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12
Name
Professional
Occupation (1) Age
Director
Since
Susan M. Phillips Dr.฀Phillips฀is฀Professor฀Emeritus฀of฀Finance฀at฀The฀George฀Washington฀
University School of Business. She joined that university as a Professor
and Dean in 1998. She retired as Dean of the School of Business
as of June 30, 2010, and as Professor the following year. She was a
member฀ of฀ the฀ Board฀ of฀ Governors฀ of฀ the฀ Federal฀ Reserve฀ System฀
from December 1991 through June 1998. Before her Federal Reserve
appointment, Dr. Phillips served as Vice President for Finance and
University Services and Professor of Finance in The College of Business
Administration at the University of Iowa from 1987 through 1991. She
is฀a฀ director฀ of฀CBOE฀Holdings,฀Inc.,฀ State฀ Farm฀Mutual฀Automobile฀
Insurance Company, State Farm Life Insurance Company, State Farm
Companies Foundation, National Futures Association, the Chicago
Board Options Exchange, and Agnes Scott College. Dr. Phillips also
was a trustee of the Financial Accounting Foundation until the end of
2010. She is a member of the Audit and Compensation Committees.
Dr. Phillips brings to the Board strong financial acumen, along with
a deep understanding of, and involvement with, the relationship
between corporations and the government. Her experience in
academia brings a unique and diverse viewpoint to the deliberations
of the Board. Dr. Phillips has been designated an Audit Committee
financial expert.
68 2003
Steven R. Rogel Mr.฀ Rogel฀ was฀ elected฀ Chairman฀ of฀ the฀ Board฀ of฀ Weyerhaeuser฀
Company, a forest products company, in 1999 and was President and
Chief Executive Officer and a director thereof from December 1997
to January 1, 2008 when he relinquished the role of President. He
relinquished the CEO role in April of 2008 and retired as Chairman
as฀ of฀ April฀ 2009.฀ Before฀ that฀ time฀ Mr.฀ Rogel฀ was฀ Chief฀ Executive฀
Officer, President and a director of Willamette Industries, Inc. He
served as Chief Operating Officer of Willamette Industries, Inc. until
October 1995 and, before that time, as an executive and group vice
president฀for฀more฀ than฀ five฀years.฀Mr.฀ Rogel฀is฀a฀director฀of฀ Union฀
Pacific Corporation and a director and non-executive Chairman of
the Board of EnergySolutions, Inc. He is a member of the Corporate
Governance฀and฀Financial฀Policy฀Committees.
Mr.฀ Rogel฀ has฀ extensive฀ experience฀ in฀ management฀ of฀ large฀
corporations at all levels. He brings to the Board a unique perspective,
having led a national supplier of paper products prior to his retirement.
Mr.฀Rogel฀previously฀served฀as฀Kroger’s฀Lead฀Director,฀and฀has฀served฀
on compensation, finance, audit, and governance committees of
other corporations.
70 1999