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Corporate Governance Committee
Our corporate governance committee consisting of Patricia Garrison-Corbin, Claude C. Lilly and Robert S. Lilien met three times during fiscal 2006.
Patricia Garrison-Corbin is the chair of our corporate governance committee. All of the members of our corporate governance committee meet the independence
criteria set forth in the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange. Among other functions, the principal duties and responsibilities of our corporate
governance committee are to identify qualified individuals to become board members, recommend to the board individuals to be designated as nominees for
election as directors at the annual meetings of shareholders, and develop and recommend to the board our corporate governance guidelines. Effective as of
January 16, 2007, Mr. Hauser was appointed to the corporate governance committee.
A copy of our corporate governance committee charter can be found on our website at www.fairpoint.com under the “Investor Relations” caption.
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The following table sets forth the names and positions of our current executive officers and their ages as of December 31, 2006.
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Eugene B. Johnson 59 Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
Peter G. Nixon 54 Chief Operating Officer
John P. Crowley 52 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Walter E. Leach, Jr. 55 Executive Vice President, Corporate Development
Shirley J. Linn 56 Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Lisa R. Hood 41 Senior Vice President and Controller
Thomas Griffin 46 Treasurer
The following sets forth selected biographical information for our executive officers who are not directors.
Mr. Nixon has served as our Chief Operating Officer since November 2002. Previously, Mr. Nixon was our Senior Vice President of
Corporate Development from February 2002 to November 2002 and President of our Telecom Group from April 2001 to February 2002. Prior to this,
Mr. Nixon served as President of our Eastern Region Telecom Group from June 1999 to April 2001 and President of Chautauqua & Erie Telephone
Corporation, or C&E, from July 1997, when we acquired C&E, to June 1999. From April 1, 1989 to June 1997, Mr. Nixon served as Executive Vice
President of C&E. From April 1, 1978 to March 31, 1989, Mr. Nixon served as Vice President of Operations for C&E. Mr. Nixon has served as the past
Chairman of the New York State Telephone Association, in addition to his involvement in several community and regional organizations.
 In June 2005, Mr. Crowley was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Crowley served as Executive
Vice President, Finance and Treasurer from May 2005 to June 2005. From 2000 to 2004, Mr. Crowley was an independent consultant in telecommunications
investment banking. From 1999 to 2000, he was a Director in corporate finance at PricewaterhouseCoopers, and from 1996 to 1999, Mr. Crowley was a
Managing Director in investment banking at BT/Alex Brown and its predecessor company. Previously he was active in telecommunications finance both as a
principal and in banking.
 In June 2005, Mr. Leach was appointed as the company’s Executive Vice President, Corporate Development. Mr. Leach served as
our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
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