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Mr Andy Bessette Andy F. Bessette, 58, has been Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of the Company since the Merger, and prior to that, he held the same offices with SPC since joining SPC in January 2002. Before that, he was Vice President of Corporate Real Estate and Services for TPC. From 1980 to December 2001, Mr. Bessette held a number of management positions at TIGHI.
Mr Charles Clarke Charles J. Chuck Clarke, 76, has been Vice Chairman of the Company since the Merger at which time he was serving in the roles of President, Vice Chairman and Director of TPC. Mr. Clarke joined Travelers in 1958 as an assistant underwriter. During his tenure at Travelers, Mr. Clarke progressed through positions of increasing responsibility. Of note, he was appointed Senior Vice President for the National Accounts Group's property-casualty business in 1985 and subsequently assumed the responsibility of Chairman of Commercial Lines in 1990.
Mr William R. Nuti Mr William R. Nuti is a director of United Continental Holdings Inc since December 4, 2013. Also he is NCR’s Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President. Mr Nuti became Chairman of the Board on October 1, 2007. Before joining NCR in August 2005, Mr Nuti served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Symbol Technologies, Inc., an information technology company. Prior to that, he was Chief Operating Officer of Symbol Technologies. Mr Nuti joined Symbol Technologies in 2002 following a 10 plus year career at Cisco Systems, Inc. where he advanced to the dual role of Senior Vice President of the company’s Worldwide Service Provider Operations and U.S. Theater Operations. Prior to his Cisco experience, Mr Nuti held sales and management positions at International Business Machines Corporation, Netrix Corporation and Network Equipment Technologies. Mr Nuti is also a director of Sprint Nextel Corporation, and is a member of its Finance and Compensation Committees. Mr Nuti became a director of NCR on August 7, 2005.
Mr Robert R. Bennett Mr Robert R. Bennett is a director at Hewlett-Packard Co since July 15, 2013.
Mr Matthew Rose MATTHEW K. ROSE, age 55 is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC (a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and formerly known as Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation) (one of the largest freight rail systems in North America) and has served in this capacity since 2002, having also served as President until 2010. Before serving as its Chairman, Mr. Rose held several leadership positions there and at its predecessors, including President and Chief Executive Officer from 2000 to 2002, President and Chief Operating Officer from 1999 to 2000, and Senior Vice President and Chief Operations Officer from 1997 to 1999. Since 2002, Mr. Rose has also been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BNSF Railway Company (a subsidiary of Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC), having also served as President until 2010. He earned his B.S. in marketing from the University of Missouri. Mr. Rose has been a Director of AT&T since 2010. He is a member of the Human Resources Committee and the Public Policy Committee. He is a Director of AMR Corporation; BNSF Railway Company; and Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC. He previously served as a Director of Centex Corporation (2006-2009).
Mr Jon C. Madonna Mr Jon C. Madonna was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of KPMG (an international accounting and consulting firm in New York, New York) from 1990 until his retirement in 1996. He was with KPMG for 28 years where he held numerous senior leadership positions. Subsequent to his retirement from KPMG, Mr. Madonna served as Vice Chairman of Travelers Group, Inc. from 1997 to 1998 and President and Chief Executive Officer of Carlson Wagonlit Corporate Travel, Inc. from 1999 to 2000. He was Chief Executive Officer of DigitalThink, Inc. (an e-commerce company) from 2001 to 2002 and served as its Chairman from 2002 to 2004. Mr. Madonna received his B.S. in accounting from the University of San Francisco. Mr. Madonna has been a Director of AT&T since 2005. He served as a Director of AT&T Corp. from 2002 until the company was acquired by AT&T Inc. (then known as SBC Communications Inc.) in 2005. Mr. Madonna is the Chairperson of the Audit Committee and a member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and the Executive Committee. He is a director of Freeport-McMoRan Inc since March 19, 2007. He previously served as a Director of Tidewater Inc. (1999-2013)
Ms Laura D. Tyson Ms Laura D. Tyson has served as the S. K. and Angela Chan Professor of Global Management since 2008 and served as Professor of Business Administration and Economics from 2007 to 2008 at the Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley. She was Dean of the London Business School from 2002 to 2006. Dr Tyson was Dean from 1998 to 2001 and Class of 1939 Professor in Economics and Business Administration from 1997 to 1998 at the Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley. She is a director at Morgan Stanley since May 1997. She served as National Economic Advisor to the President and Chair of the President’s National Economic Council from 1995 to 1996 and as Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisors from 1993 to 1995. Dr Tyson served on the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board from 2009 to 2011 and was appointed in 2011 to the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. Other current directorships: AT&T Inc. (formerly SBC Communications Inc.), CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. and Eastman Kodak Company.
