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Daniel P. Amos, 57, 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, 56,
Alabama/West Florida state
sales coordinator for Aflac U.S.,
has served in a variety of sales
positions with the company for
the past 34 years. He was first
elected to Aflac Incorporated’s
board in 1983.
Paul S. Amos II, 33, 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, 63, 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, 71,
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, 61,
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, 73,
previously a 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, 59,
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., 74,
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, 65,
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, 64, 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, 62, 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.,
61, 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, 60,
Alumni Distinguished Professor
of Health Behavior and Health
Education and dean of the
University of North Carolina
Gillings School of Global 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, 71,
chairman of Schuster
Enterprises Inc., which operates
Burger King restaurants
throughout the Southeast, is
an emeritus member of the
board of directors of Columbus
Bank & Trust Company. He was
elected to Aflac Incorporated’s board in 2000.
D. Gary Thompson, 62, 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, 71,
chairman of FE Holdings, Inc.,
a company which has interests
in motorsports, gaming,
entertainment, real estate and
lighting. He was previously
chairman of both Dimensions
International and Flight
Explorer and 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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