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Biographies of Member Executives

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RICHARD B. EVANS

President and Chief Executive Officer
Alcan Inc.

Richard B. Evans is President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Montreal, Quebec, based Alcan Inc.  Previously, Mr. Evans was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Alcan Inc. during which time he oversaw Alcan's four Business Groups:  Bauxite and Alumina, Primary Metal, Engineered Products and Global Packaging.  He also participated in the overall strategic governance of the Company and the integration of Pechiney acquired by Alcan in 2003.  Prior to taking on this role, Mr. Evans was based in Zurich, Switzerland and was responsible for Fabrication Europe, as well as the global integration of Alcan and Algroup following their merger in October 2000.

Mr. Evans has an extensive background in general and executive management within the aluminum industry.  He joined Alcan  Limited in Montreal, in January 1997, as Senior Advisor, Corporate Development, following 27 years of American and international postings with Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation.  In July 1997, he was appointed Executive Vice President, Fabricated Products, North America and President of Alcan Aluminum Corporation; and, in March 1999, he was appointed President of Global Fabrication before relocating to Europe in October 2000.

Mr. Evans is currently a Director of Bowater Incorporated and Chairman of the International Aluminum Institute (IAI).  He has previously served as Vice-Chairman of the European Aluminum Association and is a past Chairman of the U.S. Aluminum Association's Board of Directors.  He is a former director of the Alcan Deutschland GmbH Supervisory Board, former CEO and Chairman of Alusuisse following Alcan's acquisition of Algroup, and has previously served as a director and chairman of the Logan Aluminum Inc. joint venture in Kentucky, USA.

Mr. Evans is a graduate of Oregon State University with a bachelor's degree in engineering and earned a master's degree in management from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.  He is a native of Oregon, USA and he and his wife, Gretchen, are the parents of two grown daughters

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ALAIN J. P. BELDA

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Alcoa

Alain Belda became chairman and chief executive officer of Alcoa in January 2001. He had been president and chief executive officer of the company since May 1999.

Mr. Belda joined Alcoa in 1969 at Alcoa Aluminio, Alcoa's Brazilian affiliate. He held a number of financial and planning positions there until being named president of Alcoa Aluminio in 1979. He later assumed the additional responsibility for Alcoa's Latin American operations. In 1982, Mr. Belda was elected a vice president of Alcoa, the parent company. He moved to Pittsburgh in 1994 as executive vice president, subsequently was elected vice chairman in 1995, to president and chief operating officer with responsibility for all operating activities in 1997, and to his most recent position as president and chief executive in 1999.

In addition to being chairman of Alcoa's board of directors, Mr. Belda is a director of Citigroup Inc. and DuPont.  He serves on the Board of Trustees of The Conference Board, the world's leading business membership and research organization, and is a Trustee of Brown University.  He is also an active member of the Business Council.

Mr. Belda was born in Meknes, French Morocco on June 23, 1943 and became a Brazilian citizen in 1982. He studied in Brazil and Canada and graduated from MacKenzie University in Brazil with a degree in business administration.

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MARTIN J. SULLIVAN

President and Chief Executive Officer
American International Group, Inc. (AIG)

Martin J. Sullivan is President and Chief Executive Officer of American International Group, Inc. (AIG), the world's leading global insurance and financial services organization operating in 130 countries and jurisdictions worldwide. Mr. Sullivan served as Vice Chairman and Co-Chief Operating Officer from May 2002 until March 2005, when he was elected to his current position. He also serves on the AIG Board of Directors.

Mr. Sullivan joined the company in the Finance Department of American International Underwriters (AIU), AIG's non-life company in the UK, in 1971. In 1974, he joined the Property Department and held a succession of underwriting and management assignments in the UK and Ireland. In 1983, Mr. Sullivan was appointed Property Manager for the UK and later Regional Property Manager for the UK/Ireland.

In 1988, Mr. Sullivan was named Manager of AIU's London office and Regional Marketing Manager for the UK/Ireland. He was later appointed Assistant Managing Director of AIG Europe (UK) Ltd. in 1989 and Chief Operating Officer in 1991. In 1993, he was named President of AIU's UK/Ireland Division and Managing Director of AIG Europe (UK) Ltd.

Mr. Sullivan was elected Senior Vice President, Foreign General Insurance in 1996 and Executive Vice President, Foreign General in 1998. In 1996, he was appointed Chief Operating Officer of AIU in New York and named President in 1997.