Mr John Mccoy John B. McCoy was Chairman from 1999 and Chief Executive Officer from 1998 of Bank One Corporation (a commercial and consumer bank based in Chicago, Illinois) until his retirement in 1999. He was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of its predecessor, Banc One Corporation, from 1987 to 1998 and prior to that served as President and Chief Executive Officer from 1984 to 1987 and as President from 1977 to 1984. Mr. McCoy received his B.A. in history from Williams College and earned his M.B.A. in finance from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. Mr. McCoy has been a Director of AT&T since 1999. He served as a Director of Ameritech Corporation from 1991 until the company was acquired by AT&T (then known as SBC Communications Inc.) in 1999. He is the Chairperson of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and a member of the Executive Committee and the Human Resources Committee. He is a Director of Onex Corporation.
Mr James Kelly JAMES P. KELLY, age 71 , was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of United Parcel Service, Inc. (a global express carrier and package distribution logistics company in Atlanta, Georgia) from 1997 until his retirement in 2002, where he continued to serve as a Director until 2008. During Mr. Kelly’s tenure as Chairman of United Parcel Service, the company grew beyond its core package delivery business to become a global supply chain management concern. Mr. Kelly received his B.A. in business from Rutgers University. Mr. Kelly has been a Director of AT&T since 2006. He served as a Director of BellSouth Corporation from 2000 until the company was acquired by AT&T in 2006. He is a member of the Audit Committee and the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. He previously served as a Director of Dana Corporation (2002-2008) and Hewitt Associates, Inc. (2002-2007).
Mr John T. Stankey Mr John T. Stankey is an independent director of United Parcel Service Inc since August 07, 2014. John Stankey, president and CEO of AT&T Operations Inc is responsible for network operations, technology planning, information technology, and shared services for the wireless and wired networks. He is also responsible for improving overall service quality and customer retention, and cost-effectively integrating network architecture, operations and service delivery. He was appointed to his current position in October 2008. Since October 2007, Stankey served as group president-Telecom Operations, Prior to this he served as group president-Operations Support, responsible for planning, building and maintaining AT&T's wireline and wireless networks, overseeing AT&T Labs, delivery of Internet Protocol (IP) TV, information technology, customer experience, real estate and procurement. Previously, he served as senior executive vice president and chief technology officer for AT&T, where he was responsible for information technology, product development, network planning, customer experience, procurement and real estate. He was appointed to this position in October 2004. He has also served as senior executive vice president and chief information officer of SBC Communications Inc. Starting in 2001, Mr Stankey served as president and chief executive officer of SBC Southwest. He also served as president-Business Communications Services for SBC Southwestern Bell, where he was responsible for all business market sales and customer service in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas, a position he held since October 2001. A native of California, Mr Stankey earned a bachelor's degree in finance from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles in 1985 and a master's degree in business administration from UCLA in 1991.
Mr Gerald J. Ford Mr Gerald J. Ford has served as Chairman of the Board of Pacific Capital Bancorp since August 2010. He is the Managing Partner of Ford Financial Fund, L.P., the parent company of SB Acquisition Company LLC, our majority stockholder. Mr Ford served as interim Chief Executive Officer of Hilltop Holdings Inc. from January 1, 2010 until March 11, 2010. Also he is a director at Freeport-McMoRan Inc since 2000. Mr Ford is a banking and financial institutions entrepreneur who has been involved in numerous mergers and acquisitions of private and public sector financial institutions, primarily in the Southwestern United States, over the past 35 years. In that capacity, he acquired and consolidated 30 commercial banks from 1975 to 1993, forming First United Bank Group, Inc., a multi-bank holding company for which he functioned as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer until its sale in 1994. During this period, he also led investment consortiums that acquired numerous financial institutions, forming in succession, First Gibraltar Bank, FSB, First Madison Bank, FSB and First Nationwide Bank. Mr Ford also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Golden State Bancorp Inc. and its subsidiary, California Federal Bank, FSB, from 1998 to 2002. He currently participates on numerous boards of directors, including Hilltop Holdings Inc., for which he serves as Chairman of the Board, McMoRan Exploration Co., Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc., SWS Group, Inc. and Scientific Games Corporation. Mr Ford previously served as Chairman of First Acceptance Corporation and a director of Americredit Corp. and Triad Financial Corporation. Mr Ford also currently is Co-Managing Partner of Ford Financial Fund II, L.P. and serves on the Board of Trustees of Southern Methodist University.
