Corporate Board Profile
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2010-06-10 | Robert W. Allen joined the Board of Directors in October 2007. Mr. Allen is a seasoned executive with many years experience as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of businesses ranging in size from $200 million to $2.5 billion. Mr. Allen has over thirty years experience in the dairy industry, most notably as a catalyst for developing companies and a turn-around agent for troubled companies or divisions. Mr. Allen was most recently Chief Executive Officer of Southern Belle Dairy where he established a leadership team to reposition the company and developed a position in the market place for the branding of its products. Prior to this, he was Executive Vice President of Borden, Inc. where he was recruited to turn around the largest and most trouble division of the Company. He is also the immediate past Chair of Kid Peace International, a $160 million non-profit agency assisting children in crises. Director compensation for 2009 was $10,000. |
2011-09-23 | Robert W. Allen joined the Board of Directors in October 2007. Mr. Allen is a seasoned executive with many years experience as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of businesses ranging in size from $200 million to $2.5 billion. Mr. Allen has over thirty years experience in the dairy industry, most notably as a catalyst for developing companies and a turn-around agent for troubled companies or divisions. Mr. Allen was most recently Chief Executive Officer of Southern Belle Dairy where he established a leadership team to reposition the company and developed a position in the market place for the branding of its products. Prior to this, he was Executive Vice President of Borden, Inc. where he was recruited to turn around the largest and most trouble division of the company. He is also the immediate past Chair of Kid Peace International, a $160 million non-profit agency assisting children in crises. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee believes that Mr. Allen’s years of experience in an area of growth for the Company, the dairy industry, as well as his extensive experience developing and managing companies in senior executive roles, add significant value to the Company and its Board of Directors in assessing challenges in one of its growth markets, and in addressing organizational and development issues facing the Company. |
2012-04-20 | Robert W. Allen joined the Board of Directors in October 2007. Mr. Allen is a seasoned executive with many years experience as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of businesses ranging in size from $200 million to $2.5 billion. Mr. Allen has over thirty years experience in the dairy industry, most notably as a catalyst for developing companies and a turn-around agent for troubled companies or divisions. Mr. Allen was most recently Chief Executive Officer of Southern Belle Dairy where he established a leadership team to reposition the company and developed a position in the market place for the branding of its products. Prior to this, he was Executive Vice President of Borden, Inc. where he was recruited to turn around the largest and most troubled division of the company. He is also the immediate past Chair of Kid Peace International, a $160 million non-profit agency assisting children in crises. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee believes that Mr. Allen’s years of experience in an area of growth for the Company, the dairy industry, as well as his extensive experience developing and managing companies in senior executive roles, add significant value to the Company and its Board of Directors in assessing challenges in one of its growth markets, and in addressing organizational and development issues facing the Company. The following table sets forth certain information regarding the nominees for election as directors of the Company. There are no family relationships between any directors and executive officers. Name of Nominee Age Title Robert W. Allen 69 Director. The outside directors of the Company, currently consisting of James R. Gillis, Robert W. Allen, Peter Brennan, Robert P. Hermanns, C. Manly Molpus, and William S. Kies, Jr., receive the following compensation: Annual cash compensation of $10,000 payable at the rate of $2,500 per quarter. The Company has the right to pay this amount in the form of shares of Common Stock, and did so for all compensation owed directors during fiscal 2011; and Upon appointment, outside independent directors receive a grant of $75,000 payable in shares of the Company’s restricted Common Stock calculated based on the market value of the shares of Common Stock on the date of grant. The shares vest ratably over a five-year period. The following table sets forth information concerning the compensation earned during fiscal 2011 by our current directors: Name Stock Awards ($) (1) Total ($) James R. Gillis 25,000 25,000 Richard S. Krause(2) 25,000 25,000 Robert W. Allen 25,000 25,000 Peter Brennan 25,000 25,000 C. Manly Molpus 25,000 25,000 Robert P. Hermanns 10,000 10,000 William S. Kies, Jr. (3) - - (1) Stock awards consist solely of stock grants of fully vested Common Stock. Amounts shown do not reflect compensation actually received by the director. Instead, the amounts shown reflect the compensation costs recognized by the Company during the fiscal year for stock awards as determined pursuant to FAS 123R. (2) Mr. Krause resigned from the Company’s Board of Directors on February 7, 2012. (3) Mr. Kies joined the Company’s Board of Directors on November 11, 2011. The Board of Directors has an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee, and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The following table represents the composition of each committee of the Board of Directors: Name of Director Audit Committee Compensation Committee Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Robert W. Allen Chairman Chairman - |
2013-02-28 | Robert W. Allen joined the Board of Directors in October 2007. Mr. Allen is a seasoned executive with many years experience as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of businesses ranging in size from $200 million to $2.5 billion. |
