On 30 November 2008, Allegheny Technologies Inc. announced that Barbara S Jeremiah has been elected to the company’s Board of Directors. Her election increases the number of directors to nine. Ms Jeremiah has been appointed to the Audit Committee and the Technology Committee of the Board and will stand for election at the 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Ms Jeremiah is Executive Vice President and Chairman’s Counsel of Alcoa, Inc., an aluminum producer, also serving the aerospace and commercial transportation markets. Prior to that, Ms Jeremiah served as Executive Vice President, Corporate Development at Alcoa and has experience with international mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and strategic growth objectives. Ms Jeremiah is also currently a member of the board of directors of Equitable Resources, Inc.
