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Mr Elaine Chao Ms. Chao was the nation’s 24th Secretary of Labor, serving from 2001 to 2009, and the first Asian Pacific American woman to be appointed to a President’s cabinet in American history. Ms. Chao presently serves as chairman of the Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Foundation, a family foundation. From 1996 to 2001 and from 2009 to 2014, Ms. Chao was a Distinguished Fellow at The Heritage Foundation. She served as President and CEO of United Way of America from 1992 to 1996. Her previous government experience also includes serving as Director of the Peace Corps; Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation; and Chairman, Federal Maritime Commission. She was also Vice President of Syndications at BankAmerica Capital Markets Group and a banker with Citicorp. She has served on a number of public boards prior to government service. Currently, she serves as director of Ingersoll Rand, News Corp and Vulcan Materials Company and is a board member of several nonprofit organizations including Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Institute of Politics; Harvard Business School Board of Dean’s Advisors and Harvard Business School Board of Global Advisors. Ms. Chao received her undergraduate degree in economics from Mount Holyoke College and her Master of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School.And she serve as director at Wells Fargo and Co senice 2003.
Mr Federico Pena Mr. Peña has been a senior advisor of Vestar Capital Partners, a global private equity firm headquartered in New York, since January 2009, and previously served as a managing director of Vestar from 2000 to 2009. Since July 2014, he has also served as Senior Advisor to the Colorado Impact Fund. Prior to joining Vestar in 1998, he led the Department of Energy from 1997 to 1998 and the Department of Transportation from 1993 to 1997. He founded and was president and chief executive officer of Peña Investment Advisors, an asset management firm, from 1991 to 1993. Mr. Peña served as the mayor of the city and county of Denver, Colorado from 1983 to 1991 and in the Colorado House of Representatives from 1979 until 1983. He is a member of the board of directors of Sonic Corporation and the Toyota North American Diversity Board. Mr. Peña earned his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Texas.He is also director at wells fargo since 2011.
Mr Donald James Mr. James currently serves as chairman and a director of Vulcan Materials Company, a construction materials company located in Birmingham, Alabama. He joined Vulcan Materials in 1992 and progressed through a variety of management positions at Vulcan Materials before he was named chief executive officer in 1996 and chairman in 1997, positions he held until July 2014. Before joining Vulcan Materials, Mr. James was a partner at the law firm of Bradley, Arant, Rose & White in Birmingham, Alabama. He received a B.S. and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Alabama, and a J.D. from the University of Virginia. Mr. James is also a director of Southern Company. He also serves on the boards of a number of regional and national organizations focused on civic and community service, economic development, health care, charitable giving and higher education. He is also director at wells fargo since 2009 .
Ms Judith Runstad Ms. Runstad is a former partner of, and has been Of Counsel since January 1997 to Foster Pepper PLLC, a law firm located in Seattle, Washington, practicing in the areas of real estate development and land use and environmental law for 40 years. Ms. Runstad is a former chairwoman of the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. She is an emeritus member of the board of trustees of the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce.She is also director at wells fargo since 1998.
Mr John Chen Mr. Chen has served as executive chairman and chief executive officer of BlackBerry Limited, a global leader in wireless innovation based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, since November 2013. Prior to joining BlackBerry, he served as chairman and chief executive officer of Sybase, Inc. from July 2010, when SAP AG acquired Sybase, Inc., until he retired in November 2012. From November 1998 until July 2010, he served as chairman, chief executive officer and president of Sybase. Prior to Sybase, Mr. Chen held positions as the president of the Open Enterprise Computing Division of Siemens Nixdorf, and president and chief operating officer of Pyramid Technology Corporation. He graduated magna cum laude from Brown University, receiving a degree in Electrical Engineering. He also holds a Master of Science from California Institute of Technology. Mr. Chen is also a director of BlackBerry Limited and The Walt Disney Company and serves as a Special Adviser of Silver Lake Partners, a private investment firm. He was a member of the President’s Export Council and was the Chairman of the Committee of 100 from May 2009 until May 2011. Currently he is a member of the Board of Governors of the San Francisco Symphony Association and of the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology..And he serve as director at Wells Fargo and Co senice 2006.
James Quigley Mr. Quigley is a retired partner and CEO Emeritus of Deloitte. Prior to retiring in June 2012, Mr. Quigley served as chief executive officer of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL, the Deloitte global network), from 2007 to 2011, and as chief executive officer of Deloitte LLP, the U.S. member firm of DTTL, from 2003 until 2007. He currently is a trustee of the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation and a member of the board of trustees of The German Marshall Fund of the United States. Mr. Quigley also is a member of the board of directors of Hess Corporation and Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He previously was co-chairman of the TransAtlantic Business Dialogue, a director of the Center for Audit Quality, a trustee of the Financial Accounting Foundation, a member of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Advisory Committee on Improvements to Financial Reporting, and a member of numerous committees of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Quigley earned a Bachelor of Science degree and an honorary Doctorate of Business from Utah State University.He is also director at wells fargo since 2013.
