Martin J. Wygod Acting CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors
Mark D. Funston Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Wayne T. Gattinella Chief Executive Officer and President of WebMD Health
Arthur Lehrer Chief Executive Officer and President of ViPS
Charles A. Mele Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
William G. Midgette Chief Executive Officer of Porex
Martin J. Wygod has served as Acting CEO of our company since February 2008 and as Chairman of the Board of Directors of our company since March 2001 and as a director since September 2000. Since May 2005, he has also served as Chairman of the Board of our WebMD Health Corp. subsidiary. From October 2000 until May 2003, Mr. Wygod also served as our Chief Executive Officer. From September 2000 until October 2000, Mr. Wygod served as Co-Chief Executive Officer of our company. Mr. Wygod is also engaged in the business of racing, boarding and breeding thoroughbred horses, and is President of River Edge Farm, Inc.
Mark D. Funston has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of our company since November 2006 and of our WebMD Health Corp. subsidiary since August 11, 2007. Prior to joining HLTH, Mr. Funston was Interim Chief Financial Officer of Digital Harbor, Inc., a privately held software company, from November 2005. Prior to that, Mr. Funston served as Chief Financial Officer of Group 1 Software, Inc., a publicly traded software company, from 1996 until its acquisition by Pitney Bowes in 2004. From 1989 to 1996, Mr. Funston was Chief Financial Officer of COMSAT RSI, Inc. (formerly Radiation Systems, Inc.), a publicly traded telecommunications manufacturing company acquired by COMSAT Corporation in 1994.
Wayne T. Gattinella has served as President of our WebMD segment since August 2001 and as its Chief Executive Officer since April 2005. Since May 2005, he has held the same positions at our WebMD Health Corp. subsidiary and has also served as a member of its Board of Directors. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Gattinella was Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for PeoplePC, an Internet service provider, from April 2000 to August 2001. From February 1998 to March 2000, Mr. Gattinella was President of North America for MemberWorks, Inc., a marketing services company.
Arthur Lehrer has served as Chief Executive Officer and President of our ViPS segment since June 2006. Prior to that, Mr. Lehrer served as General Manager of ViPS' Government Solutions Group for more than five years and in other management positions at ViPS since 1983.
Charles A. Mele has been Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of our company since January 2001 and has served in senior executive positions for our company and predecessor companies since 1995.
William G. Midgette has been Chief Executive Officer of our Porex segment since August 2002. For more than five years prior to that, Mr. Midgette served in senior management positions at C. R. Bard, Inc., a healthcare products company, the last of which was President, Bard International.