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Board of Directors

The members of our Board of Directors are dedicated to serving the interests of our shareholders.

Members of Board of Directors



Stephen G. Butler

Age: 64 — Director Since: 2004

Principal Occupation: Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, KPMG, LLP

Recent Business Experience: Mr. Butler served as Chairman and CEO of KPMG, LLP from 1996 until his retirement on June 30, 2002. Mr. Butler held a variety of management positions, both in the United States and internationally, during his 33-year career at KPMG.

Current Directorships: Cooper Industries, PLC; ConAgra Foods, Inc.

Committee Memberships: Audit, Nominating and Governance


Kimberly A. Casiano

Age: 54 — Director Since: 2003

Principal Occupation: President, Kimberly Casiano & Associates, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Recent Business Experience: On January 1, 2010, Ms. Casiano established Kimberly Casiano & Associates, where she is President. The firm provides advisory services in marketing, recruiting, communications, advocacy, and diversity to target the U.S. Hispanic market. From 1994 until December 31, 2009, Ms. Casiano was President and Chief Operating Officer of Casiano Communications, a publishing and direct marketing company. From 1987 to 1994, she held a number of management positions within Casiano Communications in the periodicals and magazines and the bilingual direct marketing and call center divisions of the company. Ms. Casiano is a member of the Board of Directors of Mutual of America, the Board of Trustees of the Hispanic College Fund, and the Board of Advisors of the Moffitt Cancer Center.

Current Directorships: Mead Johnson Nutrition Company

Committee Memberships: Audit, Nominating and Governance, Sustainability


Anthony F. Earley, Jr.

Age: 62 — Director Since: 2009

Principal Occupation: Chairman, Chief Executive Officer & President, PG&E Corp., San Francisco, California

Recent Business Experience: Mr. Earley became Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of PG&E Corporation on September 13, 2011. Previously, Mr. Earley was Executive Chairman of DTE Energy since October 2010. He had been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DTE Energy since 1998. Mr. Earley joined DTE Energy in 1994 as President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to that time, Mr. Earley served as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Long Island Lighting Company, an electric and gas utility in New York. Mr. Earley is a director of the Nuclear Energy Institute and the Edison Electric Institute. Mr. Earley also served as a director for several charitable organizations including Cornerstone Schools, Detroit Zoological Society, Business Leaders for Michigan, and United Way for Southeastern Michigan. He also sits on the advisory board of the New York Stock Exchange and served as an officer in the United States Navy nuclear submarine program where he was qualified as a chief engineer officer. Within the past five years, Mr. Earley served on the board of Comerica, Inc., and DTE Energy.

Current Directorships: PG&E Corporation; Masco Corporation

Committee Memberships: Compensation, Nominating and Governance, Sustainability


Edsel B. Ford II

Age: 63 — Director Since: 1988

Principal Occupation: Director and Consultant, Ford Motor Company

Recent Business Experience: Mr. Ford is a retired Vice President of Ford Motor Company and former President and Chief Operating Officer of Ford Motor Credit Company. He presently serves as a consultant to the Company.

Current Directorships: International Speedway Corporation

Committee Memberships: Finance, Sustainability



William Clay Ford, Jr.

Age: 54 — Director Since: 1988

Principal Occupation: Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Ford Motor Company

Recent Business Experience: Mr. Ford has held a number of management positions within Ford, including Vice President — Commercial Truck Vehicle Center. From 1995 until October 30, 2001, Mr. Ford was Chair of the Finance Committee. Effective January 1, 1999, he was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors and effective October 30, 2001, he was elected Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Ford became Executive Chairman of the Company on September 1, 2006 and is the current Chair of the Finance Committee. Mr. Ford also is Vice Chairman of The Detroit Lions, Inc., Chairman of the Detroit Economic Club, and Trustee of The Henry Ford. He also is a member of the Boards of Business Leaders for Michigan and the Henry Ford Health System.

Current Directorships: eBay Inc.

Committee Memberships: Finance, Sustainability


Richard A. Gephardt

Age: 71 — Director Since: 2009

Principal Occupation: President and Chief Executive Officer, Gephardt Group, Atlanta, Georgia

Recent Business Experience: Mr. Gephardt has been President and Chief Executive Officer since 2005 of Gephardt Group, LLC, a multi-disciplined consulting firm. He also served as Strategic Advisor for the Government Affairs practice group of DLA Piper, one of the world's largest legal services providers, and as a consultant to Goldman, Sachs & Co. Mr. Gephardt is the former Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives and served 14 terms in Congress from 1976 until January 2005. While in Congress, he served on the Budget Committee and on the Ways and Means Committee. Mr. Gephardt was elected Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus in 1984; and he served as majority leader from 1989 to 1994. In 1994, he was elected House Democratic Leader, the top Democratic leadership position in the House. Mr. Gephardt also served as minority leader from 1995 to 2003. Within the past five years, Mr. Gephardt served on the board of Dana Holding Corporation.

