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Ms Phoebe Wood Ms Phoebe A. Wood is an independent director of Pioneer Natural Resources Co since July 24, 2013. Ms Wood has served as a non-executive director of Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc since January 2010. She is currently a principal at Companies Wood and served as Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and in other capacities at Brown-Forman Corporation from 2001 until her retirement in 2008. Prior to Brown-Forman, Ms. Wood was Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and a Director of Propel Corporation (a subsidiary of Motorola) from 2000 to 2001. Previously, Ms. Wood served in various capacities during her tenure at Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) from 1976 to 2000. Ms. Wood currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Leggett & Platt, Incorporated (audit and compensation committees), Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. (audit and affiliated transaction committees), as well as on the boards of trustees for the University of Louisville, the Gheens Foundation and the American Printing House for the Blind. From 2001 to 2011 Ms. Wood was a member of the board of trustees for Smith College. Ms. Wood received her A.B. degree from Smith College and her M.B.A. from University of California Los Angeles.
Mr Richard Daley Mr. Daley was the Mayor of Chicago from 1989 to 2011. Mr. Daley is the managing principal of Tur Partners LLC, an investment and advisory firm focusing on sustainable solutions within the urban environment, and has held this position since May 2011. He is an Of Counsel at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, a full-service law firm with more than 600 attorneys in locations across the United States and an affiliate in London, and has held this position since June 2011. In October 2011, he was appointed a senior advisor to JPMorgan Chase & Co., where he chairs the “Global Cities Initiative,” a joint project of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and the Brookings Institution to help cities identify and leverage their greatest economic development resources. Mr. Daley also has been a distinguished senior fellow at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy since May 2011.
Mr Herbert Allen Mr. Allen is President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Allen & Company Incorporated, a privately held investment firm, and has held these positions for more than the past five years. Over the past five years he served as a Director of Convera Corporation and has not held any other public company directorships during that period.
Mr Ronald Allen Mr. Allen has served as President and CEO of Aaron’s, Inc., a leading lease-to-own company for furniture, appliances and electronics, since February 2012. He served as Interim President and CEO of Aaron’s, Inc. from November 2011 to February 2012. From July 1997 through July 2005, Mr. Allen was a consultant to and an Advisory Director of Delta. He retired as Delta’s Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer in July 1997. Mr. Allen brings an incredible wealth of leadership and governance experience to the Company’s Board. He is a Director of Aaron’s, Inc., Aircastle Limited, The Coca Cola Company and Guided Therapeutics, Inc.
Mr Barry Diller Barry Diller has been the Chairman of the Expedia Board and Senior Executive of Expedia since the completion of the IAC/Expedia spin-off in August 2005. Mr. Diller has been the Chairman of the Board and Senior Executive of IAC since December 2010 and also served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of IAC (and its predecessors) from August 1995 through November 2010. Mr. Diller also previously served as the Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc. from August 2008 through January 2010 and as the Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Live Nation Entertainment from January 2010 through October 2010 and remained a member of the Board of Live Nation Entertainment through January 2011. He served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of QVC, Inc. from December 1992 through December 1994 and as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Fox, Inc. from 1984 to 1992. Prior to joining Fox, Inc., Mr. Diller served for ten years as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Paramount Pictures Corporation. Mr. Diller is currently a member of the Boards of Directors of The Washington Post Company and of The Coca-Cola Company. Mr. Diller is also a member of the Board of Councilors for the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts, the New York University Board of Trustees, the Executive Board for the Medical Sciences of the University of California, Los Angeles and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. On December 20, 2011, in connection with the Spin-Off, Barry Diller was appointed as member of the board of directors of the company.
Mr Alexander Benedict Cummings Mr. Cummings is Independent Director in Chevron Corp since 2014, he is Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of The Coca-Cola Company. Mr. Cummings joined The Coca-Cola Company in 1997 as Deputy Region Manager, Nigeria. In 2000, he was named President of the North & West Africa Division. In March 2001, he became President of the Africa Group, responsible for The Coca-Cola Company’s operations in Africa, and served in this capacity until June 2008. Mr. Cummings was appointed Chief Administrative Officer of The Coca-Cola Company effective July 2008, and was elected Executive Vice President effective October 2008. Mr. Cummings currently serves on the boards of C.A.R.E. and Clark Atlanta University, and he has previously served on the Advisory Board of The African Presidential Archives & Research Center, The Corporate Council on Africa, The African-America Institute and The Center for Global Development’s Commission on U.S. Policy toward Low-Income Poorly Performing States. Mr. Cummings also served on the board of Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Co., a publicly traded (Athens and NYSE) bottler of The Coca-Cola Company, from September 2006 to December 2010.
