Arthur D. Collins

Art Collins currently is a member of the Board of Directors of Alcoa, Inc., The Boeing Company, Cargill, Inc., and US Bancorp. He also serves as a managing partner of Acorn Associates, LLC, and a senior advisor to Oak Hill Capital Partners.

After serving 16 years as a senior executive at Medtronic, Inc., 14 of which were as the company’s chairman & CEO or president & COO, Mr. Collins retired in 2008. He started his career at Medtronic in 1992 as executive vice president and president of Medtronic International. Medtronic is the largest medical technology company in the world with annual revenues of about $29 billion. Conducting business in more than 120 countries, Medtronic’s employment currently exceeds 92,000.

Mr. Collins received a Bachelor of Science degree and a Doctor of Laws honorary degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He also holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania where he was a member of the undergraduate faculty. He has served as a member of the Board of Overseers of the Wharton School and the Board of Visitors for the Farmer School of Business at Miami University. Mr. Collins also was the chairman of AdvaMed, the medical technology industry association, and has served on the boards of numerous governmental and civic organizations, including the President’s Export Council.