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Chairman of the Board = Chairman of the Board      Chair = Chair     Committee Member = Member   Independent Director = Independent Director
  Audit Management Resources and Compensation Affiliated Transaction Governance‚ Finance and Nominating
Herbert M. Baum Member of Audit Committee Member of Management 
Resources and 
Compensation Committee    
Herbert M. Baum Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Dial Corporation (Retired)
Elected 1995

Mr. Baum, 72, served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Dial Corporation, now a subsidiary of The Henkel Group, from August 2000 to March 2005. Prior to joining Dial, from January 1999 to August 2000, Mr. Baum was employed by Hasbro, Inc. as President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Hasbro, Mr. Baum was employed by Quaker State Corporation as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 1993 to 1998. Mr. Baum was employed by Campbell Soup Company from 1978 to 1993, where he served in various positions, most recently as Executive Vice President and President, Campbell North/South America. Mr. Baum serves as a director of Meredith Corporation and US Airways. He is past chairman of the Association of National Advertisers, The Advertising Council and the National Food Processors Association.

Richard G. Cline   Committee Chair for Management 
Resources and 
Compensation Committee Member of Affiliated 
Transaction Committee Member of Governance‚ Finance and Nominating Committee
Michael J. Corliss Member of Audit Committee Member of Management 
Resources and 
Compensation Committee    
Pierre S. du Pont Member of Audit Committee   Member of Affiliated 
Transaction Committee Committee Chair for Governance‚ Finance and Nominating Committee
Archie R. Dykes   Member of Management 
Resources and 
Compensation Committee Committee Chair for Affiliated 
Transaction Committee Member of Governance‚ Finance and Nominating Committee
Jarobin Gilbert, Jr. Committee Chair for Audit Committee     Member of Governance‚ Finance and Nominating Committee
James R. Kackley Member of Audit Committee Member of Management 
Resources and 
Compensation Committee    
Matthew M. McKenna Member of Audit Committee     Member of Governance‚ Finance and Nominating Committee
Robert C. Pohlad        
Deborah E. Powell M.D.   Member of Management 
Resources and 
Compensation Committee   Member of Governance‚ Finance and Nominating Committee

Contact the Board

You can contact PepsiAmericas, Inc.'s Board of Directors to provide comments, to report concerns, or to ask a question, at the following address.

Corporate Secretary
PepsiAmericas, Inc.
4000 RBC Plaza
Minneapolis, MN 55402
United States

You may submit your concern anonymously or confidentially by postal mail. You may also indicate whether you are a shareholder, customer, supplier, or other interested party.

Communications are distributed to the Board, or to any individual directors as appropriate, depending on the facts and circumstances outlined in the communication. In that regard, the PepsiAmericas, Inc. board of directors has requested that certain items which are unrelated to the duties and responsibilities of the board should be excluded, such as:

  • Product complaints
  • Product inquiries
  • New product suggestions
  • Resumes and other forms of job inquiries
  • Surveys
  • Business solicitations or advertisements

In addition, material that is unduly hostile, threatening, illegal or similarly unsuitable will be excluded, with the provision that any communication that is filtered out must be made available to any non-management director upon request.