MModal Inc. (NASDAQ/GS: MODL), a leading provider of clinical narrative
capture services, Speech Understanding™ technology and clinical
documentation workflow, today announced that Henry C. Wolf has been
appointed to the board of directors, effective immediately. Mr. Wolf
replaces Merle L. Gilmore, who recently resigned from the board. The
appointment of Mr. Wolf increases the number of independent directors to
six.
Mr. Wolf’s career includes 34 years with Norfolk Southern Corporation,
where he served as Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer from 1998
until his retirement in 2007, and as Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer from 1993 to 1998. He currently serves on the boards
of AGL Resources, Inc. and Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., as well as on
the Board of Trustees of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and as a
Director of the Colonial Williamsburg Company. Mr. Wolf also served as a
member of the Board of Visitors of the College of William and Mary from
2003 to 2011. Mr. Wolf began his career as a Captain of the U.S. Army,
Judge Advocate General’s Corps, followed by service as an attorney with
the Office of Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service and as an
Attorney-Advisor to Judge Irene F. Scott at the United States Tax Court.
He commenced his railroad career with Norfolk & Western Railway Company
in 1973 as a tax attorney. Mr. Wolf was an Adjunct Professor at Roanoke
College from 1975 to 1990.
“Henry is a strong addition to our board of directors,” noted Vern
Davenport, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of M*Modal. “He brings
extensive financial experience and a track record of board service with
leading publicly held companies. We look forward to his guidance and
contributions to our continued growth. At the same time, I’d like to
thank Merle Gilmore for this past service to our board of directors.”
Effective with the addition of Mr. Wolf, M*Modal has reconstituted its
Audit, Compensation and Nomination Committees of the board of directors
to be comprised entirely of independent board members. Kenneth John
McLachlan chairs the Audit Committee; James Patrick Nolan chairs the
Compensation Committee; and Andrew Vogel chairs the Nomination Committee.
About M*Modal
M*Modal (NASDAQ/GS: MODL) is a leading provider of clinical narrative
capture services, Speech Understanding™ technology and clinical
documentation workflow. M*Modal’s enterprise solutions – including
mobile voice capture devices, speech recognition, Natural Language
Understanding, Web-based workflow platforms and global network of
medical editors – help healthcare facilities facilitate adoption of
electronic health records (EHR), transition to ICD-10, improve patient
care, increase physician satisfaction and lower operational costs. For
more information, please visit www.mmodal.com,
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