Dr Pepper Snapple Group

Board of Directors

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Wayne R. Sanders

Chairman

Mr. Sanders has served as a director since May 2008 and is Chairman of the Board of Directors and chairman of the nominating and corporate governance committee. Mr. Sanders served as the Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation from 1992 until his retirement in 2003. Mr. Sanders currently serves on the boards of directors of Texas Instruments Incorporated and Belo Corp. He previously served on the board of directors of Adolph Coors Company. Mr. Sanders is also a National Trustee and Governor of the Boys & Girls Club of America and was a member of the Marquette University Board of Trustees from 1992 to 2007, serving as Chairman from 2001 to 2003.
Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee

Larry D. Young

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Larry Young is president and chief executive officer for
Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. (NYSE: DPS), one of the world's leading beverage companies.

Larry was named president and chief executive officer in October 2007 after serving as president and chief operating officer for the company's Bottling Group division and led the spinoff of Dr Pepper Snapple Group from Cadbury Schweppes plc in May 2008.

Larry joined the company in April 2006 through its full acquisition of Dr Pepper/Seven Up Bottling Group, where he had been president and CEO since 2005. As head of operations, he played a central role in helping to create a new business model for a fully integrated beverage company.

By integrating the Bottling Group and several other independent bottling businesses into DPS, the company now has a more reliable, sustainable and secure route to market. This has allowed the company to protect its brand equity and improve customer relations through better control of its products from innovation to the store shelf. As a result, DPS can more effectively deliver those brands, with direct access to more than 230 million consumers in 34 states.

In his 30-year career, Larry has produced and sold virtually every type of beverage in the Americas and across Europe and Russia. He previously served more than 25 years in the Pepsi system, most recently with PepsiAmericas and before that with Pepsi-Cola General Bottlers, where he began on a route truck and worked his way to President and Chief Operating Officer.

In 2008, Larry was appointed chairman of the board of the American Beverage Association and inducted into the Beverage World Soft Drink Hall of Fame. He and his wife, Colette, live in Dallas and are both natives of Springfield, Mo.

John L. Adams

Director

Mr. Adams has served as a director since May 2008. Mr. Adams served as Executive Vice President of Trinity Industries, Inc. from January 1999 to June 2005 and held the position of Vice Chairman from July 2005 to March 2007. Prior to joining Trinity Industries, Mr. Adams spent 25 years in various positions with Texas Commerce Bank, N.A. and its successor, Chase Bank of Texas, National Association. From 1997 to 1998, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Chase Bank of Texas. Mr. Adams currently serves on the boards of directors of Trinity Industries, Inc. and Group 1 Automotive, Inc., where he has served as chairman since April 2005. He previously served on the boards of directors of American Express Bank Ltd. and Phillips Gas Company.


Member of the Audit Committee

Terence D. Martin

Director

Mr. Martin has served as a director since May 2008 and serves as chairman of the audit committee. Mr. Martin served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Quaker Oats Company from 1998 until his retirement in 2001. From 1995 to 1998, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of General Signal Corporation. Mr. Martin was Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Executive Committee of American Cyanamid Company from 1991 to 1995 and served as Treasurer from 1988 to 1991. Since 2002, Mr. Martin has served on the board of directors of Del Monte Foods Company and currently serves as the chairman of its audit committee.


Chair of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee

Pamela H. Patsley

Director

Ms Patsley has served as a director since May 2008. Ms. Patsley served as Senior Executive Vice President of First Data Corporation from March 2000 to October 2007 and President of First Data International from May 2002 to October 2007. She retired from those positions in October 2007. From 1991 to 2000, she served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Paymentech, Inc., prior to its acquisition by First Data. Ms. Patsley also previously served as Chief Financial Officer of First USA, Inc. Ms. Patsley currently serves on the boards of directors of Molson Coors Brewing Company and Texas Instruments Incorporated, and she is the chair of the audit committee of Texas Instruments Incorporated.


Member of the Audit Committee

Ronald G. Rogers

Director

Mr. Rogers has served as a director since May 2008. Mr. Rogers has served in various positions with Bank of Montreal between 1972 and 2007. From 2002 to 2007, he served as Deputy Chair, Enterprise Risk & Portfolio Management, BMO Financial Group and from 1994 to 2002, he served as Vice Chairman, Personal & Commercial Client Group. Prior to 1994, Mr. Rogers held various executive vice president positions at Bank of Montreal.


Member of the Compensation Committee

Jack L. Stahl

Director

Mr. Stahl has served as a director since May 2008 and serves as chairman of the compensation committee. Mr. Stahl served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Revlon, Inc. from February 2002 until his retirement in September 2006. From February 2000 to March 2001, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of The Coca-Cola Company and previously served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of The Coca-Cola Company's North America Group and Senior Vice President of The Coca-Cola Company's Americas Group. Mr. Stahl currently serves on the board of directors of Schering-Plough Corporation.


Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee
Chair of the Compensation Committee

M. Anne Szostak

Director

Ms. Szostak has served as a director since May 2008. Since June 2004, Ms. Szostak has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Szostak Partners LLC, a consulting firm that advises executive officers on strategic and human resource issues. From 1998 until her retirement in 2004, she served as Executive Vice President and Corporate Director — Human Resources and Diversity of FleetBoston Financial Corporation. She also served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fleet Bank — Rhode Island from 2001 to 2003. Ms. Szostak currently is a director of Belo Corp., ChoicePoint, Inc., Tupperware Brands Corporation and Spherion Corporation, where she serves as chair of the compensation committee.
Member of the Compensation Committee

Mike Weinstein

Director

Mr. Weinstein was elected as a director in February 2009. Mr. Weinstein is a co-founder of INOV8, which specializes in developing and commercializing innovative beverage products such as HYDRIVE energy drink. Mr. Weinstein served as president and chief operating officer of A&W Brands, Inc., in the early '90s and later as chief executive officer of Snapple Beverage Group, which was acquired by Cadbury Schweppes in 2000. During his career, he also has overseen such brands as RC Cola, Squirt, Mistic, Stewart's and Vernor's and has led global innovation and business development teams. Mr. Weinstein was named to Beverage World magazine's Hall of Fame in 2000 and received Beverage Digest's prestigious "Visionary Award" in 2004.