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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.
Ms Lynn Schenk Lynn Schenk joined Biogen Board of Directors in 1995. Ms. Schenk serves as Chair of Biogen Risk Committee and is a member of Biogen Corporate Governance Committee and Compensation and Management Development Committee. Ms. Schenk is an attorney and consultant in private practice with extensive public policy and business experience. She is also a trustee of the Scripps Research Institute, a director of the California High-Speed Rail Authority Board and a trustee of the University of California, San Diego Foundation. From 1999 to 2003, she served as Chief of Staff to the Governor of California, during which time she led the effort to create the Institutes for Science and Innovation at the University of California. From 1993 to 1995, Ms. Schenk was a Member of the United States House of Representatives, representing San Diego, California, and served on the House Energy & Commerce Committee with a special emphasis on biotechnology. From 1980 to 1983, she was the California Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing, during which tenure she formed the California Commission on Industrial Innovation. During the California energy crisis and post-9/11/2001, Ms. Schenk headed the risk management team for the State of California’s Executive Branch.
Mr Arun Sarin Mr. Sarin, 56, has been a member of the Board of Directors of Cisco since September 2009 and previously served on the Board of Directors from September 1998 to July 2003. Mr. Sarin has served as a Senior Advisor at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. since October 2009. In April 2003, he became CEO designate of Vodafone Group Plc and served as its Chief Executive Officer from July 2003 to July 2008. He also served as a member of the board of directors of that company from 1999 to 2008. From July 2001 to January 2003 he was Chief Executive Officer of Accel-KKR Telecom. He was the Chief Executive Officer of InfoSpace, Inc., and a member of its board of directors from April 2000 to January 2001. He was the Chief Executive Officer of the USA/Asia Pacific Region for Vodafone AirTouch Plc from July 1999 to April 2000. From February 1997 to July 1999 he was the President of AirTouch Communications, Inc. Prior to that, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of AirTouch International from April 1994 to February 1997. Mr. Sarin joined AirTouch Communications, Inc. in 1994 as Senior Vice President Corporate Strategy and Development upon its demerger from Pacific Telesis Group which he joined in 1984. Mr. Sarin also currently serves on the boards of directors of Safeway Inc. and The Charles Schwab Corporation. He previously served as a member of the Court of Directors of the Bank of England, ending in 2009. In 2010, Mr, Sarin was named a Knight of the British Empire for services to the communications industry.
Frank Herringer Mr. Frank C. Herringer has been Chairman of the Board of Transamerica Corporation, a financial services company, since 1995. Mr. Herringer was an executive with Transamerica for 20 years, including its Chief Executive Officer from 1991 until its acquisition by Aegon N.V. in 1999, subsequently serving on Aegon’s Executive Board for one year and he is currently a director of Aegon US Holding Corporation. Mr. Herringer has been a director of The Charles Schwab Corporation, a brokerage and banking company, since 1996, serving on its Compensation, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees, and of Safeway Inc., a food and drug retailer, since 2008, serving on its Executive Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. From 2002 to 2005, Mr. Herringer was a director of AT&T Corporation, and a member of its Audit and Compensation Committees. He is also currently a director of Cardax Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately-held biotechnology company, and sat on the Board of Trustees of the California Pacific Medical Center, a privately-held not-for-profit academic medical center, from 1983 until 2009. In 2004, Mr. Herringer was named an Outstanding Director of the Year by the Outstanding Director’s Exchange.
Mr Robert L. Edwards Mr Robert L. Edwards is a director at Target Corp since Aug 12, 2015. Mr Edwards has served as a member of board of directors at Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc since October 2008. Mr Edwards, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Safeway Inc., was appointed to his current position in March 2004, and previously was executive vice president and chief financial officer of Maxtor Corporation from September 2003 to March 2004. Prior to joining Maxtor, Mr Edwards was an officer at Imation Corporation, a developer, manufacturer and supplier of magnetic and optical data storage media, where he held the position of senior vice president, chief financial officer and chief administrative officer from 1998 to 2003. Before joining Imation, Mr Edwards had a successful 20-year career at Santa Fe Pacific Corporation, and held positions of increasing responsibility in the areas of finance, administration and corporate development.
Mr Jagjeet Singh Bindra Mr Jagjeet Singh Bindra is an independent member of supervisory board at LyondellBasell Industries since May 10, 2011. He is a director of Edison International, a generator and distributor of electric power, and its subsidiary, Southern California Edison Co., an electric utility company, since April 2010. Director of Transocean Ltd., an offshore drilling contractor and the provider of drilling management services, since 2011. Director of Larsen & Toubro, a technology, engineering, construction and manufacturing company, since 2009. Director of Transfield Services, a global provider of operations, maintenance and asset and project management services, since 2009 and Deputy Chairman since 2011. President, Chevron Global Manufacturing, Chevron Corp.’s worldwide manufacturing division, from 2004 to 2009. Director of Advisory Board of Hart Energy Consulting, an energy industry publisher, from 2009 to 2010. Director of GS Caltex, a South Korean oil refiner, from 2003 to 2009. Director of Sriya Innovations, an alternative energy firm, from 2009 to 2010. Director of Reliance Petroleum Limited, a petroleum refiner and marketer, from 2006 to 2007.
