HNI Corporation


Brian E. Stern
Lead Director of the Board of Directors, HNI Corporation
Director, Starboard Capital Partners, LLC
Elected 07-29-98

Brian E. Stern has been a Director of the Corporation since 1998, and the Lead Director of the Board since May 2008.

Mr. Stern has been a director of Starboard Capital Partners, LLC, a financial sponsor that initiates, finances and partners with management and private equity investors in the acquisition of companies, since July 2007. Previously, from 2004 to June 2007, he was the Senior Vice President, Xerox, Fuji Xerox Operations of Xerox Corporation, a developer, marketer, manufacturer, financier and servicer of document processing products and services.

Mr. Stern graduated from the University of East Anglia, Norwich, England and received his MBA from Harvard University.

 

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COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD

Audit
Miguel M. Calado - Chairperson
Mary H. Bell
James R. Jenkins

Human Resources and Compensation
Abbie J. Smith - Chairperson
Cheryl A. Francis
Dennis J. Martin
Brian E. Stern

Public Policy and Corporate Governance
Larry B. Porcellato - Chairperson
Gary M. Christensen
Ronald V. Waters, III