Aflac 2007 Annual Report Download - page 80

76 There’s Only One Aflac
Daniel P. Amos, 56, chairman
and chief executive officer of
Aflac and Aflac Incorporated,
has been with the company
full-time since 1973. He was
named president of Aflac in
1983, chief operating officer in
1987, chief executive officer of
Aflac Incorporated in 1990, and chairman in 2001.
He has been a member of Aflac Incorporated’s
board since 1983.
John Shelby Amos II, 55,
Alabama/West Florida state
sales coordinator for Aflac U.S.,
has served in a variety of sales
positions with the company for
the past 33 years. He was first
elected to Aflac Incorporated’s
board in 1983.
Paul S. Amos II, 32, president
of Aflac and chief operating
officer of Aflac U.S., joined
Aflac in 2002 as state sales
coordinator of Georgia North.
He was promoted to executive
vice president in 2005, assumed
additional responsibilities as
Aflac U.S. chief operating officer in 2006 and was
promoted to his current position in 2007. He joined
Aflac Incorporated’s board in 2007.
Yoshiro Aoki, 62, president of
Seiwa Sogo Tatemono Co., Ltd.
and corporate auditor of Chuo
Real Estate Co., Ltd., Yushu
Corp. and Gekkeikan Sake Co.,
Ltd., previously held the
positions of deputy president
of Mizuho Research Institute
Ltd. and senior managing director of Mizuho Bank,
Ltd. He also held various positions at the Dai-ichi
Kangyo Bank, Ltd., including senior managing
director and managing executive officer. He joined
Aflac’s board in 2007.
Michael H. Armacost, 70,
Shorenstein Distinguished
Fellow at Stanford University’s
Asia-Pacific Research Center,
retired in June 2002 as
president and trustee of The
Brookings Institution, a private
nonpartisan organization
devoted to public policy research. A former
undersecretary of state for political affairs, Mr.
Armacost was U.S. ambassador to Japan from 1989
to 1993. Mr. Armacost joined Aflac Incorporated’s
board in 1994.
Kriss Cloninger III, 60,
president, chief financial officer
and treasurer of Aflac
Incorporated, joined Aflac in
1992 as senior vice president
and CFO after working with
Aflac as a consulting actuary
since 1977. He was named
president of Aflac Incorporated and elected to its
board in 2001.
Joe Frank Harris, 72,
distinguished executive fellow
at Georgia State University and
a lecturer in its School of Policy
Studies, serves as chairman of
the board of Harris Georgia
Corporation, an industrial
development firm. Mr. Harris
was governor of Georgia from 1983 to 1991. He
joined Aflac Incorporated’s board in 1991.
Elizabeth Hudson, 58,
executive vice president of
communications for the
National Geographic Society,
previously held similar positions
with iVillage, the Reader’s
Digest Association and NBC.
She also was previously a
director in Spencer Stuart’s Media &
Communication Practice. She joined Aflac
Incorporated’s board in 1990.
Kenneth S. Janke Sr., 73,
chairman emeritus of the
National Association of
Investors Corporation (NAIC),
a nonprofit association
dedicated to education for
individual investors, also served
as chairman, president and
director of the NAIC Growth Fund. He was first
elected to Aflac Incorporated’s board in 1989.
Douglas W. Johnson, 64,
certified public accountant and
retired Ernst & Young LLP audit
partner, has spent the majority
of his career auditing
companies in the life, health
and property/casualty
segments of the insurance
industry. He joined Aflac Incorporated’s board
in 2003.
Robert B. Johnson, 63, senior
counselor, Porter Novelli PR, was
formerly chairman and CEO of
the One America Foundation
(an organization that promotes
dialogue and solidarity among
Americans of all races). He
previously served in President
Clinton’s White House as an assistant to the president
and director of the president’s initiative for One America.
He has been on Aflac Incorporated’s board since 2002.
Charles B. Knapp, 61, Director
of Educational Development for
the CF Foundation, is president
emeritus, a professor of
economics and distinguished
public service fellow at the
University of Georgia. Dr. Knapp
also serves as the Chairman of
the Board of the East Lake Foundation, which is the
organization responsible for leading the revitalization
of the East Lake community in Atlanta. He joined Aflac
Incorporated’s board in 1990.
E. Stephen Purdom, M.D.,
60, former executive vice
president of insurance
operations for Aflac U.S., is on
the board of advisors for Emory
University Medical School. He
previously served as chief of
staff at Doctors’ Hospital in
Columbus, Georgia, and was first elected to Aflac
Incorporated’s board in 1987.
Barbara K. Rimer, Dr. PH, 59,
Alumni Distinguished Professor
of Health Behavior and Health
Education and dean of the
University of North Carolina
School of Public Health, was
previously director of the
Division of Cancer Control and
Population Sciences at the National Cancer Institute.
She is a former director of Cancer Control Research
and Professor of Community and Family Medicine at
the Duke University School of Medicine. She joined
Aflac Incorporated’s board in 1995.
Marvin R. Schuster, 70,
chairman of Schuster
Enterprises Inc., which operates
Burger King restaurants
throughout the Southeast, is on
the boards of directors of
Synovus Trust Company and
Columbus Bank & Trust
Company. He was elected to Aflac Incorporated’s
board in 2000.
D. Gary Thompson, 61, retired
executive vice president of
Wachovia Corporation and a
retired chief executive officer of
Georgia Banking, Wachovia
Bank, N.A., is on the board of
directors for Georgia Power
Company, a subsidiary of the
Southern Company, and was elected to Aflac
Incorporated’s board in 2005.
Robert L. Wright, 70,
chairman of Flight Explorer,
a global flight tracking,
information technology and
communications solutions
provider, was formerly an
associate administrator for the
United States Small Business
Administration. He was first elected to Aflac
Incorporated’s board in 1999.
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