Cheryl Francis has been a Director of HNI Corporation since May 1999. Ms. Francis has been Co-Chairman of the Corporate Leadership Center, a not-for-profit organization focused on developing tomorrow's business leaders, since 2008. Previously, from 2002 to 2008, she was the Vice Chairman of the Corporate Leadership Center. Ms. Francis is a director of Aon plc, a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions, and Morningstar, Inc., a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. Ms. Francis also chairs the Audit Committee of Morningstar and the People and Wellbeing Sub-Committee of Aon. Ms. Francis brings to the Board significant financial expertise based primarily on her prior role as Chief Financial Officer of R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company and service on the audit and finance committees of other public companies, and executive leadership development experience based on Corporate Leadership Center work with CEOs, leading academic institutions and corporate executives. Ms. Francis serves as a member of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee. Although Ms. Francis is not currently serving on the Corporation's Audit Committee, she qualifies as an "audit committee financial expert.