Mr Robert Sanchez Mr Robert Sanchez is a director of Texas Instruments Inc since March 15, 2011. Mr Sanchez, as president and chief operating officer (February 2012-present) and president, Global Fleet Management Solutions, of Ryder System, Inc. (September 2010-February 2012), has gained first-hand experience in managing a large, multinational, transportation-related organization, with responsibility for the organization’s financial performance and significant capital investments, as executive vice president and chief financial officer (October 2007 to September 2010) and as senior vice president and chief information officer (2003-2005) of Ryder System, Inc., developed a keen appreciation for audit- and financial control-related issues and gained first-hand experience with all technology-related functions of a large multinational corporation focused on transportation and logistics.
Mr Frederic Poses Frederic M. Poses, 69, joined our Board of Directors as Chairman in June 2007, immediately following our separation from Tyco International. Mr. Poses is Chief Executive Officer and Partner of Ascend Performance Materials, a manufacturer of nylon related chemicals, resins and fibers for commercial and industrial products, since June 2009. He previously was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Trane Inc. (formerly American Standard Companies Inc.), a manufacturer and provider of air conditioning systems and services, vehicle control systems and bath and kitchen products, from 1999 until its acquisition by Ingersoll Rand in 2008. From 1998 to 1999, Mr. Poses was President and Chief Operating Officer of AlliedSignal, Inc., where he served in various capacities over his career, beginning in 1969. Mr. Poses holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from New York University. Mr. Poses is a Director of Raytheon Company and previously served as Chairman of Trane (formerly American Standard) from January 2000 until its acquisition by Ingersoll Rand in 2008, a Director of Centex Corporation from July 2001 until August 2009 and of WABCO Holdings Inc. for a brief period in 2007 until its spinoff.
Mr David Daberko Mr. Daberko graduated from Denison University with a bachelor’s degree and from Case Western Reserve University with a master’s degree in business administration. He joined National City Bank in 1968, where he held a number of management positions. In 1985, he led the assimilation of the former BancOhio National Bank into National City Bank, Columbus. In 1987, Mr. Daberko was elected Deputy Chairman of the corporation and President of National City Bank in Cleveland. He served as President and Chief Operating Officer from 1993 until 1995 when he was named Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. He retired as Chief Executive Officer in June 2007 and as Chairman of the Board in December 2007. Mr. Daberko serves as Chairman of the Board of Chesapeake Midstream Partners, L.P. and on the Board of Directors of RPM International, Inc. He is a Trustee of Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals Health System and Hawken School. Mr. Daberko also previously served, within the last five years, as a Director of National City Corporation and OMNOVA Solutions, Inc. Mr. Daberko is one of the named financial experts serving on our Audit Committee.he has been a Director at Marathon Petroleum Corporation since 2011.
Ms Mary Anne Citrino Ms. Citrino, age 53, has been the Senior Managing Director in the Corporate Advisory Services group at The Blackstone Group, a global investment and advisory firm, since 2005. Previously, Ms. Citrino was employed at Morgan Stanley for over twenty years. During her years there, she served as the Global Head of Consumer Products Investment Banking, Co-Head of Health Care Services Investment Banking, and a Mergers and Acquisitions Analyst. Ms. Citrino was appointed as a director of Dollar Tree in 2005. She also serves on the Board of Health Net, Inc.
Ms Susan Tomasky Ms Susan Tomasky served as President of AEP Transmission, a business division of American Electric Power Co., Inc., an owner and operator of utility operating companies that produce, transmit and distribute electricity to over 5 million customers at retail in 11 states, from 2008 until July 2011. Ms. Tomasky previously served in other executive officer positions at American Electric Power Co., including Executive Vice President and General Counsel from 1998 to 2001, Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer from 2001 to 2006 and Executive Vice President of Shared Services from 2006 to 2008. Prior to joining American Electric Power Co., Ms. Tomasky served as a partner at the law firm of Hogan & Hartson (now Hogan Lovells), where she was a member of the firm’s energy group, and as General Counsel of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Ms. Tomasky is a director of Mount Carmel Health Systems, a privately held healthcare company, the Columbus Regional Airport Authority, several non-profit organizations, and has been nominated for election as a director of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated at its April 17, 2012 annual meeting of shareholders. Ms. Tomasky also serves as a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, a member bank in the Federal Reserve System, where she is Chair of the Audit Committee. Ms Susan Tomasky is Independent Director of Tesoro Corp.