Wa., USA - September 17, 2010 Seattle, Wa., USA - Cell Therapeutics announced that it has elected John H. Bauer and Phillip M. Nudelman to serve on the board of directors until the 2013 Annual Meeting.
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Mr. Bauer was appointed to the Board in October 2005. Mr. Bauer serves as an executive advisor and Chief Financial Officer at DigiPen Institute of Technology. He was formerly Executive Vice President for Nintendo of America Inc. from 1994 to 2004.
While at Nintendo of America Inc., Mr. Bauer had direct responsibility for all administrative and finance functions, and since 2004, he also has served as a consultant to Nintendo of America Inc.
Mr. Bauer is also a member of the board of directors of Zones, Inc., RIPL Corporation, and Caliber Data, Inc., and is Chairman of the Zones, Inc. audit committee. From 1963 to 1994, he worked for Coopers & Lybrand, including serving as the business assurance (audit) practice Partner.
Mr. Bauer also was a member of Coopers & Lybrand’s Firm Council, the senior policy making and governing board for the firm. Mr. Bauer received his B.S. degree in accounting from St. Edward’s University and attended South Texas College of Law.
Mr. Nudelman has been a director of CTI since March 1994 and Board Chairman since 2005. From 2000 to 2007, he served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Hope Heart Institute and is currently a member of the board of directors for Hope Heart.
From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Nudelman was the Chairman of the board of Kaiser/Group Health, retiring in 2000 as Chief Executive Officer Emeritus. From 1990 to 2000, Dr. Nudelman was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, a health maintenance organization. He also currently serves on the board of directors of OptiStor Technologies, Inc. and Zynchros, Inc.
A noted leader in improving healthcare in the country, Mr. Nudelman served on the White House Task Force for Health Care Reform from 1992 to 1994 and the President’s Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in Health Care from 1996 to 1998.
Mr. Nudelman also served on the Pew Health Professions Commission and on the American Medical Association’s Task Force on Ethics, the Woodstock Ethics Commission, and currently serves as chairman of the American Association of Health Plans. ■