Mr Thomas M. Nealon On April 16, 2012, Thomas M. Nealon was appointed to the Board of Directors of Fossil, Inc. effective immediately. Mr Nealon is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Southwest Airlines Co since December 1, 2010. Mr Nealon most recently served as Group Executive Vice President of J. C. Penney Company, Inc. He resigned from that position effective December 1, 2011 for personal reasons. Mr Nealon joined J. C. Penney in 2006 as Chief Information Officer, and held that position until his promotion to Group Executive Vice President in 2010. Prior to joining J. C. Penney, Mr Nealon was with Electronic Data Systems, now a division of the Hewlett-Packard Company, from 2004 to 2006 and served on assignment as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Southwest Airlines Co. Prior to joining Electronic Data Systems, Mr Nealon was a partner from 2000 to 2004 at the Feld Group, an IT management consultancy firm later acquired by Electronic Data Systems. Mr Nealon also spent 15 years at Frito-Lay, Inc., a division of PepsiCo, serving in critical roles across the information technology organization, including two years as Chief Information Officer.
Mr David W. Biegler Mr David W. Biegler is a director of Southwest Airlines Co since May 17, 2006. Mr Biegler is a member of the Audit Committee, the Nominating Committee, and the Finance Committee. Mr Biegler serves as the Chairman and CEO of Southcross Energy, LLC, a company engaged in natural gas transportation and processing. He retired as Vice Chairman of TXU Corp., a company engaged in the generation, transmission, and sale of electricity, at the end of 2001, having served TXU Corp. as President and Chief Operating Officer from 1997 — 2001. Mr Biegler is also a director of Southwest Airlines, Inc., a major domestic airline; and Austin Industries, Inc., a privately-held civil, commercial, and industrial construction company. In addition, Mr Biegler served as a director of Guaranty Financial Group Inc., a company conducting consumer and business banking activities, from 2008 — 2009; Dynegy, Inc., a company engaged in power generation, a director of Trinity Industries Inc since 1992, from 2003 — 2011; and Animal Health International, a company engaged in selling and distributing animal health products, from 2007 — 2011.
Ms Nancy B. Loeffler Ms Nancy B. Loeffler is a director of Southwest Airlines Co since March 2003. She is a consultant for Frost Bank of San Antonio and a member of the Frost Bank Advisory Board. A long-time advocate of volunteerism, Ms Loeffler also currently serves as Chair of The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Foundation, the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame Board of Directors, The University of Texas Blanton Museum of Fine Arts Board of Directors, and the Advisory Council of the San Antonio Lighthouse for the Blind. During the past five years, Ms Loeffler also served on the Board of Trustees for the Vice President’s Residence Foundation in Washington, D.C., the Board of Regents for St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas, and the Capitol Advisory Committee for Texas Lutheran University. Ms Loeffler has also previously served on the Board of Trustees for the South Texas Community Foundation, the Board of Governors of the Cancer Therapy Research Foundation of South Texas and the Board of Directors of the Cancer Therapy Research Center, as President of the Junior League, and as Vice Chair of the Governor’s Educational Excellence Commission.
Mr John T. Montford John T. Montford has been President and Chief Executive Officer of JTM Consulting, LLC since January 2010. Mr. Montford was retained by General Motors in January 2010 as a consultant and served in the capacity of Senior Advisor of Government Relations and Global Public Policy until January 2012. In his consulting role, Mr. Montford also served on the Executive Committee of General Motors. From 2001 through 2009, Mr. Montford served in a number of positions in the telecommunications industry. These included: President of Southwestern Bell and Southern New England Company, External Affairs (2001-2005); Senior Vice President for Legislative and Regulatory Affairs for SBC and AT&T (2005-2007); and President, Western Region, AT&T Services (2008-2009). Mr. Montford was Chancellor of the Texas Tech University System from 1996 to 2001 and also served in the Texas Senate from 1983 to 1996, where he served as both Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and Chairman of the Senate State Affairs Committee. In 2002, Mr. Montford was named Chancellor Emeritus of the Texas Tech University System. He is a former active duty U.S. Marine Officer and an elected District Attorney. During the past five years, Mr. Montford has served as a Director of one publicly traded company other than Southwest: Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. (1999-2009).
