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>> BOARD OF DIRECTORS
TYSON FOODS, INC. 2005 ANNUAL REPORT
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Tyson Foods, Inc. >> 65
Don Tyson, 75, retired as Senior Chairman
of the Board in 2001. He served as Senior
Chairman from 1995 until 2001. Mr. Tyson
has been a member of the Board since 1952.
John Tyson, 52, is Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer of the Company, having
held his current title since 2001. He served as
Chairman, President and CEO from April 2000
to October 2001, as Chairman from 1998 to
April 2000 and in other executive capacities
prior to 1998. Mr. Tyson has been a member
of the Board since 1984.
Leland E. Tollett, 68, a private investor, served
as Chairman of the Board and CEO from 1995
to 1998 when he retired after employment
with the Company since 1959. Mr. Tollett has
been a member of the Board since 1984.
Barbara A. Tyson, 56, was a Vice President of
the Company from 1988 until 2002. Ms. Tyson
has been a member of the Board since 1988.
Lloyd V. Hackley, 65, is President and CEO
of Lloyd V. Hackley and Associates, Inc.,
which provides programs for ethics and
character development, and previously was
President of the North Carolina Community
College System. Mr. Hackley has been a
member of the Board since 1992.
Jim Kever, 53, is the Founding Partner
of Voyent Partners, LLC, an investment
partnership. Previously, Mr. Kever served
as a director of Quintiles Transnational and
had served as CEO of Envoy Corporation,
a subsidiary of Quintiles. Mr. Kever has
been a member of the Board since 1999.
Richard L. Bond, 58, is President and Chief
Operating Officer of the Company having
held his current title since 2003. Mr. Bond
served as Co-Chief Operating Officer and
Group President, Fresh Meats and Retail of
the Company from 2001 to 2003 and as
President and COO of IBP, inc. from 1997 until
the merger of IBP into the Company. He was
a director of IBP from 1995 to 2001. Mr. Bond
has been a member of the Board since 2001.
Jo Ann R. Smith, 66, is President of Smith
Associates, an agricultural marketing busi-
ness. Previously, Ms. Smith served as
Assistant Secretary for Marketing and
Inspection Services for the U.S. Department
of Agriculture. She is a former President of
the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
and has chaired the Cattlemen’s Beef
Promotion and Research Board. She was a
director of IBP from 1993 to 2001. Ms. Smith
has been a member of the Board since 2001.
Albert C. Zapanta, 64, is President and CEO
of the United States-Mexico Chamber of
Commerce. Mr. Zapanta is a decorated
veteran of the Vietnam War. He is Chairman
of the Reserve Forces Policy Board, an inde-
pendent policy adviser to the Secretary of
Defense. He is also Chairman of the Board
of the U.S.-Mexico Cultural and Educational
Foundation. Mr. Zapanta has been a member
of the Board since May 2004.
Scott T. Ford, 43, is President and Chief
Executive Officer of Alltel Corporation.
Previously, Mr. Ford was an investment
banker with Stephens Inc. and Merrill Lynch.
Mr. Ford has been a member of the Board
since November 2005.