLC, a family investment fund. He has been its Chief Executive Officer since 2000. Mr. Buck was Chief Executive Officer of Medica, the second largest health benefits plan in Minnesota, from February 2002 to May 2003. From 1996 to 2000, he worked for Fingerhut Companies, Inc. with his last assignment as President and Chief Operating Officer, and played an integral role in developing the business services area of the company. Prior to Fingerhut, Mr. Buck was Vice President of Administration at Alliant Techsystems, a leading supplier of aerospace and defense technologies. Prior to that, Mr. Buck spent 21 years at Honeywell, Inc., including a four-year international posting, and most recently serving as Vice President of Administration. Other Board Service Mr. Buck is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Medica, served as a director of Evine Live, Inc. from 2004 to 2015, and served as a director of Round River Research from 2017 to 2021. Qualifications Mr. Buck brings financial, strategic and leadership experience, including health benefit plan experience, to our Board. Board Committees: Governance and Nominating (Chair), Compliance. Non-employee director compensation: $380,027.
2024-08-02	Mr. Buck serves as our non-executive Chairman of the Board. Mr. Buck is the principal owner of Whitefish Ventures, LLC, a family investment fund. He has been its Chief Executive Officer since 2000. Mr. Buck was Chief Executive Officer of Medica, the second largest health benefits plan in Minnesota, from February 2002 to May 2003. From 1996 to 2000, he worked for Fingerhut Companies, Inc. with his last assignment as President and Chief Operating Officer, and played an integral role in developing the business services area of the company. Prior to Fingerhut, Mr. Buck was Vice President of Administration at Alliant Techsystems, a leading supplier of aerospace and defense technologies. Prior to that, Mr. Buck spent 21 years at Honeywell, Inc., including a four-year international posting, and most recently serving as Vice President of Administration. Mr. Buck is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Medica, served as a director of Evine Live, Inc. from 2004 to 2015, and served as a director of Round River Research from 2017 to 2021. Mr. Buck brings financial, strategic and leadership experience, including health benefit plan experience, to our Board. Mr. Buck is male and serves as Chairman of the Board and chairs the Governance and Nominating Committee and is a member of the Compliance Committee. He received total compensation of $380,016 in fiscal 2024.