Duane B. Hopper

Duane Hopper has served as a Director of Minrad International, Inc. since December 2004 and Minrad, Inc. since June 2004.
Since 1998, he has been a private consultant in the medical device industry.
Previously, he was President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Graphic Controls Corporation from 1992 to 1998.
Mr. Hopper was Vice President and General Manager of the Medical Products Division for Graphic Controls Corporation from 1988 to 1992.
He served in various executive positions with various companies during the 1970s and 1980s including Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Zimmer, Inc., Surgilase, Inc. and Ohmeda, Inc. He served as an Officer in the U.S.
Air Force from 1968 to 1972, including one year as a Combat Aircrew Member in Southeast Asia.
Mr. Hopper received a Master's degree in Management from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University in 1974 and a Bachelor's degree in Biology from the University of Virginia in 1968.