Ms Alexis M. Herman Ms Alexis M. Herman, Chair and Chief Executive Officer of New Ventures LLC and a Director at Cummins Inc since 2001. Lead Director, Chair of the Governance and Nominating Committee, and member of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, and Executive Committee of Cummins Inc. Director and member of the Personnel Committee and Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee of Entergy Corp. Director and member of the Compensation Committee and Public Issues and Diversity Review Committee of The Coca-Cola Company. Serves as Chair of the Diversity & Inclusion Business Advisory Board of Sodexo, Inc. and as Chair of Toyota Motor Corporation's North American Diversity Advisory Board. United States Secretary of Labor from 1997 to 2001. Member of the Board of Trustees of the National Urban League, a civil rights organization. Leadership experience—Chief Executive Officer of a consulting firm; former United States Secretary of Labor; member of the board of trustees of a civil rights organization. Finance experience—member of the audit committee of a public company that designs, manufactures, sells and services diesel engines and related technology around the world. Government experience—former United States Secretary of Labor. Public company directorship experience—director and member of various board committees of several public companies; member of advisory boards to public companies.
Mr Muhtar Kent Mr Muhtar Kent is a member of board of directors at 3M Co since Feb 6, 2013. From December 2006 through June 2008, Mr Kent served as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company. From January 2006 through December 2006, Mr Kent served as President of Coca-Cola International and was elected Executive Vice President of the Company in February 2006. From May 2005 through January 2006, he was President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company’s North Asia, Eurasia and Middle East Group, an organization serving a broad and diverse region that included China, Japan and Russia. Mr Kent originally joined the Company in 1978 and held a variety of marketing and operations roles until 1995, when he became Managing Director of Coca-Cola Amatil Limited-Europe covering bottling operations in 12 countries. From 1999 until his return to the Company in May 2005, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Efes Beverage Group, a diversified beverage company with Coca-Cola and beer operations across Southeast Europe, Turkey and Central Asia. Other than the Company, he has not held any other public company directorships during the past five years.
Mr Robert W Matschullat Mr Robert W. Matschullat is a private equity investor. From March 2006 to October 2006, Mr. Matschullat served as the interim Chairman and interim Chief Executive Officer of The Clorox Company, a global consumer products company. From January 2004 through January 2005, and from January 2005 through March 2006, he served as both Chairman and Presiding Director of the Clorox board, respectively. He also served as the Vice Chairman of the board of directors and as Chief Financial Officer of The Seagram Company Limited, a global company with entertainment and beverage operations, from 1995 until 2000. Previously, he was head of worldwide investment banking at Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, a securities and investment firm, from 1991 to 1995 and served on the board of directors of Morgan Stanley from 1992 to 1995 and McKesson Corporation from 2002 to 2007. Mr. Matschullat currently serves on the board of directors of The Clorox Company and The Walt Disney Company. Mr. Matschullat holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Stanford University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. and He is a Board Member at Visa Inc.
Mr Donald R. Knauss Mr Donald R. Knauss is a director at Target Corp since August 12, 2015. Mr Knauss has served as one of URS Corpʼs directors since June 21, 2010. He has served as chairman and chief executive officer of The Clorox Company, a manufacturer and marketer of consumer products, since October 2006. He served as Executive Vice President of The Coca-Cola Company (a marketer and distributor of non-alcoholic beverages) and President and Chief Operating Officer for Coca-Cola North America from February 2004 until August 2006. Mr Knauss has also served as a director of the Kellogg Company since November 2007 and The Clorox Company since October 2006.
Mr Fernando Aguirre Mr Fernando Aguirre is Independent Director at Aetna Inc since August 2, 2011. He has been President and Chief Executive Officer since January 2004 and Chairman since May 2004 of Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (global distributor of consumer products). Prior to joining Chiquita, Mr. Aguirre worked for more than 23 years in brand management, general management and turnarounds at The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) (manufacturer and distributor of consumer products). Mr. Aguirre began his P&G career in 1980, serving in various capacities including President and General Manager of P&G Brazil, President of P&G Mexico, Vice President of P&G’s global snacks and US food products, and President of global feminine care. In July 2002, Mr. Aguirre was named President, special projects, reporting to P&G’s Chairman and CEO, working on strategy. Mr. Aguirre is currently a director of Levi Strauss & Co. and served as a director of Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. from 2005 until November 2010.
