Vada O Manager

Vada Manager, 46, became a member of Ashland’s board of directors in 2008 and serves on the Finance and Personnel & Compensation committees. Currently director of global issues management for Nike Inc., Mr. Manager has held positions in multiple areas of the company, including senior strategist, advisor to senior management and project manager, beginning in 1997. Before joining Nike, he performed a similar role at Levi Strauss & Co.’s global headquarters in San Francisco and was also a vice president of the Washington, D.C.-based public affairs firm, Powell Tate, a part of Weber Shandwick, and a former vice president of public finance for a Phoenix-based NYSE brokerage firm.