Gayle Mattson serves as Executive Vice President and Global Leader, Board & CEO Practice/Corporate Director of DHR International in the firm’s New York and Stamford, Connecticut offices. Prior to joining DHR International, Ms. Mattson was with Korn/Ferry International where she began her career as a Principal in 1998 and was later promoted to Senior Client Partner. She was a major contributor within the Global Corporate Directors Practice. Ms. Mattson is a frequent speaker and contributor on the issue of Corporate Boards and Governance. This includes her publication in The Corporate Board entitled The Effective Lead Director. She is also a frequent speaker of women and boards and is a member of the Corporate Women Directors International. Her board experience has included cross border recruitment and rebuilding boards for Fortune 500 companies, building new boards for Pre-IPO and spin-off companies. Representative multiple board assignments include United Technologies, Lockheed Martin, Becton Dickinson, PETsMART, Palm, Inc., as well as Genencor, Cott Corporation, AstraZeneca Plc., Campbell Soup Company, Dow Jones & Company, McGraw Hill, and Inco Ltd. Additionally, she has been instrumental in conducting Chief Financial Officer, as well as Chief Executive Officer assignments for midcap to Fortune 100 companies. Prior to her career at Korn/Ferry, Ms. Mattson was with another major international executive search firm in New York. She was instrumental in building their global Corporate Board and Chief Financial Officers Practices from 1992 to 1998. During this time, she was responsible for recruitment of U.S. Chief Executive Officers to European Boards, as well as Asians, Europeans and Latin Americans to U.S. Boards. Representative assignments included McGraw-Hill Companies, Eli Lilly, Brunswick, R. R. Donnelley, Monsanto, AMP, Schneider S.A., Bowater plc., Armstrong World Industries, Harris Corporation, EDS, NYLife, and Mallinckrodt Inc. Ms. Mattson received a Master’s degree from the University of Michigan and a B.A. from Valparaiso University. She has been active on the Board of several senior citizen community service organizations.