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13
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.
69 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฀
during฀the฀past฀five฀years฀was฀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.
71 1999
James A. Runde Mr.฀Runde฀is฀a฀special฀advisor฀and฀a฀former฀Vice฀Chairman฀of฀Morgan฀
Stanley,฀ a฀ financial฀ services฀ provider,฀ where฀ he฀ has฀ been฀ employed฀
since฀1974.฀He฀was฀a฀member฀of฀the฀Board฀of฀Directors฀of฀Burlington฀
Resources฀ Inc.฀ prior฀ to฀ its฀ acquisition฀ by฀ ConocoPhillips฀ in฀ 2006.฀
Mr.฀ Runde฀ serves฀ as฀ a฀ Trustee฀ Emeritus฀ of฀ Marquette฀ University฀ and฀
the฀ Pierpont฀ Morgan฀ Library.฀ He฀ is฀ a฀ member฀ of฀ the฀ Compensation฀
Committee and chair of the Financial Policy Committee.
Mr.฀ Runde฀ brings฀ to฀ Kroger’s฀ Board฀ a฀ strong฀ financial฀ background,฀
having฀ led฀ a฀ major฀ financial฀ services฀ provider.฀He฀has฀served฀ on฀ the฀
compensation฀committee฀of฀a฀major฀corporation.
67 2006