Current Directorships: Centene Corporation; CenturyLink; Spirit Aerosystems Holding, Incorporated; United States Steel Corporation

Committee Memberships: Nominating and Governance, Sustainability


James H. Hance, Jr.

Age: 67 — Director Since: 2010

Principal Occupation: Senior Advisor to the Carlyle Group, New York, New York

Recent Business Experience: Mr. Hance is the former chief financial officer and former vice chairman of Bank of America, where he retired in 2005 after 18 years with the company. A certified public accountant, Mr. Hance spent 17 years with Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) in Philadelphia and Charlotte. From August 1985 until December 1986, he was chairman and co-owner of Consolidated Coin Caterers Corp. In March 1987, Mr. Hance joined NCNB, a predecessor to Bank of America. Mr. Hance also is a trustee of Washington University in St. Louis and Johnson & Wales University, based in Providence, R.I. Mr. Hance is the non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Sprint Nextel Corp. and a senior advisor to the Carlyle Group. Within the past five years, Mr. Hance served on the boards of Rayonier, Inc. and EnPro Industries, Inc.

Current Directorships: Sprint Nextel Corp.; Cousins Properties Inc.; Morgan Stanley Corp.; and Duke Energy Corp.

Committee Memberships: Audit, Finance, Nominating and Governance


William W. Helman IV

Age: 53 — Director Since: September 2011

Principal Occupation: General Partner, Greylock Partners, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Mr. Helman joined Greylock Partners in 1984. Greylock is a venture capital firm focused on early stage investments in technology, consumer internet, and healthcare. Mr. Helman led Greylock's investments in Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Hyperion, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, and UPromise, among others, and today sits on the board of ZipCar. In addition, Mr. Helman serves on the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College where he serves as Chair of the Investment Committee and on the Board of Harvard Management Company. He is on the Board of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the Steppingstone Foundation, the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Hospital, and is a member of the Harvard Medical School Board of Fellows.

Current Directorships: Zipcar, Inc.

Committee Memberships: Finance, Nominating and Governance, Sustainability


Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.

Age: 75 — Director Since: 1987

Principal Occupation: Retired President and Chief Executive Officer, Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri

Recent Business Experience:Mr. Hockaday was President and CEO of Hallmark Cards, Inc. since January 1, 1986, and a director since 1978. He retired in December 2001. Within the past five years, Mr. Hockaday served on the Boards of Aquila, Inc., Dow Jones & Company, and Sprint Nextel Corp.

Current Directorships: Crown Media Holdings, Inc.; The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.

Committee Memberships: Audit, Nominating and Governance


Jon M. Huntsman, Jr.

John Huntsman Board of Directors

Age: 51 — Director Since: February, 2012

Principal Occupation: Chairman of the Huntsman Cancer Foundation, Salt Lake City, Utah

Recent Business Experience:
Governor Huntsman was appointed Chairman of the Huntsman Cancer Foundation on January 26, 2012. He was United States Ambassador to China from August 2009 until April 2011. Prior to that, Gov. Huntsman was twice elected Governor of Utah from 2005 to 2009. He began his public service career as a White House staff assistant to President Ronald Reagan and has since included appointments as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Asia, U.S. Ambassador to Singapore, and Deputy U.S. Trade Representative. Gov. Huntsman is a founding director of the Pacific Council on International Policy and serves on the boards of the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation and the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations. He also has served on the boards of the Brookings Institute Asia Policy Board, the Center for Strategic and International Studies Pacific Forum, the Asia Society in New York, and the National Bureau of Asian Research.

Current Directorships: Huntsman Corporation

Committee Memberships: Compensation, Nominating and Governance, Sustainability


Richard A. Manoogian

Age: 75 — Director Since: 2001

Principal Occupation: Chairman of the Board, Masco Corporation, Taylor, Michigan

Recent Business Experience: Mr. Manoogian has been with Masco since 1958, became Vice President and a member of the Board in 1964, President in 1968, and Chairman in 1985. Mr. Manoogian served as Chief Executive Officer of Masco from 1985 until he transitioned to Executive Chairman in July 2007. Effective June 30, 2009, Mr. Manoogian retired from the position of Executive Chairman of Masco. Mr. Manoogian is a member of the Board of Business Leaders for Michigan, The Henry Ford, and the Detroit Economic Club. Within the past five years, Mr. Manoogian served on the Board of JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Current Directorships: Masco Corporation

