WILMINGTON, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PPD, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPDI) today announced that it is nominating three new members for the stockholders to consider electing to its board of directors, Vaughn D. Bryson, Robert A. Ingram and Ralph Snyderman, M.D. They will join current directors Fred N. Eshelman, Pharm. D., executive chairman; Ernest Mario, Ph.D., lead independent director; Stuart Bondurant, M.D.; Frederick Frank; and Terry Magnuson, Ph.D.; on the company’s slate at the annual meeting on May 18, 2011.