Equifax 2006 Annual Report Download - page 26

Left to right: Richard F. Smith, John L. Clendenin, L. Phillip Humann, James E. Copeland, Jr., Larry L. Prince, Jacquelyn M. Ward, Lee A. Kennedy,
Mark L. Feidler, Robert D. Daleo, Siri S. Marshall, A. William Dahlberg
In Memory of Garry Betty
Most people will remember Garry for the work he did as President and
CEO of EarthLink from 1996 through 2007. The employees of Equifax will
remember him for his contribution to the growth of the Company in his
role on the Equifax Board of Directors since 2005. His passion for life,
people, innovation, and technology benefi ted everyone with whom he
came into contact, and we will miss him very much.
Richard F. Smith
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Equifax
since December 2005. Chief Executive Offi cer and
Director since September 2005. Chief Operating
Officer, GE Insurance Solutions, from 2004 to
August 2005; President and Chief Executive Offi cer
of GE Property and Casualty Reinsurance from 2003
to 2004; President and Chief Executive Offi cer of
GE Property and Casualty Reinsurance – Americas
of GE Global Insurance Holdings Corporation from
2001 to 2003; and President and Chief Executive
Offi cer, GE Capital Fleet Services from 1995 to 2000.
John L. Clendenin
Director since 1982 and Lead Director from 2002
until May 2004. He served as Chairman, President
and Chief Executive Offi cer of BellSouth Corporation
from October 1983 until his retirement in December
1996. He continued to serve as Chairman until
December 1997. He also is a director of The Kroger
Company, The Home Depot, Inc., Acuity Brands,
Inc. and Powerwave Technologies, Inc.
James E. Copeland, Jr.
Director since 2003. Retired Chief Executive
Offi cer of Deloitte & Touche LLP and Deloitte
Touche Tohmatsu, public accounting fi rms. He
served in such capacity from 1999 until his retire-
ment in 2003. He is also a director of Coca-Cola
Enterprises Inc., ConocoPhillips and Time Warner
Cable, Inc.
A. William Dahlberg
Director since 1992. Retired Chairman of the
Board of Mirant Corporation, an international
energy producer, from August 2000 to January
2006. Previously, from 1995 until 2001, he served
as Chairman and Chief Executive Offi cer of The
Southern Company and, prior to that time, was
President and Chief Executive Offi cer of Georgia
Power Company.
Robert D. Daleo
Director since August 2006. Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer and a
director of The Thomson Corporation, a provider
of integrated information solutions, since 1998.
He is a member of Fordham University’s President’s
Council and the Advisory Board of Rutgers
University’s Prudential Center for Business Ethics.
Mark L. Feidler
Director since March 2007. Founding partner in
MSouth Equity Partners, a private equity fi rm based
in Atlanta. Former President and Chief Operating
Offi cer and a director of BellSouth Corporation from
July 2005 until January 2007. He was appointed
Chief Operating Officer in January 2005 and
served as Chief Staff Offi cer during 2004. He is a
director of New York Life Insurance Company.
L. Phillip Humann
Director since 1992. Executive Chairman of the
Board of SunTrust Banks, Inc., a multi-bank holding
company, since 2004. Also at SunTrust, he served
as Chairman and Chief Executive Offi cer from 2004
to January 2007; Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Offi cer from 1998 to 2004; and President
from 1991 to 1998. He is also a director of Coca-Cola
Enterprises Inc., Haverty Furniture Companies,
Inc. and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
Lee A. Kennedy
Director since 2004. President and Chief Executive
Offi cer of Fidelity National Information Services,
Inc., since February 2006. He served as Chairman
and Chief Executive Offi cer of Certegy Inc. from
February 2002 until February 2006 when Certegy
merged with Fidelity National Information Services,
Inc. Prior to the spin-off of Certegy from Equifax,
he served as President and Chief Operating
Officer and a director of Equifax from June
1998 until June 2001.
Siri S. Marshall
Director since August 2006. Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary and Chief Governance
and Compliance Offi cer of General Mills, Inc., a
diversifi ed foods maker and distributor. She also
managed General Mills’ corporate affairs group
from 1999 to 2005. She is a director of Ameriprise
Financial, Inc. and the International Institute for
Confl ict Prevention and Resolution, the Yale Law
School Center for the Study of Corporate Law; and
a trustee of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and
General Mills Foundation.
Larry L. Prince
Director since 1988 and Lead Director since May
2006. Chairman of the Executive Committee of
Genuine Parts Company, an automotive parts
wholesaler. He served as Chairman of the Board
from August 2004 until February 2005, and
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Offi cer from 1990 until August 2004. He is a
director of SunTrust Banks, Inc., Crawford & Co.
and John H. Harland Company.
Jacquelyn M. Ward
Director since 1999. Retired Chairman and Chief
Executive Offi cer of Computer Generation Inc.,
a telecommunications company that she co-
founded, from 1968 until it was acquired by Intec
Telecom Systems in December 2000. She is also a
director of Bank of America Corporation, Flowers
Foods, Inc., Sanmina-SCI Corporation, SYSCO
Corporation and WellPoint, Inc.
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