HR Block 2006 Annual Report Download - page 34

CONTINUING DIRECTORS WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE IN 2008 (CLASS I DIRECTORS):
Thomas M. Bloch
Director since 2000
Age 52
Mr. Bloch has served since January 2000 as Vice Chairman of the University Academy, an urban college
preparatory charter school that he co-founded in Kansas City, Missouri and as an educator with the
University Academy since August 2000. Mr. Bloch served as an educator with St. Francis Xavier School
from October 1995 until August 2000. Prior to changing careers, Mr. Bloch had a 19-year career with
the H&R Block organization, resigning as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company in 1995.
Mr. Bloch graduated from Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California in 1976. He is a
member of the Finance Committee of the Board of Directors.
Mark A. Ernst
Director since 1999
Age 48
Mr. Ernst has served as Chairman of the Board of the Company since September 2002, Chief Executive
Officer of the Company since January 2001 and as President of the Company since September 1999. He
served as Chief Operating Officer of the Company from September 1998 through December 2000 and
as Executive Vice President of the Company from September 1998 until September 1999. Prior to
joining the Company, Mr. Ernst served as Senior Vice President, Third Party and International
Distribution and Senior Vice President, Workplace Financial Services of American Express Company, a
diversified financial services company, Minneapolis, Minnesota, from July 1997 through June 1998 and
November 1995 through July 1997, respectively. Mr. Ernst is also a director of Great Plains Energy, Inc.
He received a Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in finance and economics from the
University of Chicago and an undergraduate degree in accounting and finance from Drake University.
He is a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Ernst is a member of the Finance and Executive Committees of
the Board of Directors.
David Baker Lewis
Director since 2004
Age 55
Mr. Lewis is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lewis & Munday, a Detroit-based law firm with
offices in Washington, D.C. and Seattle. He is also a director of The Kroger Company and Lewis &
Thompson Agency, Inc. Mr. Lewis has served on the Board of Directors of Conrail, Inc., LG&E Energy
Corp., M.A. Hanna, TRW, Inc., and Comerica, Inc. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Oakland
University, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago and a Juris Doctor from
the University of Michigan School of Law. Mr. Lewis is a member of the Audit and Finance Committees
of the Board of Directors.
Tom D. Seip
Director since 2001
Age 56
Mr. Seip currently serves as managing partner of Seip Investments LP and the managing member of
Way Too Much Stuff LLC and Ridgefield Farm LLC, private investment vehicles. He served as the
President, Chief Executive Officer and director of Westaff, Inc., Walnut Creek, California, a temporary
staffing services company, from May 2001 until January 2002. Mr. Seip was employed by Charles
Schwab & Co., Inc., San Francisco, California, from January 1983 until June 1998 in various positions,
including Chief Executive Officer of Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. from 1997 until June
1998 and Executive Vice President – Retail Brokerage from 1994 until 1997. Mr. Seip is also a trustee of
the Neuberger Berman Mutual Funds, New York. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from
Pennsylvania State University and participated in the Doctoral Program in Developmental Psychology at
the University of Michigan. Mr. Seip is Chairman of the Governance and Nominating Committee of the
Board of Directors and is a member of the Compensation Committee.
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