Mr Howard Barker Mr. Howard W. Barker, Jr., CPA, is an Independent Director of Priceline Group Inc. He was employed by KPMG LLP from July 1972 and served as a partner of KPMG LLP from 1982 until his retirement in September 2002. Mr. Barker has been a director of the Company since January 2003, and is currently Chairman of the Audit Committee, as well as a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. He served as a member of the Board of Directors of Chiquita Brands International, Inc. from 2007, where he chaired the Audit Committee and was a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Strategic Transaction Committee, until its acquisition in January 2015. Mr. Barker also served as a member of the Board of Directors of Medco Health Solutions, Inc. from 2003 until its acquisition in April 2012, and chaired Medco's Audit Committee and was a member of Medco's Compensation Committee and Mergers and Acquisitions Committee. In addition, Mr. Barker is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Mr Merrill Miller Merrill A. (Pete) Miller, Jr., 61, has been a director of the Company since 2007 and our Lead Independent Director since March 2010. Mr. Miller is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE:NOV), a supplier of oilfield services, equipment and components to the worldwide oil and natural gas industry. Mr. Miller joined NOV in 1996 as Vice President of Marketing, Drilling Systems and was promoted in 1997 to President of the company’s products and technology group. In 2000, he was named President and Chief Operating Officer, in 2001 was elected President and Chief Executive Officer and in 2002 was also elected Chairman of the Board. Mr. Miller served as President of Anadarko Drilling Company from 1995 to 1996. Prior to his service at Anadarko, Mr. Miller spent fifteen years at Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Company (NYSE:HP) in Tulsa, Oklahoma, serving in various senior management positions, including Vice President, U.S. Operations. Mr. Miller graduated from the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York in 1972. Upon graduation, he served five years in the United States Army and received his MBA from Harvard Business School in 1980. Mr. Miller serves on the Board of Directors for the Offshore Energy Center, Petroleum Equipment Suppliers Association and Spindletop International, and is a member of the National Petroleum Council.
Mr Donald Nickles Don Nickles, 66, has been a member of Valero Directors since 2005. Senator Nickles is the founder and President of The Nickles Group, a consulting and business venture firm in Washington, D.C. Senator Nickles was elected to represent Oklahoma in the United States Senate from 1980 to 2005 where he held numerous leadership positions, including Assistant Republican Leader from 1996 to 2003 and Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee from 2003 to 2005. Senator Nickles also served on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the Senate Finance Committee. Prior to his service in the U.S. Senate, Senator Nickles served in the Oklahoma State Senate from 1979 to 1980 and worked for Nickles Machine Corporation in Ponca City, Oklahoma, becoming Vice President and General Manager. Senator Nickles is also a director of Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO), an independent oil refiner headquartered in San Antonio, Texas and Washington Mutual Investors Fund (WMIF). Senator Nickles served in the National Guard from 1970 to 1976 and graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1971.
Mr Timothy Patrick Flynn Mr. Timothy P. Flynn is a Board Member of JPMorgan Chase & Co, where he serves on the Risk Advisory Committee and Public Responsibility Committee. Mr. Flynn was Chairman of KPMG International from 2007 until his retirement in October 2011. From 2005 until 2010 he served as Chairman and from 2005 to 2008 as CEO of KPMG LLP in the U.S., the largest individual member firm of KPMG International. Before serving as Chairman and CEO, Mr. Flynn was Vice Chairman, Audit and Risk Advisory Services, with operating responsibility for the Audit, Risk Advisory and Financial Advisory Services practices. In addition, Mr. Flynn has been Independent Director of WalMart Stores Inc since 2012 and of the Chubb Corporation since September 2013. He previously served as a Trustee of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, a member of the World Economic Forum's International Business Council, and a founding member of The Prince of Wales' International Integrated Reporting Committee. Mr. Flynn holds a Bachelor degree in Accounting from The University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota and is a Member of their Board of Trustees.
Mr Laban P. Jackson Mr. Laban P. Jackson is Board Member of JPMorgan Chase & Co., as well as being Chairman of Audit Committee. He has been Chairman of Clear Creek Properties, Inc. since 1989. Mr. Jackson was a Director of The Home Depot from 2004 till 2008, SIRVA from 2006 till 2007 and IPIX Corporation from 1999 till 2006. He is also a Director of J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. and of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Firm since 2010. He was a Director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland from 1987 till 1992. Mr. Jackson is also a Director of Markey Cancer Foundation and Transylvania University. In addition, Mr. Jackson served as a Member of the Military and Veterans Affairs Advisory Council at JPMorgan Chase since April 2011. He served as a Director of Bank One Corporation from 1993 to 2004; Ipix Corp., from January 2000 to July 6, 2006; and Interactive Pictures Corporation from January 1989 to January 2000. He served as a Director of The Home Depot, Inc. from July 22, 2004 to Mary 2008. Mr. Jackson served as a Director of Banc One Corporation since 1993 and the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland from 1987 to 1992. He served as an Independent Director at Sirva Inc. from July 1, 2006 to September 17, 2007. He serves as a Governor's Scholars Program. Mr. Jackson graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1965.
