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Richard H. Lenny

Operating Partner, Friedman Fleischer & Lowe, LLC

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Mr. Richard H. Lenny, Rick, is an Operating Partner at Friedman Fleischer & Lowe, LLC. Mr. Lenny is a highly accomplished executive in the consumer packaged foods industry. He served as the President at The Hershey Co. from January 1, 2002 to October 2, 2007. Mr. Lenny served as an Executive Chairman at The Hershey Co. from January 1, 2002 to December 2007 and as its Chief Executive Officer since January 1, 2002. Prior to Hershey, he held several senior positions in ... the industry including Executive Vice President at Nabisco Inc., a subsidiary of Nabisco Holdings Corp. since February 1998. Mr. Lenny served as Executive Vice President at Nabisco Holdings Corp. since February 1998. From January 2001 to March 2001, he served as Group Vice President at Kraft Foods Inc. and President of Snack business. Mr. Lenny held a number of senior marketing and sales positions at Kraft Foods during his 18-year tenure there. From February 1998 to December 2000, he served as the President at Nabisco Biscuit and Snacks (now Nabisco Biscuit Company) for RJR Acquisition Corp. Mr. Lenny served as the President at Pillsbury North America from November 1996 to January 1998, as the President at Pillsbury Specialty Brands from February 1995 to November 1996, and Senior Vice President of Sales and Customer Service at Kraft Foods from May 1994 to February 1995. He serves as Chairman of Grocery Manufacturers at America. Mr. Lenny has been Director of Discover Financial Services since February 2009; ConAgra Foods Inc. since March 2009 and Mcdonald's Corp. since September 2005. Mr. Lenny serves as a Director of Discover Bank. He has been Member of Advisory Board at Z-Trim Holdings, Inc. since November 29, 2011. He serves as Director of the Hershey Trust Company. He served as a Director of Sunoco Inc. from 2002 to May 4, 2006. He serves as a Trustee of the Central Pennsylvania Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, the Dean’s Advisory Board of Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, Trustee of Georgia State University, the Board of Managers of the Milton Hershey School, and the Board of Advisors of the Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University. Mr. Lenny is a Member of the Board of Trustees of The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago and The Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, Illinois. He was awarded by Georgia State University its 2005 Alumni Achievement Award. He was named Brandweek's “Marketer of the Year” for 2004, and in March 2005, Barron's named him one of the 30 “World's Most Respected CEOs”. During his tenure at Hershey from 2001 to 2007, Mr. Lenny was recognized as one of the “Best CEOs in America” by Institutional Investor magazine. In May, 2005, Food Processing Magazine named him one of their 11 most influential people in the food industry. Mr. Lenny is a graduate of Northwestern University's J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management with an M.B.A., with honors, in Marketing and Finance, and holds a Bachelor's degree in Marketing, magna cum laude, from Georgia State University.

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