While Wathen was the sole owner of CPP, he had a board of directors that he used as advisors.
The Board had three members: Albert Berger, James Hall, and Gerald Murphy. Berger was an entrepreneur, COO of an electrical connector firm and a CPP director since 1975.
Hall was an attorney, a former vice president of MCA, the former California Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, and a CPP director since 1976.
Murphy was president of ERLY Industries, a director of several companies, and a CPP director since 1975.