Item 10.
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Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
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DIRECTORS
Our Restated Certificate of Incorporation
provides that the Board of Directors shall generally consist of three classes of directors with overlapping three-year terms. One class of directors is to be elected each year with terms extending to the third succeeding Annual Meeting after
election. The Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that the Board of Directors shall maintain the three classes so as to be as nearly equal in number as the then total number of directors permits.
Class III Directors with Terms Expiring in 2019
John A. Edwardson
, age 69, has served as a Director since 2012. Mr. Edwardson is the Chairman of the Corporate Strategy and Finance Committee and
is a member of the Compensation Committee and the Executive Committee. Mr. Edwardson was Chairman of the Board of Directors of CDW Corporation (provider of technology solutions) from 2001 to December 2012 and from 2001 to 2011 he also served as
CDWs Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining CDW, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Burns International Services Corporation (security company) from 1999 to 2000 and as a Director (1994-1998), President (1994-1998) and
Chief Operating Officer (1995-1998) of UAL Corporation and United Airlines (passenger airline). Prior to UAL Corporation and United Airlines, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ameritech Corporation
(telecommunications). He is currently on the Board of Directors of FedEx Corporation, Chubb Corporation (formerly Ace Limited), The University of Chicago and is a member of the board of other professional and civic organizations.
Experience, qualifications, attributes and skills:
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Management, leadership and business acumen as past Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CDW Corporation
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Aerospace and international experiences
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Andrew J. Policano
, age 69, has served as a Director since 2006. Dr. Policano is the Chairman of the Board Nominating and Governance Committee and
a member of the Audit Committee. Dr. Policano was the Dean of the Paul Merage School of Business from August 2004 through July 2013 and is currently Professor Emeritus, Deans Leadership Circle Endowed Chair, Economics/Public Policy. Prior
thereto, he served on the faculty and as Dean at the School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Policano is a Trustee of Payden & Rygel (investment manager) and a former director of Badger Meter, Inc. (water meter
manufacturer) and Physicians Insurance Company of Wisconsin. He is a member of the board of other professional and civic organizations.
Experience, qualifications, attributes and skills:
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Experience in management and leadership as Dean of business schools
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Significant business acumen and corporate governance knowledge
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Jeffrey L. Turner
, age 67, has served as a Director since 2011. Mr. Turner is a member of the Compensation Committee, the Corporate Strategy and
Finance Committee and the Technology and Cybersecurity Committee. Mr. Turner was a director of Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. (commercial aerospace assemblies and components) from November 2006 to April 2014, and served as its President and
Chief Executive Officer from June 2005 to April 2013; he also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. Mr. Turner joined The Boeing Company (aerospace and defense) in 1973, and was appointed as Vice
President/General Manager of Boeing, Wichita Division in November 1995. Prior to his appointment as Vice President/General Manager of Boeing Wichita Division, Mr. Turner held various management positions in systems development, quality,
production, services and finance in Boeing Computer Services, Boeing Military Airplane Company and Boeing Commercial Airplane Company. Mr. Turner currently serves on the Board of Directors of INTRUST Financial Corporation and is a partner in
the privately held Turner Nichols Williams Group and several private companies.
Experience, qualifications, attributes and skills:
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Management, leadership and aerospace industry experience as past President and Chief Executive Officer of Spirit
AeroSystems Holdings, Inc.
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Operational, strategy and international experience
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Class I Directors with Terms Expiring in 2020
Chris Davis
, age 68, has served as a Director since 2002. Ms. Davis is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Executive Committee
and the Corporate Strategy and Finance Committee. She served as a General Partner with Forstmann Little & Co. (private equity firm) from October 2005 to July 2012 after having served them as a Special Limited Partner since August 2001. She
served as Chairman of McLeodUSA Incorporated (telecommunications) from August 2005 to January 2006, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of McLeodUSA from April 2002 to August 2005 and Chief Operating and Financial Officer of McLeodUSA from August
2001 to April 2002. She served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of ONI Systems (telecommunications) from May 2000 to August 2001. She served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer and director of
Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation (business aircraft) from July 1993 to April 2000. She is a former member of the Board of Directors of Cytec Industries, Inc., Aviall, Inc., IMG Worldwide, 24 Hour Fitness, ENK International and Wolverine Tube, Inc.
Experience, qualifications, attributes and skills:
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Management and leadership experience as past Chair, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief
Financial Officer of McLeodUSA, as well as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Gulfstream
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Financial and management oversight experience of portfolio investments at Forstmann Little and audit committee
experience on various boards
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General (Retired) Ralph E. Eberhart
, age 71, has served as a Director since 2007. General Eberhart
is the Chairman of the Compensation Committee and is a member of the Technology and Cybersecurity Committee. He has been President of the Armed Forces Benefit Association since 2005 and Chairman and President since February 2009. He served as
Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and U.S. Northern Command from October 2002 to January 2005. His active military career spanned 36 years. He is a member of the Board of Directors of VSE Corporation, Jacobs
Engineering Group Inc. and Triumph Group, Inc., and he is a director of several private companies.
Experience, qualifications,
attributes and skills:
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Experience in leadership, operations and technology in the U.S. Defense Department from 36 years of experience in
the U.S. Air Force and senior positions in the U.S. Military, including assignments as Commander of NORAD and U.S. Northern Command
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Knowledge of financial services and life insurance industries as Chairman and President of the Armed Forces
Benefit Association
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Richard G. Hamermesh
, age 70, has served as a Director since 2017. Dr. Hamermesh is a member of the
Audit Committee. He was a director of B/E Aerospace, Inc. from July 1987 to April 2017. Dr. Hamermesh is a Senior Fellow at the Harvard Business School, where he was formerly the MBA Class of 1961 Professor of Management Practice from 2002
to 2015. From 1987 to 2001, he was a
co-founder
and a Managing Partner of The Center for Executive Development, an executive education and development consulting firm. From 1976 to 1987, Dr. Hamermesh was
a member of the faculty of Harvard Business School. He is also an active investor and entrepreneur, having participated as a principal, director and investor in the founding and early stages of more than 15 organizations. Dr. Hamermesh is a
member of the Board of Directors of KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. (serves oil and gas industry) and SmartCloud (industrial artificial intelligence). He is a former director of KLX Inc. and b.good.
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