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Mitchell J. Krebs
President and Chief Executive Officer
Mitchell J. Krebs
President and Chief Executive Officer


Mitchell J. Krebs was named President and CEO in July, 2011. He joined Coeur in 1995 after spending several years in the investment banking industry in New York. Mr. Krebs has held various positions in the corporate development department, including Senior Vice President of Corporate Development. In March, 2008, Mr. Krebs was named Chief Financial Officer, a position he held until being appointed President and CEO. He holds a BS in Economics from the Wharton School at the University o... 
Frank Hanagarne
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Frank Hanagarne
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer


Frank Hanagarne was most recently Chief Operating Officer of Valcambi, SA, a precious metal refiner in Switzerland, in which Newmont Mining Corporation has an equity interest. Prior to his appointment as operations head of Valcambi in early 2011, Mr. Hanagarne was a Director of Corporate Development for Newmont.

Mr. Hanagarne's 17 years of service at Newmont has included positions of increasing responsibility within key areas of Newmont's operations and business functions as well as envi... 

Kelli Kast
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer
Kelli Kast
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer


Kelli C. Kast was appointed Sr. Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary in March 2009. Prior thereto, she served as Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since May 2005. Prior to that Ms. Kast served as Corporate Counsel for HealtheTech. Inc. from April 2004 to April 2005. Prior thereto, she served as Assistant General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Global Water Technologies Inc. and Psychrometric Systems, Inc. from Dece... 
K. Leon Hardy
Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
K. Leon Hardy
Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer


K. Leon Hardy was appointed to his current position in 2008. He was previously the Vice President and General Manager of Coeur Argentina. Prior to that, he had been operations consulting manager for the Apex San Cristobal silver mine in Bolivia from 1999 to 2002 and from 1996 to 1998 was Operations Manager of Minera Alumbrera in Argentina. Before that, was with Cyprus Amax Minerals Company, where he held a number of increasingly responsible mine management positions.... 
Donald J. Birak
Senior Vice President, Exploration
Donald J. Birak
Senior Vice President, Exploration


Donald J. Birak was appointed Senior Vice President - Exploration of Coeur in January 2004. Prior to that, Mr. Birak was Vice President of Exploration for AngloGold North America, Inc. and Vice President of Exploration for Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co. Ltd. In March 2001, Mr. Birak was co-recipient of the Bill Dennis Prospector of the Year Award presented by the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada. ... 
Tom T. Angelos
Senior Vice President & Chief Compliance Officer
Tom T. Angelos
Senior Vice President & Chief Compliance Officer


Tom Angelos was appointed to his current position in 2010. Prior to this he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to that, he had held the position Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of Coeur. Prior to returning to Coeur in 2004, Mr. Angelos was Controller of Stillwater Mining Company from 1998 to 2004, and from 1983 to 1998 was employed by Coeur in various capacities.... 
Humberto Rada
President, Coeur South America
Humberto Rada
President, Coeur South America


Humberto Rada was appointed President of Coeur South America and of Coeur’s Bolivian subsidiary Empresa Minera Manquiri, S.A. in July 2008. Prior to that Mr. Rada served as General Manager for Newmont Mining Corporation’s Bolivian company Inti Raymi. Mr. Rada is currently President of Bolivia’s National Mining Association and has over 23 years of experience in South American mining and finance.... 
Luther J. Russell
Senior Vice President, Environmental Services
Luther J. Russell
Senior Vice President, Environmental Services


Luther J. Russell was appointed Vice President of Environmental Services at Coeur in 2005. Prior to that, he was Coeur d’Alene Basic Project Manager for the State of Idaho’s Department of Environmental Quality. Before that, he held a series of increasingly responsible positions in the management of environmental affairs at major mining companies and was previously Director of Environmental and Government Affairs for Coeur from 1995 to 2000.... 
Larry A. Nelson
Vice President, Human Resources
Larry A. Nelson
Vice President, Human Resources


Larry A. Nelson was appointed Vice President Human Resources in January 2008. Prior to that, Mr. Nelson served as Director Human Resources from 2005 to 2008. Mr. Nelson held the position of Human Resources at Coeur Silver Valley from 1996 to 2005. Prior to that, he was employed in corporate and site human resource positions within the mining industry since 1977.... 
Kenneth L. Koski
Controller
Kenneth L. Koski
Controller


Kenneth L. Koski was appointed Controller in March 2008. Prior to that, he held the position of Assistant Controller since 2002. Mr. Koski was a Financial Analyst for Telect, Inc. in 2001 and from 1990 to 2001 was employed by Coeur in progressively responsible accounting positions.... 
Elizabeth M. Druffel
Treasurer & Chief Accounting Officer
Elizabeth M. Druffel
Treasurer & Chief Accounting Officer


Beth Druffel was appointed to her current position in late 2010 and served as Treasurer since March 2010. Prior to that Ms. Druffel served as the Company’s Director of Financial Operations & Assistant Treasurer from 2008 to 2010. Before joining Coeur, Ms. Druffel was with KPMG, where her most recent position was Audit Senior Manager. She is a CPA and received her Bachelor and Masters degrees from the University of Idaho.... 
Alfredo Cruzat
Senior Vice President, Exploration, Coeur South America
Alfredo Cruzat
Senior Vice President, Exploration, Coeur South America


Alfredo Cruzat was appointed Senior Vice President, Exploration, of CDE Chilean Mining Corporation Ltd, Cerro Bayo, in 2002. He joined CDE Chilean in 1990 and served in several exploration management positions before his appointment as Vice President of Exploration in 1996. Before joining Coeur, he was Exploration General Manager in Chile for Freeport McMoran. He also had previously served as a senior partner at a geologic consulting firm and held a position in Chile’s Geological Surve... 
Guy C. Jeske
Vice President, U.S. Operations
Guy C. Jeske
Vice President, U.S. Operations


Guy Jeske was appointed to his current position in 2010. Prior to rejoining Coeur Mr. Jeske was General Manager at Fronteer Gold and at Formation Capital’s Idaho Cobalt Project. He previously served as Vice President & General Manager at Coeur’s Rochester Mine from 2006 to 2008. Mr. Jeske, a licensed professional mining engineer, has more than 30 years of mine operating and management experience.... 

Mike Harrison
Vice President, Corporate Development
Mike Harrison
Vice President, Corporate Development


Prior to joining Coeur, Michael was Director of Investment Banking for the Mining Group at Cormark Securities Inc. in Toronto, Canada. In addition to seven years of investment banking experience, Michael spent eight years in BHP Billiton's Global Exploration Group after receiving his BS in geophysics engineering from Queen's University in Kingston Ontario. Michael also holds an MBA with Distinction from the Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario.... 
Wendy Yang
Vice President of Investor Relations
Wendy Yang
Vice President of Investor Relations


Wendy brings over 24 years of increasing responsibilities in investor relations, financial marketing and strategic management in the mining industry from junior to senior companies. She was most recently Vice President of Investor Relations for Brigus Gold Corp. Wendy also provided investor relations for International Minerals, Newmont, Stillwater Mining, Golden Star Resources, Santa Fe Gold and AMAX. Ms. Yang is a director of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the National Investor Relations Insti... 
Don Moss
Vice President, Information Technology
Don Moss
Vice President, Information Technology


Don manages and direct the Company’s full range of business systems, computer, telecommunication and other information technology; working with senior management on strategic planning in this area as well as with site personnel. Don began his career with Coeur in 1999 as Manager of Information Systems before being promoted to Director of Management Information Systems in 2004. Prior to joining Coeur Don had twelve years of experience in the IT world, having worked in various capacities with Tel...