Mr. Sullivan is Chairman of the US-ASEAN Business Council, an Associate Member of the Chartered Insurance Institute, a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership & Management and a Member of the Chartered Management Institute. He is a Director of the Geneva Association and also serves on the Business Advisory Committees of the St. George's Society and The British Memorial Garden Trust, and the Board of Trustees of the American Associates of the Royal Academy Trust. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP), Young Audiences Inc., and the Inner City Scholarship Fund. He was also formerly the President of British American Business Inc.

Mr. Sullivan is married and has two daughters and a son.

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PAUL LAVIOLETTE

Chief Operating Officer
Boston Scientific Corporation

Paul LaViolette is Chief Operating Officer of Boston Scientific.  He is responsible for all the Company's business units and worldwide commercial activities with the exception of Cardiac Rhythm Management.  These business units include the International, Neuromodulation, Endosurgery, Interventional Cardiology and Cardiovascular groups.  Manufacturing, Quality, Clinical, Regulatory Affairs, Corporate Sales and National Accounts, and Government Affairs also report to Paul.

Paul joined Boston Scientific in 1994 as President of Boston Scientific International.  In 1995, he became Group President for the Nonvascular businesses.  In 1998, he again joined Boston Scientific International as its President to help strengthen and stabilize the organization.  In 2000, Paul added Group President responsibilities for Cardiovascular, and in 2001 also took on the role of President, Interventional Cardiology.

Paul currently serves on the Board of Directors of AdvaMed (Advanced Medical Technology Association) and chairs the AdvaMed Technology & Regulation Policy and Code of Ethics Committees.

Before joining Boston Scientific, Paul spent 10 years with C. R. Bard, where he served in various marketing and general management positions, including President, Cardiology.  Prior to joining Bard, Paul was with the Kendall Company's Hospital Products Division (now Tyco Healthcare).

Paul graduated from Fairfield University, and earned an M.B.A. from Boston College.

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BOB MALONE

Chairman and President
BP America

Bob Malone was named chairman and president of BP America effective July 1, 2006.  He serves as BP's chief representative in the United States and is based in Houston, Texas where BP business units are involved in oil and gas exploration, refining, chemicals, supply and trading, pipeline operations, shipping and alternative energy.

Mr. Malone is also a group vice president of BP p.l.c., the world's second largest oil and gas company, and a member of BP's global executive management team.

Prior to accepting his current position, Mr. Malone served as chief executive of BP Shipping Limited where he was responsible for the operation of the energy industry's largest oil and natural gas fleet. During his tenure, BP Shipping accepted delivery of 48 new, double hull tankers.

Mr. Malone has held a series of increasingly senior positions within Kennecott Copper Corporation, the Standard Oil Company of Ohio and BP including a four-year assignment as president, chief executive officer and chief operating officer of Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, operator of the Trans Alaska Oil Pipeline. 

Mr. Malone holds a Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Texas at El Paso, and was an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he received a Master of Science in Management. 

Mr. Malone is currently a member of the executive committee of Oil Companies International Marine Forum and a board member of the UK Chamber of Shipping.  He has also served on the California Climate Action Registry Board of Directors, the Board of the National Petroleum Council, and was a member of the Board of Regents for the University of Alaska system.  In 2003, he was selected as the Alumnus of the Year by the University of Texas at El Paso.

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JIM OWENS

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Caterpillar Inc.

Jim Owens is chairman and chief executive officer of Caterpillar Inc. in Peoria, Illinois.  After joining the company in 1972 as a corporate economist, he has held numerous management positions.

Owens was named chief economist of Caterpillar Overseas S.A. in Geneva, Switzerland in 1975.  From 1980 until 1987 he held managerial positions in Peoria in the Accounting and Product Source Planning Departments.  In 1987 he became managing director of P.T. Natra Raya, Caterpillar's joint venture in Indonesia.  He held that position until 1990, when he was elected a corporate vice president and named president of Solar Turbines Incorporated, a Caterpillar subsidiary in San Diego.  In 1993 he came to Peoria as vice president and chief financial officer with administrative responsibility for the Corporate Services Division. 

In 1995, Owens was named a group president and member of Caterpillar's Executive Office.  Over the next eight years as a group president, Owens was at various times responsible for 13 of the company's 25 divisions.  In December 2003, the Caterpillar Board of Directors named Owens vice chairman and appointed him chairman and chief executive officer effective February 1, 2004.

