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provider of wireline and wireless communications. Prior to the merger of Bell Atlantic Corporation and
GTE, which formed Verizon in July 2000, Mr. Gordon fulfilled a variety of positions at Bell Atlantic
Corporation, including Group President, Vice President, Marketing and Sales, and Vice President,
Sales. Mr. Gordon graduated from Gettysburg College and received a M.S. from Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. Mr. Gordon also serves as a director and member of the Audit Committee of
CBS Corporation.
Rajiv L. Gupta—Mr. Gupta, age 61, joined our Board in March 2005. Mr. Gupta has served as
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Rohm and Haas Company, a worldwide producer
of specialty materials, from 1999 to the present. Previously, he served as Vice Chairman of Rohm and
Haas Company from 1998 to 1999, Director of the Electronic Materials business from 1996 to 1999,
and Vice President and Regional Director of the Asia-Pacific Region from 1993 to 1998. Mr. Gupta
holds a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, a M.S. in
operations research from Cornell University and a M.B.A. in finance from Drexel University.
Mr. Gupta also is a director of The Vanguard Group.
John A. Krol—Mr. Krol, age 70, joined our Board in August 2002. Mr. Krol was the Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, where he spent his entire career until
his retirement in 1998. E.I. du Pont de Nemours is a global research and technology-based company
serving worldwide markets, including food and nutrition, health care, agriculture, fashion and apparel,
home and construction, electronics and transportation. Mr. Krol also serves as a director of ACE
Limited, MeadWestvaco Corporation and Milliken & Company, a private company and is on the
Advisory Board of Bechtel Corporation. Mr. Krol graduated from Tufts University where he received a
B.S. and M.S. in chemistry. Mr. Krol is the Lead Director of the Board and Chair of the Company’s
Nominating and Governance Committee.
H. Carl McCall—Mr. McCall, age 71, joined our Board in March 2003. Mr. McCall has served as a
principal of Convent Capital, LLC, a financial advisory firm, since April 2004. Mr. McCall served as
Comptroller of the State of New York from 1993 until November 2002, when he became the
Democratic nominee for Governor of the State of New York. Prior to his position as Comptroller,
Mr. McCall was a Vice President of Citicorp for eight years. He has also served as President of the
New York City Board of Education, a U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Commissioner of the
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Commissioner of the New York State Division of Human
Rights and was elected to three terms as New York State Senator. Mr. McCall received a Bachelor’s
degree from Dartmouth College and a Master’s of divinity degree from Andover-Newton Theological
School. Mr. McCall serves as a director and member of the Audit Committee of New Plan, a real
estate investment corporation and Ariel Mutual Fund.
Brendan R. O’Neill—Dr. O’Neill, age 58, joined our Board in March 2003. Dr. O’Neill was Chief
Executive Officer and director of Imperial Chemical Industries PLC (‘‘ICI’’), a manufacturer of
specialty products and paints, until April 2003. Dr. O’Neill joined ICI in 1998 as its Chief Operating
Officer and Director, and was promoted to Chief Executive Officer in 1999. Prior to Dr. O’Neill’s
career at ICI, he held numerous positions at Guinness PLC, including Chief Executive of Guinness
Brewing Worldwide Ltd, Managing Director International Region of United Distillers, and Director of
Financial Control. Dr. O’Neill also held positions at HSBC Holdings PLC, BICC PLC and the Ford
Motor Company. He has an M.A. from the University of Cambridge and a Ph.D. in chemistry from the
University of East Anglia, and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
(U.K.). Dr. O’Neill is a director of Rank Group Plc, Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd., Aegis Group
Plc and Watson Wyatt & Company Holdings. He serves on the Audit Committees of Aegis Group Plc
and Rank Group Plc.
William S. Stavropoulos—Mr. Stavropoulos, age 67, has been nominated to join our Board.
Mr. Stavropoulos was the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Dow Chemical
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