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6 | Best Buy Fiscal 2008 Annual Report
Directors and offi cers
Board of directors
Richard M. Schulze
Director since 1966
Best Buy Co., Inc.
Founder and Chairman
Bradbury H. Anderson
Director since 1986
Best Buy Co., Inc.
Vice Chairman and
Chief Executive Offi cer
Kathy J. Higgins Victor N, 2,
Director since 1999
Centera Corporation
Founder and President
Ronald James N, 2, 3
Director since 2004
Center for Ethical Business Cultures
President and CEO
Elliot S. Kaplan N,
Director since 1971
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.
Partner
Allen U. Lenzmeier 4
Director since 2001
Best Buy Co., Inc.
Vice Chairman
G. Mike Mikan N
Director since 2008
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated
Executive Vice President and CFO
Matthew H. Paull N, 1, 4
Director since 2003
Professor, University of San Diego
(Former) McDonald’s Corporation
Corporate Senior Executive
Vice President and CFO
Rogelio M Rebolledo N, 3
Director since 2006
Retired
(Former) Pepsi Bottling Group Mexico
Chairman
Mary A. Tolan N, 1, 4
Director since 2004
Accretive Health
Founder and CEO
Frank D. Trestman N, , 4
Director since 1984
Trestman Enterprises
President
The Avalon Group
Chairman
Hatim A. Tyabji N, , 2
Director since 1998
Bytemobile, Inc.
Executive Chairman
Committee key:
N Non-management Director
1 Audit
2 Compensation and Human Resources
3 Nominating, Corporate Governance and
Public Policy
4 Finance and Investment Policy
• Chairperson
Corporate governance
For more information on our
Board of Directors, please visit the
“For Our Investors” section of our
Web site at www.BestBuy.com and
click on “Corporate Governance.”
The Corporate Governance section also
includes information about our strategic
planning process, a copy of our proxy
statement and other information.
Bradbury H. Anderson, Vice Chairman
and CEO, has certifi ed to the New York
Stock Exchange that he is not aware
of any violation by Best Buy of the NYSE’s
Corporate Governance listing standards.
Executive offi cers
Richard M. Schulze
Founder and Chairman
Bradbury H. Anderson
Vice Chairman and
Chief Executive Offi cer
Allen U. Lenzmeier
Vice Chairman
Brian J. Dunn
President and Chief Operating Offi cer
James L. Muehlbauer
Executive Vice President—
Finance and Chief Financial Offi cer
Robert A. Willett
Chief Executive Offi cer—
Best Buy International and
Chief Information Offi cer
Shari L. Ballard
Executive Vice President—
Retail Channel Management
David P. Berg
Executive Vice President—International
Strategy and Corporate Development
Timothy D. McGeehan
Executive Vice President—
Best Buy Mobile Worldwide
Kevin T. Layden
Chief Operating Offi cer—International
David J. Morrish
Executive Vice President—
Connected Digital Solutions
Kalendu Patel
Executive Vice President—
Emerging Business
Jonathan E. Pershing
Executive Vice President—Human Capital
Michael A. Vitelli
Executive Vice President—
Customer Operating Groups
Joseph M. Joyce
Senior Vice President—
General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
John Noble
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Offi cer—
Best Buy International
Michael J. Pratt
President—Best Buy Canada
Ryan D. Robinson
Senior Vice President and
U.S. Strategic Business Unit Chief
Financial Offi cer and Treasurer
Susan S. Grafton
Vice President, Controller and
Chief Accounting Offi cer