Committee Memberships: Compensation, Nominating and Governance


Ellen R. Marram

Age: 64 — Director Since: 1988

Principal Occupation: President, The Barnegat Group, LLC

Recent Business Experience: Ms. Marram is President of the Barnegat Group, LLC, a business advisory firm. From September 2000 through December 2005, Ms. Marram was Managing Director of North Castle Partners, LLC, a private equity firm. Ms. Marram previously served as President and CEO of Tropicana Beverage Group from September 1997 until November 1998, and had previously served as President of the Group, as well as Executive Vice President of The Seagram Company Ltd. and Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. Before joining Seagram in 1993, she served as President and CEO of Nabisco Biscuit Company and Senior Vice President of the Nabisco Foods Group from June 1988 until April 1993. Ms. Marram also is a member of the North American Advisory Board of Deutsche Bank. She is a trustee of Wellesley College and serves on a number of non-profit boards, including Institute for the Future, New York Presbyterian Hospital, and the Lincoln Center Theater. Within the past five years, Ms. Marram served on the board of Cadbury Schweppes plc.

Current Directorships: The New York Times Company; Eli Lilly and Company

Committee Memberships:Compensation, Nominating and Governance, Sustainability


Alan Mulally

Age: 66 — Director Since: 2006

Principal Occupation: President and Chief Executive Officer, Ford Motor Company

Recent Business Experience: Mr. Mulally was elected President and Chief Executive Officer of Ford effective September 1, 2006. Since March 2001, Mr. Mulally had been Executive Vice President of the Boeing Company and President and Chief Executive Officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. He also was a member of the Boeing Executive Council. Prior to that time, Mr. Mulally served as President of Boeing's space and defense business. Mr. Mulally has served as co-chair of the Washington Competitiveness Council, and has sat on the advisory boards of NASA, the University of Washington, the University of Kansas, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of England's Royal Academy of Engineering.

Committee Memberships: Finance


Homer A. Neal

Age: 69 — Director Since: 1997

Principal Occupation: Director, ATLAS Project, Professor of Physics, Interim President Emeritus, and Vice President for Research Emeritus, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Recent Business Experience:Dr. Neal is director, University of Michigan ATLAS Project, Samuel A. Goudsmit Distinguished Professor of Physics, Interim President Emeritus and Vice President for Research Emeritus at the University of Michigan. He joined the University as Chairman of its Physics Department in 1987 and in 1993 was named Vice President of Research. Dr. Neal served as Interim President of the University of Michigan from July 1, 1996 to February 1, 1997. He has served as a member of the U.S. National Science Board, the Advisory Board of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, as a Trustee of the Center for Strategic and International Studies and as a member of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Dr. Neal currently is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Richard Lounsbery Foundation and a member of the Advisory Board for the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He is also a member of the Board of Physics and Astronomy of the National Academy of Sciences and a member of the Council of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Committee Memberships: Finance, Nominating and Governance, Sustainability


Gerald L. Shaheen

Age: 67 — Director Since: 2007

Principal Occupation: Retired Group President, Caterpillar, Inc., Peoria, Illinois

Recent Business Experience: Mr. Shaheen was appointed Group President of Caterpillar in November 1998 and had responsibility for the design, development and production of the company's large construction and mining equipment, as well as marketing and sales operations in North America, Caterpillar's components business, and its research and development division. Mr. Shaheen joined Caterpillar in 1967 and held a variety of management positions. Mr. Shaheen retired from Caterpillar effective February 1, 2008. Mr. Shaheen is a board member and past chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a board member of the MS Society of Greater Illinois, Chairman of the Illinois Neurological Institute, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Bradley University. Within the past five years, Mr. Shaheen served on the board of National City Corporation.

Current Directorships: AGCO Corporation

Committee Memberships: Audit, Nominating and Governance


John L. Thornton

Age: 58 — Director Since: 1996

Principal Occupation: Professor and Director, Global Leadership Program, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Recent Business Experience: Mr. Thornton retired as President and Co-Chief Operating Officer of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., on June 30, 2003. Mr. Thornton was appointed to that post in 1999 and formerly served as Chairman of Goldman Sachs — Asia from 1996 to 1998. He was previously Co-Chief Executive of Goldman Sachs International, the firm's business in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Mr. Thornton was elected non-Executive chairman of HSBC North America Holdings, Inc. in December 2008. He also is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Brookings Institution. Within the past five years, Mr. Thornton served on the Boards of Intel, Inc. and Industrial Commercial Bank of China Limited.

Current Directorships: News Corporation; China Unicom Limited; HSBC Holdings, plc; Barrick Gold Corporation

Committee Memberships: Compensation, Finance, Nominating and Governance


William Clay Ford, Director Emeritus

William Clay Ford retired from the Board of Directors effective May 12, 2005, after 57 years of service. As Director Emeritus, Mr. Ford is entitled to attend Board and committee meetings and participate in discussion of matters that come before the Board or its committees, although he is not entitled to vote upon any such matters and no longer receives compensation as a non-employee Board member.







Material compiled as of June 2012