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- Matthew K. Rose
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- Charles O. Rossotti
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- David J. Lesar
David J. Lesar, age 52, is Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Halliburton Energy Services. Trained as a Certified Public Accountant, Lesar spent 16 years at Arthur Andersen. He had spent most of his career at Andersen, where he worked on their Halliburton account. In 1995, Lesar was hired by Halliburton as a new vice president. Three months later he had a new boss, Dick Cheney. Within a year of his arrival, Cheney had fired Tommy Knight—a 32-year Kellogg, …
- Jerry S. Rawls
Jerry Rawls was born in Houston. He spent his early years growing up in Texas. An enterprising kid, he took up jobs to earn pocket money, and even became a part of a Junior achievement organization where they made soap and sold it to supermarkets. Jerry Rawls currently serves as Finisar Corporation's President & Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors since March 1989. Finisar was started by Jerry Rawls and Frank H. Levinson in the year 1988.
- Reed Hastings
Reed Hastings (Wilmot Reed Hastings, Jr.) is the founder of Netflix. He is currently Netflix's chief executive officer, president and chairman of the board, and was the founder of Pure Software. He also serves on the Board of Directors for Microsoft Corp. His father was a lawyer who once served in the Nixon administration, serving as general counsel in the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
- Craig A. Dubow
Craig Dubow was elected Gannett's chairman effective July 1, 2006. He also continues as Gannett's president and CEO, positions he has held since July 15, 2005. He also became a member of the Board of Directors at that time. Dubow joined Gannett in 1981 in advertising sales for K*USA-TV in Denver. He held various positions at KVUE-TV in Austin, TX and was named president and general manager in 1990.
- Robert Mehrabian
Robert Mehrabian , is chairman of the board, president and CEO of Teledyne Technologies Inc. He has been a PPG director since 1992. Officers-Directors Compensation Committee; Technology and Environment Committee Robert Ripp , is chairman of Lightpath Technologies and former chairman and CEO of AMP Inc. He has been a PPG director since 2003. Audit Committee; Officers-Directors Compensation Committee
- Carol Meyrowitz
Carol Meyrowitz (age 52 in 2006) is the president, Chief Executive Officer, and director of TJX Companies, the leading off-price retailer in the United States. She ranked 26th on CNN's 50 Most Powerful Women in Business 2006.
- Guerrino de Luca
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- Stan O'Neal
E. Stanley "Stan" O'Neal is the present Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., having served in numerous senior management positions at the company prior to this appointment. O'Neal was a member of the board of directors of General Motors from 2001 through 2006.
- Ray Irani
Ray R. Irani (January 13, 1935) is the current Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Occidental Petroleum. According to Forbes.com, his five-year total compensation between 2001-2005 was $127,447,000. In 2006, thanks to a rise in oil prices and Occidental's payment scheme, Irani took home a total of $460 million. He has been a part of Occidental Petroleum for over 20 years, serving as a director since 1984, Chief Operating Officer (president) from 1984 to 1990, …
- Crandell Addington
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- Timothy F. Geithner
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- Jen-Hsun Huang
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- Doug Palin
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- Sam Zell
Samuel Zell , 66, has been a Director since 1984, and Chairman of the Board of Directors since 1985. He has served as Chairman of Equity Group Investments, L.L.C., a private investment company, since 1999 and its President since 2006; Zell has been the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the Tribune Co., a diversified media company, since December 2007 and has been a Director since May 2007.
- Peter Altabef
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- Brian Nesmith
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- Steven Rogel
Steven R. Rogel was elected Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Weyerhaeuser Company on April 20, 1999. Prior to assuming the title of chairman, Rogel served as president and chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors since December 1, 1997. In 1966, he began his career with St. Regis Paper Company, where he worked until 1970. From 1970 to 1972, he was assistant manager at St. Anne-Nackawic Pulp and Paper in Nackawic, N.B., Canada.
- Evan G. Greenberg
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- Gregory Casciaro
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- Mark J. Barrenechea
Mark Barrenechea – President & Chief Executive Officer A 20-year technology industry veteran, Mark Barrenechea is Rackable Systems' President and CEO. In November 2006, Mark joined the company's Board of Directors. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President and CTO for Computer Associates (NYSE:CA) and was a member of the executive management team.
- Jeffrey H. Burbank
- Ricardo P. Deveaux
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- Harold McGraw III
Harold McGraw III is chairman, president and chief executive officer of The McGraw-Hill Companies. He was elected chairman in December 1999; chief executive officer in 1998; and president and chief operating officer in 1993. He has been a member of The McGraw-Hill Companies' Board of Directors since 1987. Mr. McGraw has led a transformation of the Corporation, consolidating 15 diverse units into three focused business segments, each one a market leader.
- Jerry Atkin
Jerry C. Atkin is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SkyWest, Inc. and its subsidiary companies. He has served as Chief Executive Officer since 1975. He became the youngest President ever of a scheduled airline at 26. He served for one year as Director of Finance. He was elected as Chairman of the Board in June 1991 and has led the Company from annual revenues of under $1 million to more than $1 billion.
- Mark Canepa
Mark Canepa is the president and chief executive officer of Extreme Networks A . Prior to joining Extreme Networks, Canepa was with Sun Microsystems and served as executive vice president of the Network Storage Products Group. Before that, he served in multiple vice president and general manager roles at Sun, after joining the company in 1996.
- Bob Elton
Bob Elton President & Chief Executive Officer Bob Elton joined Powerex, a subsidiary company of BC Hydro, in December 2001 as Chief Financial Officer. He was appointed to Executive Vice-President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of BC Hydro in March 2002 and was subsequently appointed President and Chief Executive Officer on November 10, 2003. Bob received his Master of Arts from Cambridge University, England.
- Eric Hardmeyer
Eric Hardmeyer (born 1959) is the current president and CEO of the Bank of North Dakota. Hardmeyer is a Mott, North Dakota native, and a graduate of the University of North Dakota, and the University of Mary. He has been employed with the bank since 1985.
- Rick Tsai
Dr. Rick Tsai was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Limited (TSMC) in 2005, after serving as president and chief operating officer. Prior to his post as chief operations officer, he served as TSMC vice president of worldwide marketing and sales. Before that, Dr. Tsai served two terms as executive vice president of operations. Between these two terms Dr. Tsai spent a short time away from TSMC, …
- Douglas L. Foshee
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- Shawn L. Raker
Shawn L. Raker is president and chief executive officer of Flight Training Services International (FTSI), a leading global corporation for the advancement of training and services for the aviation industry.
- Joe Licata
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- Tracy L. Nixon
Tracy L. Nixon , Secretary Tracy is President & Chief Executive Officer of King Cross Corporation, a company she founded in 2000. Before starting her own company, Tracy was a Vice President in the Equities Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. and worked for the Parke-Davis division of Warner-Lambert Corporation. Tracy graduated from Princeton University with a degree in chemistry and earned a MBA from Columbia University. She and her husband, James, have one daughter.
- Harry Debes
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- Andrew N. Liveris
Andrew N. Liveris is President, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chairman of The Dow Chemical Company, a $49 billion global chemical and plastics manufacturer based in Midland, Michigan. Liveris' 30-year Dow career has spanned manufacturing, sales, marketing, new business development and management. He has spent the bulk of his career in Asia, where he was general manager for the company's operations in Thailand, and later head of all Asia-Pacific operations.
- David Hattey
David Hattey , President & CEO, FirstHand Technologies