Owens, a native of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, graduated from North Carolina StateUniversity, in 1973 with a Ph.D. in economics. 

He is a director of Alcoa Inc. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and IBM Corporation in Armonk, New York.  Owens is a director of the Institute for International Economics; Chairman of the International Trade and Investment Task Force of The Business Roundtable; and a member of The Business Council and Manufacturing Council in Washington, DC.  He is a director of the Council on Foreign Relations and a member of the Global Advisory Council to The Conference Board in New York. 

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TOM LASORDA

President and Chief Executive Officer
Chrysler LLC

Tom W. LaSorda was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Chrysler Group on September 1, 2005.  He is also currently a member of the company's Executive Committee.  In this capacity, he is responsible for the worldwide operations of Chrysler, Jeep® and Dodge. Previously, LaSorda was appointed Chief Operating Officer for Chrysler LLC in February 2004.

Prior to joining DaimlerChrysler in 2000, he was employed by General Motors, which he joined in 1977. There he served as President of Opel Eisenach GMBH in Germany in 1991.  Most recently, he was Vice President - Quality and Lean Manufacturing.

His work and academic background includes:

  • President and CEO, Chrysler LLC, September 2005
  • Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler LLC, February 2004
  • Executive Vice President - Manufacturing,  January 2002
  • Senior Vice President - Power Train Manufacturing, May 2000
  • Vice President - Quality, Reliability and Competitive Operations Implementation, General Motors Corporation, 1998
  • Executive in Charge - Lean Manufacturing, 1996
  • Manufacturing Manager - Cadillac Luxury Car Group, 1993
  • President - Opel Eisenach GMBH Germany, 1991
  • Vice President, Production - CAMI Automotive Inc. (GM/Suzuki Joint Venture), 1991
  • Director of Production, 1990
  • Director of Service Engineering, Buick Motor Division, 1987
  • Manager Quality Assurance, GM of Canada, 1985
  • Labor Relations and Public Relations, 1983
  • Manufacturing and Labor Relations Assignments, 1977
  • M.B.A., University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, 1980
  • Bachelor of Commerce, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, 1977
  • B. A., University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, 1977

LaSorda was born on July 24, 1954, in Windsor, Ontario. He is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of the College of Creative Studies in Detroit, Mich. LaSorda received in 2004 the "Distinguished Service Citation" award from the Automotive Hall of Fame.

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JAMES J. MULVA

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
ConocoPhillips

James J. (Jim) Mulva is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of ConocoPhillips.

Mulva served as president and chief executive officer of ConocoPhillips from 2002 to 2004. Prior to that, he served as chairman and chief executive officer of Phillips Petroleum Company from 1999 to 2002. He had served as Phillips' president and chief operating officer since May
1994 and executive vice president since January 1994. He had been senior vice president in 1993 and chief financial officer since 1990, at which time he joined the company's management committee.

Mulva currently serves as a member of The Business Council, as well as the Board of Visitors for the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. He also served as the 2006 chairman of the American Petroleum Institute.

Born in 1946, Mulva is from Green Bay, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Texas in 1968 with a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in business administration finance in 1969. Immediately after graduating, Mulva served as a U.S. Navy officer until beginning his career with Phillips in 1973.

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ROBERT W. LANE

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Deere & Company

Robert W. Lane has served as chairman and chief executive officer of Deere & Company since August 2000.

Lane, following an early career in global banking, joined John Deere in 1982, initially managing various operations within the Worldwide Construction Equipment Division and later serving as president and chief operating officer of Deere Credit, Inc. In 1992, he joined the Worldwide Agricultural Equipment Division where, as senior vice president, he directed equipment operations in Latin America, Australia and East Asia.

Elected chief financial officer in 1996, Lane subsequently moved to Germany where, as managing director, he led Deere's agricultural equipment operations in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India and the nations of the former Soviet Union. He returned to the United States as president of the Worldwide Agricultural Equipment Division and thereafter was elected president and chief operating officer of Deere & Company.

Lane also serves as a director of General Electric Company and Verizon Communications Inc. He is an honorary director of the Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, and a national director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Born in Washington, D.C. in 1949, Lane graduated with high honors from Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, in 1972. He earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the University Of Chicago Graduate School Of Business in 1974. He and his wife, Patricia, have three adult children and reside in Moline, Illinois.