2013-11-12 | Robert W. Allen joined the Board of Directors in October 2007. Mr. Allen is a seasoned executive with many years experience as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of businesses ranging in size from $200 million to $2.5 billion. Mr. Allen has over thirty years experience in the dairy industry, most notably as a catalyst for developing companies and a turn-around agent for troubled companies or divisions. Mr. Allen was most recently Chief Executive Officer of Southern Belle Dairy where he established a leadership team to reposition the company and developed a position in the market place for the branding of its products. Prior to this, he was Executive Vice President of Borden, Inc., where he was recruited to turn around the largest and most troubled division of the company. He is also the immediate past Chair of Kid Peace International, a $160 million non-profit agency assisting children in crises. The following table sets forth information concerning director compensation earned during fiscal year 2013: Name: Robert W. Allen, Total: $25,000. |
2014-10-07 | Robert W. Allen joined the Board of Directors in October 2007. Mr. Allen is a seasoned executive with many years experience as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of businesses ranging in size from $200 million to $2.5 billion. Mr. Allen has over thirty years experience in the dairy industry, most notably as a catalyst for developing companies and a turn-around agent for troubled companies or divisions. Mr. Allen was most recently Chief Executive Officer of Southern Belle Dairy where he established a leadership team to reposition the company and developed a position in the market place for the branding of its products. Prior to this, he was Executive Vice President of Borden, Inc., where he was recruited to turn around the largest and most troubled division of the company. He is also the immediate past Chair of Kid Peace International, a $160 million non-profit agency assisting children in crises. |
2015-09-21 | Robert W. Allen joined the Board of Directors in October 2007. Mr. Allen is a seasoned executive with many years experience as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of businesses ranging in size from $200 million to $2.5 billion. Mr. Allen has over thirty years experience in the dairy industry, most notably as a catalyst for developing companies and a turn-around agent for troubled companies or divisions. Mr. Allen was most recently Chief Executive Officer of Southern Belle Dairy where he established a leadership team to reposition the company and developed a position in the market place for the branding of its products. Prior to this, he was Executive Vice President of Borden, Inc., where he was recruited to turn around the largest and most troubled division of the company. He is also the immediate past Chair of Kid Peace International, a $160 million non-profit agency assisting children in crises. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee believes that Mr. Allen’s years of experience in an area of growth for the Company, the dairy industry, as well as his extensive experience developing and managing companies in senior executive roles, add significant value to the Company and its Board of Directors in assessing challenges in one of its growth markets, and in addressing organizational and development issues facing the Company. The outside directors of the Company, consisting of Messrs. Allen, Kies, Juliano, Noll, and Hodge, received the following compensation during fiscal 2015: annual cash compensation of $10,000 payable at the rate of $2,500 per quarter. The Company has the right to pay this amount in the form of shares of Common Stock, and did so for all compensation owed directors during fiscal 2015; and upon appointment, outside independent directors receive a grant of $150,000 payable in shares of the Company’s restricted Common Stock calculated based on the market value of the shares of Common Stock on the date of grant. The shares vest ratably over a five-year period. The following table sets forth information concerning director compensation earned by our outside directors during fiscal year 2015: Name Stock Awards ($) (2) Total ($) Robert W. Allen 10,000 10,000. |
2016-09-15 | Robert W. Allen joined the Board of Directors in October 2007. Mr. Allen is a seasoned executive with many years experience as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of businesses ranging in size from $200 million to $2.5 billion. Mr. Allen has over thirty years experience in the dairy industry. |
2017-10-19 | Robert W. Allen joined the Board of Directors in October 2007. Mr. Allen is a seasoned executive with many years of experience as Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of businesses ranging in size from $200 million to $2.5 billion. Mr. Allen has over thirty years of experience in the dairy industry, most notably as a catalyst for developing companies and a turn-around agent for troubled companies or divisions. Mr. Allen was Chief Executive Officer of Tuscan Lehigh Dairies from July 1994 to December 1998, where he established a leadership team to that repositioned the company and developed a position in the market place for the branding of its products. |
2018-10-04 | Robert W. Allen joined the Board of Directors in October 2007... The following table provides information regarding 2018 compensation paid to our non-employee directors... Robert W. Allen $10,000. |
2019-10-11 | Robert W. Allen – Independent Director, Age 76. Mr. Allen joined the Board in October 2007. He serves on the Audit Committee and is the Chair of the Compensation Committee. He received $75,000 in director fees in 2019. |
2020-10-13 | Robert W. Allen – Independent Director, Age 77. Mr. Allen joined the Board in October 2007. Non-executive directors receive an annual retainer of $75,000. Mr. Allen serves on the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee. |
2021-09-30 | Robert W. Allen – Independent Director, Age 78. Mr. Allen joined the Board in October 2007. Non-executive directors receive an annual retainer of $75,000. Mr. Allen serves on the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee (Chair). |
2022-10-04 | Robert W. Allen – Independent Director, Age 79. Mr. Allen joined the Board in October 2007. Non-executive directors receive an annual retainer of $75,000. Mr. Allen serves on the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee. |
2023-10-03 | Robert W. Allen – Independent Director Age: 80 Role: Independent Director Committees: Audit Committee (Member), Compensation Committee (Chair) Compensation: $75,000 annual retainer for non-executive directors. |
2024-10-04 | Mr. Allen has over thirty years of experience in the dairy industry, most notably as a catalyst for developing companies and a turn-around agent for troubled companies. |
Data sourced from SEC filings. Last updated: 2025-07-01