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Mr. Tompkins was elected executive vice president, chief administrative officer in October 2006. He is responsible for worldwide legal, regulatory and government affairs for RPM, along with the finance, accounting, tax, treasury, internal audit and risk management functions. Mr. Tompkins had been the firm's senior vice president, general counsel and secretary since October 2002. Mr. Tompkins was also RPM's vice president, general counsel and secretary since June 1998. Prior to joining RPM in 1996 as assistant general counsel, he held various positions with Reliance Electric Company, including senior corporate counsel, director of corporate development, director of investor and public relations and product marketing manager. He was a litigation attorney with Exxon Corporation from 1985 to 1987 in Texas. He began his career as a corporate attorney with Reliance Electric in 1981.
Mr. Tompkins is actively engaged in civic affairs having most recently served as the 95th president of the 5,500 member Cleveland Bar Association. He has been a trustee of the Cleveland Bar Foundation, a nonprofit organization and served for three years as Chair of the Visiting Committee of Cleveland State University's Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. Mr. Tompkins is a past recipient of the George B. Davis Award for his distinguished service to Cleveland State University and past recipient of an industry achievement award in October 2003 from the National Paint & Coatings Association, where he chaired the Corporate Counsel Advisory Group. Mr. Tompkins delivered the 107th Commencement address to the 2005 graduating class of Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. Mr. Tompkins also serves on the Board of the YWCA of Greater Cleveland and has been appointed by the Board of Trustees of Cleveland State University to serve on the Board's External Engagement Committee. He is a member of several other professional associations. Mr. Tompkins is a frequent speaker and panelist on various legal and business-related topics.
Mr. Tompkins received his B.A. from Mercyhurst College and his J.D. from Cleveland-Marshall Law School in 1981. | 