GREGORY A. PRATT has been a director of Carpenter since 2002, is a member of the Human Resources Committee, chairs the Corporate Governance Committee, and also serves as Carpenter's Lead Independent Director. Mr. Pratt is Vice Chairman and a director of OAO Technology Solutions, Inc. (OAOT), an information technology and professional services company. He joined OAOT in 1998 as President and CEO after OAOT acquired Enterprise Technology Group, Inc., a software engineering firm founded by Mr. Pratt. Mr. Pratt served as President and COO of Intelligent Electronics, Inc. from 1991 through 1996, and was co-founder, and served variously as CFO and President, of Atari (US) Corporation from 1984 through 1991. He also serves as a director and audit committee chairman of AmeriGas Propane, Inc., a public company listed on the NYSE and also served as a director of Ceridian Corporation from September to November 2007.