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Charles M. Berger, 70, has been a Management Partner in Trinity Investment Partners LLC since 2003. Mr. Berger served as Chairman of the Board of The Scotts Company from 1996 through 2002. From 1996 to 2001, he was also Chief Executive Officer, and from 1996 until 2000, he was President. Prior that, during his 32-year career at H.J. Heinz Company, he held the positions of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Heinz India Pvt. Ltd. (Bombay); Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Weight Watchers International, a Heinz affiliate; Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Heinz-Italy (Milan), the largest Heinz profit center in Europe; General Manager, Marketing, for all Heinz U.S. grocery products; Marketing Director for Heinz U.K. (London); and Director of Corporate Planning at Heinz World Headquarters. Mr. Berger is a Director of the Colibri Corporation of Providence, Rhode Island, and of Salerno Plastics, Plattsburgh, New York. He is also on the Board of the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, Florida, the North Shore Hospital System in Manhasset, New York, and Chairman of the Naples Botanical Garden. Mr. Berger is also Executive in Residence at Ohio Wesleyan University. He graduated from Princeton University and received an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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