Mr Ron Ricks Mr Ron Ricks is Vice Chairman of Southwest Airlines Co since July 30, 2015. He has served as the Company’s Executive Vice President & Chief Legal & Regulatory Officer since September 2011 and as Corporate Secretary since May 2008. Mr. Ricks also served as Executive Vice President Corporate Services from May 2008 to September 2011, Executive Vice President Law, Airports, & Public Affairs from September 2006 to May 2008, and Senior Vice President Law, Airports, & Public Affairs from August 2004 until September 2006. Mr. Ricks joined the Company in 1986 as its Vice President Governmental Affairs.
Mr James Murdoch James Murdoch was appointed as a Director of the Company on 13 February 2003 and as CEO with effect from 4 November 2003. On 7 December 2007 he was appointed Non-Executive Chairman of the Company having relinquished the role of CEO. Mr Murdoch is Executive Chairman and CEO Europe and Asia at News Corporation and is a member of News Corporation's Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Between May 2000 and November 2003 he was Chairman and CEO of Star. Mr Murdoch was appointed a Non-Executive Director of GlaxoSmithKline plc in May 2009. He also serves on the Board of YankeeNets the Board of Trustees of the Harvard Lampoon and on the Leadership Council of The Climate Group.
Mr Michael Mcshane Mr Michael McShane has served as a Director since May 2010, Chair of Audit Committee and Compensation Committee at Oasis Petroleum Inc. Mr McShane served as a director and President and Chief Executive Officer of Grant Prideco, Inc., a manufacturer and supplier of oilfield drill pipe and other drill stem products, from June 2002 until the completion of the merger of Grant Prideco with National Oilwell Varco, Inc. in April 2008, and Chairman of the Board of Grant Prideco from May 2003 through April 2008. Prior to joining Grant Prideco, Mr McShane was Senior Vice President—Finance and Chief Financial Officer and director of BJ Services Company, a provider of pressure pumping, cementing, stimulation and coiled tubing services for oil and gas operators, from 1990 to June 2002. Mr McShane has also served as a director of Complete Production Services, Inc., an oilfield service provider, since March 2007, Spectra Energy Corp, a provider of natural gas infrastructure, since April 2008, Globalogix, a privately held company that provides comprehensive services to upstream oil and gas producers and operators, since June 2007 and Forum Energy Technologies, a global provider of manufactured and applied technologies to the energy industry, since August 2010. Mr McShane also serves as an advisor to Advent International, a global private equity firm.
Mr Alan R. Buckwalter Mr Alan R. Buckwalter III is an independent director of Freeport-McMoRan Inc since May 31, 2013. He is a director since March 2003. He retired in January 2003 as Chairman of JPMorgan Chase Bank, South Region, a position he had held since 1998. From 1990 to 1998, he was President of Texas Commerce Bank—Houston, the predecessor entity of JPMorgan Chase Bank. Prior to 1990, Mr. Buckwalter held various executive management positions within the organization. Mr. Buckwalter currently serves on the boards of Service Corporation International, the Texas Medical Center and the Greater Houston Area Red Cross and is Vice Chairman of Torch Securities LLC. He sits on the Nominating and Governance Committee, the Audit Committee and is Chairman of the Compensation Committee for Service Corporation International. Mr. Buckwalter previously served on the board of BCM Technologies, Inc. from 2003 to 2009.
Mr Thomas L. Ryan Mr Thomas L. Ryan is an independent director at Chesapeake Energy Corp since May 2013. Mr Ryan was elected Chief Executive Officer of Service Corporation International in February 2005 and has served as President of SCI since July 2002. Mr Ryan joined the Company in 1996 and served in a variety of financial management roles until November 2000, when he was asked to serve as Chief Executive Officer of European Operations. In July 2002, Mr Ryan was appointed Chief Operating Officer of SCI, a position he held until February 2005. Before joining SCI, Mr Ryan was a certified public accountant with Coopers & Lybrand LLP for eight years. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Texas at Austin. Mr Ryan serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the United Way of Greater Houston. Mr Ryan also serves on the Board of Directors of the Greater Houston Partnership and the Salvation Army Greater Houston Area Advisory Board. He serves on the GHCF Community Foundation Council. Mr Ryan also serves on the University of Texas McCombs Business School Advisory Council.