The Chicago-based Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company has announced that at its annual meeting of stockholders held earlier this week in Chicago, the stockholders elected its directors to the following classes:


        Class I                   Class II                Class III
   (Serving until 2003)      (Serving until 2004)    (Serving until 2005)
    John F. Bard               Thomas A. Knowlton      Penny Pritzker
    Howard B. Bernick          Steven B. Sample        Richard K. Smucker
    Melinda R. Rich            Alex Shumate            William Wrigley, Jr.


At the board of directors meeting held immediately after, the following officers were elected:


William Wrigley, Jr. President & CEO


Peter R. Hempstead   Senior VP – international 
Surinder Kumar       Chief Innovation Officer
Gary E. McCullough   Senior VP – Americas
Dushan Petrovich     Senior VP – People, learning & development
Darrell R. Splithoff Senior VP – supply chain & corporate development
Ronald V. Waters     Senior VP and CFO

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Donald E. Balster    VP, worldwide manufacturing
Vincent C. Bonica    VP, organizational development
Reuben Gamoran       VP and controller
Donagh Herlihy       VP – chief information officer
Shaun Kim            VP, worldwide engineering
Howard Malovany      VP, secretary and general counsel
Kathryn E. Olson     VP, US consumer marketing

Jon Orving           VP, international and managing director – North Region
Stefan Pfander       VP, international and managing director – Europe
William M. Piet      VP, corporate affairs
Alan J. Schneider    VP and Treasurer
Ralph P. Scozzafava  VP, US sales & customer marketing
Michael F. Wong      VP, international and managing director – Asia



A. Rory Finlay       Senior director, global branding
Philip C. Johnson    Senior director, benefits & compensation
Daniela Zaluda       Senior director, product & technical development


The Wrigley Company is the world’s largest manufacturer and marketer of chewing gum, with global sales of nearly US$2.5bn. It markets its brands in over 150 countries.