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From 1977 to 1997, Ms. Byrd held a variety of domestic and international positions with The Coca-Cola Company,
including Chief of Internal Audits and Director of the Corporate Auditing Department. She is currently a director of
AFC Enterprises, Inc., where she is the Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the People Services
(Compensation) Committee and of Regions Financial Corporation, where she is a member of the Audit Committee
and the Risk Committee. Ms. Byrd is a former member of the board of directors and audit committee member of
Circuit City Stores, Inc. and RARE Hospitality International, Inc., and she also served on the board of directors of
St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc.
• Robert R. Glauber joined the Board in 2006. He is 71 years old. Mr. Glauber is an experienced finance executive who
has held several leadership positions in the private and public sectors and has academic experience focusing on
financial matters. Mr. Glauber’s extensive experience in the public, private and academic sectors, including his
experience as chairman of boards of directors of other public companies, enables him to provide the Board with
valuable guidance on financial and regulatory matters.
Mr. Glauber is a Lecturer at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and was a visiting professor at the Harvard
Law School. Previously, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, (now the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.), the private-sector regulator of U.S. securities firms,
from September 2001 to September 2006, after becoming NASD’s CEO in November 2000. Prior to becoming an
officer at NASD, he was a Lecturer at the Kennedy School from 1992 until 2000, Under Secretary of the Treasury for
Finance from 1989 to 1992 and, prior to that, a Professor of Finance at the Harvard Business School for 25 years. In
1987-88, Mr. Glauber served as Executive Director of the Task Force (“Brady Commission”) appointed by President
Reagan to report on the October 1987 stock market break. He has served on the boards of the Federal Reserve Bank
of Boston, a number of Dreyfus mutual funds, the Investment Company Institute, Quadra Realty Trust, and as
president of the Boston Economic Club. Mr. Glauber currently is a director of Moody’s Corporation, where he is a
member of the Audit Committee and the Governance and Compensation Committee; Chairman of XL Group plc (an
insurance company), where he is a member of the Nominating, Governance and External Affairs Committee and the
Risk and Finance Committee; Chairman of Northeast Bancorp, where he is the Chairman of the Corporate Governance
Committee, a member of the Risk Committee, and a member of the Loan Investment Committee of Northeast Bank, a
subsidiary of Northeast Bancorp; and Vice Chairman of the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation.
He has been a Senior Advisor at Peter J. Solomon Co., an investment bank, since November 2006.
• Charles E. Haldeman, Jr. joined the Board in August 2009, upon the commencement of his employment as Chief
Executive Officer of Freddie Mac. He is 62 years old. He is an experienced finance executive and leader of finance
and investment organizations. Mr. Haldeman’s experience as a leader of financial organizations enables him to provide
valuable business and operating perspectives to the Board.
Prior to joining Freddie Mac, Mr. Haldeman served as Chairman of Putnam Investment Management, LLC, the
investment advisor for the Putnam Funds, from July 2008 though June 2009. He joined Putnam Investments in 2002
as Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of the investment division, was appointed President and Chief Executive
Officer in November 2003, and served in that capacity until June 2008. He was a member of Putnam Funds’ Board of
Trustees from 2004 until July 2009, and was named President of the Putnam Funds in 2007. He served as a member
of Putnam Investments’ Board of Trustees from November 2003 until June 2009, where he served as a member of the
audit committee. Prior to joining Putnam, Mr. Haldeman served as Chief Executive Officer of Delaware Investments
from 2000 to 2002, and as chairman from 2001 to 2002. He was the President and Chief Operating Officer of United
Asset Management Corporation from 1998 to 1999. Mr. Haldeman served as chairman of Dartmouth College’s Board
of Trustees from 2007 until 2010.
• Laurence E. Hirsch joined the Board in December 2008. He is 65 years old. He is an experienced finance executive
who has held leadership positions in the homebuilding, real estate and investment industries. Mr. Hirsch’s experience
in the homebuilding and real estate industries allows him to provide to the Board valuable business experience and an
understanding of customer relationships and the homebuilding industry.
Mr. Hirsch has been Chairman of Highlander Partners, L.P., a private equity firm, since April 2004. Mr. Hirsch was
Chief Executive Officer of Centex Corporation, a large homebuilder, from 1988 until his retirement in March 2004
and its Chairman from 1991 until March 2004. Mr. Hirsch is the Chairman of Eagle Materials Inc., where he is also
Chairman of the Executive Committee. Mr. Hirsch is a director of A. H. Belo Corporation, where he is a member of
the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee, and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and
formerly served on the board of directors of Belo Corp., its parent company. In addition, Mr. Hirsch is Chairman of
the Center for European Policy Analysis in Washington, D.C.
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