Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc., Nominates Mary Garrett and Nancy M. Schlichting To Stand for Election to Its Board of Directors

CHICAGO, Jan. 5, 2017

"We are pleased to be nominating Mary Garrett and Nancy Schlichting to stand for election to our board," said Rolf A. Classon, chairman of the Hill-Rom board of directors. "I would also like to thank our colleague Eduardo Menascé for his 13 years of dedicated service as a Hill-Rom director and express, on behalf of the directors and Hill-Rom shareholders, our appreciation for his trusted leadership and insight."

Mary Garrett
Ms. Garrett most recently led Global Marketing for IBM Corporation, from 2009 until her retirement in December 2015. She joined IBM in 1981 as an electrical engineer and served in a number of senior roles including partnership executive for Memorial Sloan Kettering; vice president, Small and Medium Business for Global Technology Services; vice president of Marketing for Global Technology Services; and vice president of Marketing for eBusiness Hosting. Ms. Garrett currently serves as a board member and on the audit committee of Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc. She is an active mentor in W.O.M.E.N. in America, a professional development group aimed at advancing promising professional women, and is also on the board of the American Marketing Association, serving as chair-elect.

Ms. Garrett has extensive experience in the technology industry, including digital transformation, big data and cognitive analytics, cybersecurity and cloud computing. In addition, her broad international background, marketing expertise and business leadership experience, as well as experience as a public company director, make her highly qualified to serve as a Hill-Rom director.

Nancy M. Schlichting
Ms. Schlichting is the retired president and CEO of Henry Ford Health System ("HFHS") in Detroit, Michigan, having served in that role from June 2003 to December 2016. She joined HFHS in 1998 as senior vice president and chief administrative officer, and prior to her elevation to CEO of the health system served as executive vice president and COO of HFHS and president and CEO of Henry Ford Hospital. She currently serves as a director of Walgreens Boots Alliance, where she is chair of the compensation committee and a member of audit committee; a member of the board of managers of Ardent Health Services; a trustee of Kresge Foundation, where she is chair of the compensation committee and a member of audit committee; and a director of the Duke University Health System and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

Ms. Schlichting's career in healthcare administration spans more than 35 years in senior-level executive roles. She is credited with leading HFHS through a dramatic financial turnaround, and for award-winning customer service, quality and diversity initiatives, including HFHS being the recipient of the 2011 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Her significant healthcare leadership background, and her comprehensive knowledge of finance and accounting gained by education, experience and service on audit committees for more than a decade, provide the Hill-Rom board with additional depth and invaluable insights.