FairPoint Communications 2004 Annual Report Download - page 123

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Our restated certificate of incorporation requires our board of directors to have between five and eleven members. In connection with the
offering, we restructured our board of directors and appointed the following three independent directors: Patricia Garrison-Corbin, David L.
Hauser, and Claude C. Lilly. One additional independent director will be appointed by our board of directors in accordance with our restated
bylaws within one year after the closing of the offering.
The following table sets forth the names and positions of our current directors and executive officers and their ages.
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Eugene B. Johnson 57 Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board of Directors and
Chief Executive Officer
Peter G. Nixon 52 Chief Operating Officer
Valeri A. Marks 47 President
Walter E. Leach, Jr. 53 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Shirley J. Linn 54 Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Lisa R. Hood 39 Senior Vice President and Controller
Timothy W. Henry 49 Vice President of Finance and Treasurer
Frank K. Bynum, Jr. 42 Director
Patricia Garrison-Corbin 57 Director
David L. Hauser 53 Director
Claude C. Lilly 58 Director
Kent R. Weldon 37 Director
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January 1, 2002. Prior to his current responsibilities, Mr. Johnson was our Chief Development Officer from May 1993 to December 2002
and Vice Chairman from August 1998 to December 2002. Mr. Johnson is a co-founder and has been a director of our company since 1991.
From 1997 to 2002, Mr. Johnson served as a director of the Organization for the Promotion and Advancement of Small Telecommunications
Companies the primary industry organization for small independent telephone companies. From 1987 to 1993, Mr. Johnson served as
President and principal shareholder of JC&A, Inc., an investment banking and brokerage firm providing services to the cable television,
telephone and related industries. From 1985 to 1987, Mr. Johnson served as the director of the mergers and acquisitions department of
Cable Investments, Inc., an investment banking firm. Mr. Johnson currently is chairman of Organization for the Promotion and
Advancement of Small Telecommunication Companies' Universal Service Fund committee.
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Vice President of Corporate Development from February 2002 to November 2002 and President of our Telecom Group from April 2001 to
February 2002. Prior to this, Mr. Nixon served as President of our Eastern Region Telecom Group from June 1999 to April 2001
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