A Schulman appoints new members to its board

 A Schulman Inc (SHLM) has appointed Allen Spizzo and Carol Eicher to its board of directors, effective immediately.

Spizzo currently serves on the board of Ferro Corporation as a member of the audit and compensation committees and on the board of directors of Global Specimen Solutions Inc a privately held informatics company.

Eicher is a non-executive chairman of Innocor Inc where she is the past president and CEO. She serves on the board of directors and is the current chair of the governance committee for Tennant Company.

In connection with these appointments, the board size will be increased to ten directors, nine of whom will be independent. Spizzo will serve on the board's audit, finance, and nominating and corporate governance committees, and Eicher will serve on the compensation, audit and executive committees.

In addition, the company also announced that Dr William Joyce has been appointed as senior advisor to the board, effective immediately. In this capacity, Joyce will serve as a consultant to the company and as an advisor to the board for a term of two years.

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