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Volt announces new board, committee assignments

May 20, 2015

Volt Information Sciences Inc. (NYSE MKT: VISI) yesterday announced the board composition and committee assignments following its annual meeting of shareholders held May 11.

In March, Volt entered into an agreement with Glacier Peak Capital LLC and its affiliates to revamp its board. Glacier Peak and its shareholder group claimed to own in the aggregate approximately 36% of Volt’s outstanding stock. Volt also named former Reader’s Digest exec Paul Tomkins as its new CFO, replacing James Whitney Mayhew, who stepped down for personal reasons.

The announced appointees include (* indicates a newly elected board member as of the 2015 annual meeting):

  • Michael Dean* – Chairman of the board
  • Ron Kochman – President and CEO
  • James Boone*
  • Nick Cyprus* – Audit committee chair
  • Bruce Goodman - Nominating/corporate governance committee chair
  • Theresa Havell
  • Dana Messina*
  • John Rudolf*
  • Laurie Siegel* - Compensation committee chair