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Chairman and Managing Partner since 1999 of The Coaching Group, a management
consulting firm. Previously, he was founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The MAXIMA
Corporation, a 20-year old consultancy that achieved a national reputation as one of the top
African-American owned and fastest-growing firms in the United States. Appointed by President
George H.W. Bush, he has served as Chairman of the U.S. Commission on Minority Business
Development, as a member of the Executive Committee of the 1990 Economic Summit of
Industrialized Nations, and as a director of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He
was a Member of the Board of the Maryland Small Business Development Finance Authority and
Chairman of a special Task Force on Minority Business Reform for the Governor of the State of
Joshua I. Smith
Maryland. He was also Chairman of the National Urban Coalition and a member of the National
Age 70
Fund Raising Campaign Committee of the NAACP.
Director since 1997
Independent With over a decade of experience leading The Coaching Group, Mr. Smith has extensive
executive leadership and management experience. In addition, he has considerable expertise with
entrepreneurial enterprises, specifically with small, minority and women owned businesses, an
important asset in considering Allstate’s relationships with its agencies in pursuit of Allstate’s
goals. As a member of the Nominating and Governance Committee, Mr. Smith draws on his
experience in evaluating corporate governance issues as a director of three large publicly traded
companies. His experience as a coach, advisor, and consultant to chief executive officers as
Chairman and Managing Partner of The Coaching Group gives him insights into the requirements
for effective executive leadership that make him a valued member of the Compensation and
Succession Committee.
Key Areas of Experience:
• Innovation and Consumer Focus • Executive Compensation and Talent
• Corporate Governance and Compliance Management
• Strategy Formation • Leadership and Management
Committee Membership Attendance(1) Public Board Membership of Previous Five
Years:
Compensation and Succession 3 of 3 100% Caterpillar, Inc. 1993—present
Nominating and Governance 5 of 6 83% Comprehensive Care Corporation 2009—present
Audit 3 of 3 100% Federal Express Corporation 1989—present
(1) Mr. Smith missed a nominating and governance committee meeting because of a conflicting business obligation abroad.
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