Mr James Dimon Mr James Dimon is Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co. He became Chairman of the Board on December 31, 2006, and has been Chief Executive Officer and President since December 31, 2005. He was President and Chief Operating Officer following JPMorgan Chase's merger with Bank One Corporation in July 2004. At Bank One he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from March 2000 to July 2004. Before joining Bank One, Mr Dimon held a wide range of executive roles at Citigroup Inc., the Travelers Group, Commercial Credit Company and American Express Company. Mr Dimon is on the Board of Directors of Harvard Business School and Catalyst and is a member of The Business Council. He is also on the Board of Trustees of New York University School of Medicine. Mr. Dimon does not serve on the Board of any publicly traded company other than JPMorgan Chase. Mr. Dimon graduated from Tufts University in 1978 and received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1982.
Ms Crandall Close Bowles Ms Crandall Close Bowles has been the Chairman Emeritus of the Spring Company since April 2015. She first joined Spring Industries in 1973 as a Financial Analyst. She became the CEO of The Springs Company, a separate entity, in 1982. In 1992, Crandall moved back to Springs Industries as Executive Vice President for Growth and Development and later served as Executive Vice President of Textile Production and the President of Springs’ Bath Fashions Group. She was named CEO in December 1997 and was elected as the company’s Chairman in April 1998 and resigned in 2005. In 2006, she became Co-chairman and co-CEO of Springs Global US, Inc. and Springs Global Participacoes S.A. when Springs Industries merged with a textile firm from Brazil. Ms Crandall retired in 2007. She has been a member of Springs Industries’ Board of Directors since 1978, and she has also been a Member of the Board of Directors of Deere & Company since 1999 and JP Morgan Chase since 2006. Ms Bowles also served as a Director of Sara Lee Corporation from 2008 to 2012 and of Wachovia Corporation and Duke Energy in the 1990s. She serves on the Boards of the Anne Springs Close Greenway, the Carolina Thread Trail, the Springs Close Foundation, the Packard Center for ALS Research, the Wilderness Society and Brookings Institution. In addition, she is on the governing boards of the Packard Center at Johns Hopkins, The University of North Carolina Press, and the Global Research institute of UNC-Chapel Hill. Ms. Bowles also serves as a Trustee of the African Wildlife Foundation and is a Member of the American Textile Manufacturers Institute, The Business Council, The Business Roundtable, the Palmetto Business Forum, and the South Carolina Chapter Excellence in Education Council. Ms Crandall holds a Bachelor degree in Economics from Wellesley College in 1969, as well as a Master degree in Business Administration from Columbia University in 1973.
Mr William C. Weldon Mr. William C. Weldon is a Board Member of JPMorgan Chase & Co, as well as being the Chairman of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. he has been a Director of Exxon Mobil Corporation since May 29, 2013. He was Chairman of Johnson & Johnson from April 2002 until his retirement in December 28. He served as Vice Chairman from 2001 and Worldwide Chairman, Pharmaceuticals Group from 1998 until 2001. Mr. Weldon also served in a number of other senior executive positions since joining Johnson & Johnson in 1971. In 1982 he was named manager, ICOM Regional Development Center in Southeast Asia. Mr. Weldon was appointed executive vice president and managing director of Korea McNeil, Ltd., in 1984 and managing director of Ortho-Cilag Pharmaceutical, Ltd., in the U.K. in 1986. In 1989, he was named vice president of sales and marketing at Janssen Pharmaceutica in the U.S., and in 1992 he was appointed president of Ethicon Endo-Surgery. In addition, Mr. Weldon was a director of Johnson & Johnson from 2002 until December 2012. Mr. Weldon is a member of the CEO Roundtable on Cancer, a director of the US-China Business Council, a member of The Business Council, a member of the Healthcare Leadership Council, a member of the Business Roundtable, and a member of the Sullivan Commission on Diversity in the Health Professions Workforce. Mr. Weldon also serves on the Liberty Science Center Chairman’s Advisory Council and as a member of the Board of Trustees for Quinnipiac University. He previously served as Chairman of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. Mr. Weldon graduated from Quinnipiac University in 1971, and is a Member of the School’s Board of the Trustees.
Mr Lee R. Raymond Mr. Lee R. Raymond is a Board Member of JPMorgan Chase & Co, as well as being the Chairman of Compensation and Management Development Committee. He was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of ExxonMobil from 1999 until he retired in December 2005. He had been Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Exxon Corporation from 1993 until its merger with Mobil Oil Corporation in 1999, having begun his career in 1963 with Exxon. He was a director of Exxon Mobil Corporation from 1984 till 2005. He is a Director of the Business Council for International Understanding, a Trustee of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, a Trustee of the Mayo Clinic, a Member of the Innovations in Medicine Leadership Council of UT Southwestern Medical Center, a Member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Member and past Chairman of the National Petroleum Council. Mr. Raymond serves on an Advisory Panel to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. Mr. Raymond holds a Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin in 1960 and received a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in Chemical Engineering in 1963.