Board of Directors

Daniel J. Starks

• Director since 1996
• Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of St. Jude Medical (2004-present)

Director of St. Jude Medical since 1996. Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of St. Jude Medical since May 2004. President and Chief Operating Officer of St. Jude Medical from February 2001 to May 2004. From April 1998 to February 2001, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Cardiac Rhythm Management Division of St. Jude Medical. Previously, Chief Executive Officer and President, Daig Corporation. Director of Urologix, Inc.

John W. Brown

• Governance & Nominating Committee Chairperson
• Director since 2005
• Chairman of Stryker Corporation (1980-present)

Director of St. Jude Medical since August 2005. Chairman of the Board of Stryker Corporation, an orthopedic device company, since 1980. Chief Executive Officer of Stryker Corporation from 1977 through 2004. Director of Gen-Probe Incorporated.

Richard R. Devenuti

• Audit Committee Member
• Director since 2001
• Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the CMA Division of EMC Corporation (July 2008 – present)

Director of St. Jude Medical since 2001. Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the CMA Division of EMC Corporation, a developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions, since July 2008. Senior Vice President of Worldwide Services and IT of Microsoft Corporation, a software company, from December 2003 until January 2007. From March 1999 to December 2003, Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Microsoft Corporation. Director of XETA Technologies Inc.

Stuart M. Essig

• Compensation Committee Chairperson
• Governance & Nominating Committee Member
• Director since 1999

President & Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors of Integra Life Sciences Holdings Corporation (1997-present)

Director of St. Jude Medical since 1999. President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation, a manufacturer of medical devices and implants, since December 1997.

Thomas H. Garrett III

• Audit Committee Member
• Director since 1979
• Self-employed as a business consultant (1996-present)

Director of St. Jude Medical since 1979. Self-employed as a business consultant since June 1996. Previously, a member of the law firm of Lindquist & Vennum PLLP of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and its Managing Partner from 1993 through 1995.

Barbara B. Hill

• Compensation Committee Member
• Director since 2007
• Chief Executive Officer, Director and President of ValueOptions, Inc. (2006-present)

Director of St. Jude Medical since December 2007. President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of ValueOptions, Inc., a managed behavioral health company, and FHC Health Systems, Inc., its parent company, since March 2006. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Woodhaven Health Services, an institutional pharmacy company, from August 2004 to March 2006. President of Express Scripts, Inc., a pharmacy benefits management company, from April 2002 to October 2003.

Michael A. Rocca

• Audit Committee Chairperson
• Director since 2004
• Retired in 2000 from Mallinckrodt, Inc. where he was Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Director of St. Jude Medical since March 2004. Retired in 2000 from Mallinckrodt, Inc., a pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturer, where he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 1994 to 2000. Director of Lawson Software, Inc.

Wendy L. Yarno

• Compensation Committee Member
• Governance & Nominating Committee Member
• Director since 2002
• Retired in 2008 from Merck & Co., Inc., as Chief Marketing Officer

Director of St. Jude Medical since 2002. Retired in 2008 from Merck & Co., Inc., a pharmaceutical company, where she was Chief Marketing Officer from 2006 to 2008. From 2005 to 2006, General Manager, Business Unit, Merck & Co., Inc. From 2002 to 2005, Executive VP, Worldwide Human Health, Merck & Co., Inc.