Ms Cynthia Milligan Ms. Milligan served as Dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, located in Lincoln, Nebraska, from June 1998 until May 2009, when she was named Dean Emeritus of the College of Business Administration. Before joining the University of Nebraska, Ms. Milligan served as president of Cynthia Milligan & Associates, a consulting firm for financial institutions, and before that was a senior partner of a law firm in Lincoln, Nebraska. She is the former Director of Banking and Finance for the State of Nebraska. Ms. Milligan holds a J.D. with honors from George Washington University National Law Center, and a B.A. with honors from the University of Kansas. Ms. Milligan is a director of Calvert Funds, Kellogg Company, and Raven Industries, Inc. She is also a member of the board of directors of The Gallup Organization, Teammates Foundation, Teammates Mentoring Program, and W.K. Kellogg Foundation and is a trustee of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, University of Nebraska Foundation, and Nebraska Humanities Council Foundation. She is also director at wells fargo since 1992.
Mr Nicholas Moore NICHOLAS G. MOORE has been a member of the Board since April 2002 and was appointed as our Lead Independent Director in August 2009. Mr. Moore served as Global Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from July 1998 until June 2001, and Chief Executive Officer of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from July 1998 until June 2000. Prior to that, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Coopers & Lybrand LLP from October 1994 until June 1998, when it merged with Price Waterhouse LLP. Mr. Moore is a member of the boards of Wells Fargo & Co., Gilead Sciences, Bechtel Corporation, and a private, venture capital-backed technology company. Mr. Moore received a B.S. degree in accounting from St. Mary’s College and a J.D. degree from Hastings College of Law, University of California.
Ms Susan Swenson Ms. Swenson served as president and chief executive officer of Sage Software, Inc., the North American division of The Sage Group plc located in the United Kingdom, a business management software and services supplier, from March 2008 until her retirement in April 2011. Before joining Sage Software, Ms. Swenson held positions as the chief operating officer of Atrinsic, Inc. (formerly known as New Motion, Inc.), Amp’d Mobile, Inc., and T-Mobile USA, president and chief operating officer of Leap Wireless International, Inc., and president and chief executive officer of Cellular One. She also serves as a director of Novatel Wireless, Inc., Harmonic Inc., Spirent Communications plc, and as chair of the board of directors of the First Responder Network Authority..She is also director at wells fargo since 1998.
Ms Susan Engel Ms. Engel served as chief executive officer of Portero, Inc., an online retailer of vintage pre-owned luxury personal accessories located in New York, New York, from July 2009 until June 2013 when the company was acquired. She served as chairwoman and chief executive officer of Lenox Group Inc. (the successor to Department 56, Inc.) from November 1996 until she retired in January 2007. Ms. Engel earned her undergraduate degree from Cornell University in 1968, and her Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School in 1976. Ms. Engel is also a director of Coolibar, Inc.And she serve as director at Wells Fargo and Co senice 1998.
Mr Thomas Schoewe Thomas M. Schoewe has been a member of our Board of Directors since November 2011. Mr. Schoewe served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Wal-Mart) from 2000 to 2011. Prior to joining Wal-Mart, Mr. Schoewe worked for Black & Decker Corporation from 1986 to 1999, most recently serving as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. From 1974 to 1986, Mr. Schoewe worked for Beatrice Companies, Inc., where he was Chief Financial Officer and Controller for Beatrice Consumer Durables, Inc. Mr. Schoewe is a director of KKR Management LLC and Northrop Grumman Corporation. He served as a director of PulteGroup, Inc. (2009 to 2012) and Centex Corporation from 2001 to its 2009 merger with Pulte Homes, Inc. (now doing business as PulteGroup, Inc.).
Mr Karl J. Krapek Mr Karl J. Krapek is a member of board of directors at Prudential Financial Inc since January 2004. Mr Krapek is a co-founder of The Keystone Companies, which was founded in 2002 and develops residential and commercial real estate. Mr Krapek served as the President and COO of United Technologies Corporation (a diversified aerospace and industrial products company) from 1999 until his retirement in January 2002. Prior to that time, Mr Krapek held other management positions at United Technologies Corporation, which he joined in 1982.
