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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    
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    
James R. Kackley Director of Various Corporations
Elected 2004

Mr. Kackley, 66, practiced as a public accountant for Arthur Andersen from 1963 to 1999. From 1974 to 1999, he was an audit partner for the firm, dealing with a substantial number of public and non-public companies. In addition, in 1998 and 1999, he served as Chief Financial Officer for Andersen Worldwide, then a professional services firm operating in more than 100 countries. From June 1999 to May 2002, Mr. Kackley served as an adjunct professor at the Kellstadt School of Management at DePaul University. Mr. Kackley serves as a director, a member of the executive committee, the audit committee financial expert, and the audit committee chairman of Herman Miller, Inc., a Michigan-based manufacturer of office furniture, and as a director, a member of the nominating and governance committee, the audit committee financial expert, and the audit and finance committee chairman of Orion Energy Systems, Inc., a Wisconsin-based manufacturer of industrial lighting. Mr. Kackley served as a director, a member of the nominating and governance committee, the audit committee financial expert, and a member of the audit committee of Ryerson, Inc. from March 2007 to October 2007. Previously, he served on the audit committees of Northwestern University and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, not-for-profit corporations. He is currently a Life Trustee of Northwestern University and the Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago).

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.