R. WILLIAM VAN SANT

Board of Directors,
Graco

Director since 2004

Committee Assignments: Audit (Chair), Governance

Experience

Stone Arch Capital, Minneapolis, MN

2008 – Present

Operating Partner

Paladin, a Dover Corporation company, Cedar Rapids, IA

2006 – 2007

President & Chief Executive Officer

Paladin L.L.C., Cedar Rapids, IA

2003 – 2006

Chairman

2003 – 2005

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Norwest Equity Partners, Minneapolis MN

2001 – 2006

Operating Partner

Nortrax Inc., Minneapolis, MN

1999 – 2001

Chairman, Director and Chief Executive Officer

Education

1978

Executive Business Program, Columbia University

1967

MSME, University of Iowa

1966

BSME, University of Iowa

Boards

2004 – Present

Director, Graco Inc.

2002 – Present

Director, HB Fuller Company

Organizations

Member, Bayfield Regional Conservancy