Mr Richard Davis Mr. Davis is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of U.S. Bancorp. He has served as Chairman since December 2007, as President since October 2004 and as Chief Executive Officer since December 2006. He also served as Chief Operating Officer of U.S. Bancorp from October 2004 until December 2006. Mr. Davis has held management positions with our company since joining Star Banc Corporation, one of our predecessors, in 1993 as Executive Vice President. As Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of U.S. Bancorp, Mr. Davis brings to all Board discussions and deliberations deep knowledge of the company and its business and is the voice of management on the Board. Mr. Davis also brings extensive leadership experience and industry knowledge to the Board gained as Chairman of the Financial Services Roundtable, as a director of the Clearing House, and as representative for the Ninth District of the Federal Reserve where he serves on its Financial Advisory Committee. Mr. Davis has also served as a director of Xcel Energy Inc, an S&P 500 company, since 2006, where he has served as its Finance Committee Chair and on its Nuclear, Environmental and Safety Committee. (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Mr Daniel Carp Mr Daniel Carp, as chairman and CEO (2000-2005) and president (1997-2001, 2002-2003) of Eastman Kodak Company, gained first-hand experience in managing a large, multinational corporation focused on worldwide electronic consumer markets (which are of relevance to the company), with ultimate management responsibility for the corporation’s financial performance and its significant investments in capital and R&D. He is an independent director at Texas Instruments Inc since 1997. As chairman of the board of directors of Delta Air Lines (2007-present), a director of Norfolk Southern Corporation (2006-present) and a former director of Liz Claiborne, Inc. (2006-2009), has helped oversee the strategy and operations of major multinational corporations in various industries, including some that are capital-intensive.
Ms Elizabeth J. Comstock Ms Elizabeth J. Comstock appointed as a director at Nike Inc since April 21, 2011. He is Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of General Electric Company (“GE”). At GE, she was appointed Vice President, Communications, NBC News Communications in 1994, Senior Vice President, NBC Corporate Communications in 1996, Vice President of Corporate Communications in 1998, Corporate Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer in 2003, President, NBC Universal Integrated Media in 2006, and Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer in 2008. Prior to joining GE in 1994, Ms. Comstock held a succession of publicity and promotions positions at GE, NBC, CBS, and Turner Broadcasting. She began her career in local television production in Virginia. Ms. Comstock is a trustee of the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.
Mr Johnathan A. Rodgers Mr Johnathan A. Rodgers has served as a director at Comcast Corp since September 2011. From January 2004 until his retirement in July 2011, Mr Rodgers was the President and Chief Executive Officer of TV One, a cable network that offers programming targeted for the African American community. Prior to joining TV One, Mr Rodgers had been the President of Discovery Networks for six years and, prior to that, had worked at CBS, Inc. for twenty years, where he held a variety of executive positions, including President of the CBS Television Stations Division. Mr Rodgers also serves as a director of Nike Inc since November 2006, and served as Independent Director at Procter & Gamble Company from January 2001 to October 2013.
Mr Philip H. Knight Mr Philip H. Knight is a director at Nike Inc since 1968. He is a Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nike Inc. Mr Knight is a co-founder of the Company and, except for the period from June 1983 through September 1984, served as its President from 1968 to 1990, and from June 2000 to 2004. Prior to 1968, Mr Knight was a certified public accountant with Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand and was an Assistant Professor of Business Administration at Portland State University. Mr Knight led NIKE from a small partnership founded on a handshake to the world’s largest footwear, apparel, and equipment company. Mr Knight holds a BS in Business Administration from the University of Oregon in 1959 and an MBA from Stanford University in 1962. He is a Member of Amercan Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Mr Mark G. Parker Mr Mark G. Parker has been President and Chief Executive Officer and a director since January 2006. He has been employed by NIKE since 1979 with primary responsibilities in product research, design and development, marketing, and brand management. Mr. Parker was appointed divisional Vice President in charge of development in 1987, corporate Vice President in 1989, General Manager in 1993, Vice President of Global Footwear in 1998, and President of the NIKE Brand in 2001.
Mr John R. Thompson Mr John R. Thompson was head coach of the Georgetown University men’s basketball team from 1972 until 1998. Also he is a director of Nike Inc since 1991. Mr Thompson was head coach of the 1988 United States Olympic basketball team. He hosts a sports radio talk show in Washington, D.C., and is a nationally broadcast sports analyst for Turner Network Television (TNT) and the Westwood One, Inc. radio network. He serves as Assistant to the President of Georgetown for Urban Affairs, and he is a past President of the National Association of Basketball Coaches and presently serves on its Board of Governors.
Mr John G. Connors Mr John G. Connors has served as a member of Splunk Inc board of directors since August 2007. Since May 2005 Mr Connors has been a partner at Ignition Partners, LLC, a venture capital firm. Prior to joining Ignition Partners, Mr Connors served in various management positions at Microsoft Corporation from January 1989 to January 2005, including most recently as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from December 1999 to January 2005. Mr Connors has served as a member of the board of directors of NIKE Inc since April 14, 2005. Mr Connors holds a B.A. in Accounting from the University of Montana.