Alphatec Spine Appoints Siri S. Marshall, Esq. to Its Board of Directors
BY EDITOR, OCTOBER 29, 2008
Alphatec Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Alphatec Spine, Inc., a medical device company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets products for the surgical treatment of spine disorders, with a focus on treating conditions related to the aging spine, announced the addition of Siri S. Marshall, Esq. to its Board of Directors. This appointment increases Alphatec Spine's board of directors in size from nine directors to ten, and increases the number of independent directors from five to six.
Ms. Marshall is the former Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary and Chief Governance and Compliance Officer at General Mills, Inc., having retired from those positions in January 2008. In addition, Ms. Marshall managed General Mills' Tax function from 1994 to 1999 and its Corporate Affairs group from 1999 to 2005. Prior to joining General Mills in 1994, Ms. Marshall was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Avon Products, Inc.
Ms. Marshall also is a director of Ameriprise Financial, Inc., Equifax, Inc. and the Yale Center for the Study of Corporate Law, a Distinguished Advisor to the Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution, and a Trustee of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. In the past she has served as a director of the American Arbitration Association and the Yale Law School Fund. She has also served as a member of The New York Stock Exchange Legal Advisory Committee.
"We are very pleased that Ms. Marshall has agreed to join Alphatec Spine's board of directors. Her experience as a senior business executive with Fortune 500 companies will be a tremendous asset to Alphatec Spine," said Mortimer Berkowitz III, Alphatec Spine's Chairman of the Board of Directors. "Alphatec Spine's ability to attract, successful, experienced and sophisticated business professionals, such as Siri, to its Board of Directors, reflects the quality and growth of the company. I look forward to working with Siri as Alphatec Spine continues to grow and create shareholder value."
