BOARD OF DIRECTORS
A. LORNE WEIL
PETER A. COHEN
GERALD J. FORD
J. ROBERT KERREY
RONALD O. PERELMAN
MICHAEL J. REGAN
BARRY F. SCHWARTZ
ERIC M. TURNER
JOSEPH R. WRIGHT, JR.
A. LORNE WEIL
Director since 1989
Mr. A. Lorne Weil has been Chairman of the Board since October
1991, Chief Executive Officer of the Company
since April 1992 and President of the Company since August 1997.
Mr. Weil was President of Lorne Weil, Inc., a firm providing strategic
planning and corporate development services to high technology
industries, from 1979 to November 1992.
Previously, Mr. Weil was Vice President, Corporate Development
at General Instrument Corporation, working with wagering and cable
systems. Prior to that, he was a senior professional with the Boston
Consulting Group.
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PETER A. COHEN
Director since 2000
Mr. Peter A. Cohen is a principal of Ramius Capital Group, LLC,
a private investment firm. From November 1992 until May 1994, Mr.
Cohen was Vice Chairman and a director of Republic New York Corporation,
as well as a member of its management executive committee. Mr.
Cohen was also the Chairman
of Republic New York Corporation's wholly-owned subsidiary, Republic
New York Securities Corporation. From February 1990 to November
1992, Mr. Cohen was a private investor and an advisor to several
industrial and financial companies. From 1983 to 1990, Mr. Cohen
was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Shearson
Lehman Brothers. Mr. Cohen has served on a number of corporate,
industry and philanthropic boards, including The New York Stock
Exchange, The American Express Company, The Federal Reserve Capital
Market Advisory Board, The Depository Trust Company, Olivetti S.p.A.,
Ohio State University Foundation, The New York City Opera and Telecom
Italia S.p.A. Mr. Cohen is currently a director of Portfolio Recovery
Associates, Mount Sinai Hospital, and Titan Corporation.
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GERALD J. FORD
Director since 2005
Mr. Gerald J. Ford has been a financial institutions entrepreneur
and private investor involved in numerous mergers acquisitions
of private and public sector financial institutions over the past
30 years. Mr. Ford served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer of Golden State Bancorp Inc. from September 1998 until
its merger with Citigroup Inc. in November 2002. Mr. Ford is Chairman
and principal shareholder of First Acceptance Corporation, a retailer,
servicer and underwriter of non-standard personal automobile insurance.
Mr. Ford serves as Chairman of the Board and principal shareholder
of Triad Financial Corporation, a privately held auto insurance
company, headquartered in Huntington Beach, California. He also
serves as a director of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.,
McMoRan Exploration Co. and Affordable Residential Communities,
Inc.
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J. ROBERT KERREY
Director since 2008
Mr. Kerrey has served as the President of The New School in New York City
since January 2001. From 1988 to 2000, he served as United States Senator
from Nebraska. During that period, he was a member of numerous congressionally-chartered
commissions and Senate committees, including the Senate Finance and Appropriations
Committees and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Prior to that time, he
served as Governor of Nebraska from 1982 to 1987. Mr. Kerrey also serves on the Board
of Directors of Jones Apparel Group, Inc., Tenet Healthcare Corporation and Genworth Financial, Inc.
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RONALD O. PERELMAN
Director since 2003
Mr. Ronald O. Perelman is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings, a diversified holding company
with interests in consumer products, entertainment, financial services,
biotechnology and gaming. Among the principal interests of MacAndrews & Forbes
are: Revlon, Inc., Panavision, Inc., Allied Security, TransTech
Pharma, and Scientific Games Corporation.
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MICHAEL J. REGAN
Director since 2006
Michael J. Regan is a former Vice Chairman and Chief Administrative
Officer of KPMG LLP, a leading provider of audit and tax services.
Over his 40 years with KPMG, Mr. Regan was involved in a wide range
of business activities, was lead partner for many Fortune 500 companies,
and was head of the New York Audit Practice. He is a graduate of
Manhattan College, where he is currently a member of the board
of trustees, and served four years as a naval officer. Mr. Regan
also sits on the Board of Allied Security Holdings, LLC.
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BARRY F. SCHWARTZ
Director since 2003
Mr. Barry F. Schwartz is Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Administrative Officer of MacAndrews &
Forbes Holdings Inc., a diversified holding company with interests in consumer products, entertainment,
financial services, biotechnology and gaming, among other fields. As Chief Administrative Officer, Mr.
Schwartz supervises all legal, financial, governmental and administrative aspects of MacAndrews &
Forbes Holdings Inc. Mr. Schwartz also serves as Chief Executive Officer of M & F Worldwide Corp.
Prior to joining MacAndrews & Forbes in 1989, Mr. Schwartz was a partner at the Philadelphia law firm
of Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen. His other corporate directorships include Revlon Consumer Products
Corporation and Rev, Inc.
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ERIC M. TURNER
Director since 2002
Eric M. Turner served as Senior Vice President of State Street
Corporation, a financial services company, from
1996 to 2003. Mr. Turner was the executive director of the Massachusetts
State Lottery Commission from 1992 to 1995. During his time at
the Lottery Commission, Mr. Turner was elected to positions of
Treasurer and Secretary of the North American Association of State
and Provincial Lotteries, a professional association of 46 North
American lotteries. In 1991, Mr. Turner served as Deputy Treasurer
of the Office of the State Treasurer of Massachusetts. Prior to
that time, he was employed with Drexel Burnham Lambert for approximately
7 years, last serving as Corporate Vice President, Municipal Finance
Department, from 1989 to 1990.
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JOSEPH R. WRIGHT, JR.
Director since 2004
Joseph R. Wright, Jr. has been President and Chief Executive
Officer of PanAmSat Corporation, a provider of global video and
data broadcast services via satellite, since August 2001. Mr. Wright
was the President of Terremark
Worldwide, Inc. from March 2000 to August 2001 and was the Chairman
of GRC International, Inc. from 1996 to March 2000. He was Executive
Vice President and Vice Chairman of W.R. Grace & Co. from 1989
to 1994. Mr. Wright was a member of President Reagan's Cabinet
as Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) from 1988 to 1989 and was Deputy Director of OMB from 1982
to 1988. Mr. Wright is a director of AT&T Government Solutions,
Titan Corporation, Proxim Corporation, Terremark Worldwide, Inc.
and Verso Technologies.
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