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ANDREW LIVERIS

President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
The Dow Chemical Company

Andrew N. Liveris is President, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chairman of The Dow Chemical Company, a $49 billion global chemical and plastics manufacturer based in Midland, Michigan.

Liveris' 30-year Dow career has spanned manufacturing, sales, marketing, new business development and management. He has spent the bulk of his career in Asia, where he was general manager for the company's operations in Thailand, and later head of all Asia-Pacific operations. He began his Dow career in 1976 in Australia.

He has been a member of Dow's Board of Directors since February 2004 and was elected as Chairman of the Board effective April 1, 2006.

Liveris was born in Darwin, Australia and later lived in Brisbane, where he attended the University of Queensland, graduating with a bachelor's degree (first-class honors) in Chemical Engineering.  He recently was awarded an honorary doctorate in science by his alma mater as well as being named Alumnus of the Year for 2005.  He is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of The Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Liveris serves on the board of directors of Citigroup, the world's leading financial services company. He is the chairman of the board of the American Chemistry Council and of the International Council of Chemical Associations.  Liveris is a member of the following organizations:  the American Australian Association, the Business Council, the Business Roundtable, the Detroit Economic Club, the New York Economic Club, the International Business Council, the National Petroleum Council, the Société de Chimie Industrielle, the U.S.-China Business Council, and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.  Liveris is also a trustee of Tufts University.

Liveris resides in Midland, Michigan, where he serves on the Board of Trustees of the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation.  He and his wife Paula have three children. 

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JIM ROGERS

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Duke Energy

Jim Rogers is chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of Duke Energy. He was named to his current position in January 2007, following the separation of Duke Energy's natural gas businesses into a new publicly traded company, Spectra Energy.

Rogers has more than 18 years of experience as a chief executive officer in the electric utility industry. He was named president and chief executive officer of Duke Energy following the merger of Duke Energy and Cinergy in April 2006. Before the merger, Rogers served as Cinergy chairman and chief executive officer for more than 11 years. Prior to the formation of Cinergy, he joined PSI Energy in 1988 as the company's chairman, president and chief executive officer. He served as executive vice president of interstate pipelines for the Enron Gas Pipeline Group before joining PSI. Before joining the Enron Corp., Rogers was a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld.

Immediately before joining that firm, Rogers was deputy general counsel for litigation and enforcement for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Previously, Rogers served as assistant to the chief trial counsel at FERC, as a law clerk for the Supreme Court of Kentucky, and as assistant attorney general for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, where he acted as intervener on behalf of state consumers in gas, electric and telephone rate cases. He was a reporter for the Lexington (Kentucky) Herald-Leader from 1967 to 1970.

Rogers attended Emory University and earned a bachelor of business administration and a juris doctorate degree from the University of Kentucky, where he was a member of the Kentucky Law Journal and Beta Gamma Sigma National Honor Society.

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CHAD HOLLIDAY

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
DuPont

Chad Holliday, 58, is the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of DuPont. Chad is the 18th executive to lead the company in more than 200 years of DuPont history. He became CEO on February 1, 1998 and Chairman on January 1, 1999.

Chad started at DuPont in the summer of 1970 at DuPont's Old Hickory site after receiving a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Tennessee. He is a licensed Professional Engineer.

In 2004, he was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He became chairman of the Business Roundtable's Task Force for Environment, Technology and Economy the same year. Chad is also past chairman of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), The Business Council, and the Society of Chemical Industry – American Section. While chairman of the WBCSD, Chad co-authored a book Walking the Talk which details the business case for sustainable development and corporate responsibility.

Chad is chair of the Board of Directors of Catalyst.  In addition, he is chairman of the U.S. Council on Competitiveness and is a founding member of the International Business Council.
Under Chad's direction, DuPont established the mission to achieve sustainable growth – increasing shareholder and societal value while decreasing the company's environmental footprint. As a result, DuPont has moved from being a chemical company to being a science-based products and services company.

Chad says, "We will never compromise our core values – safety and environmental excellence, integrity, high ethical standards and treating people fairly and with respect. They are our foundation. We must continually strive to find ways to enhance them. "

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FRED KRUPP

President
Environmental Defense

Fred Krupp is president of Environmental Defense, a national nonprofit organization that links science, economics, law and innovative corporate partnerships to create breakthrough solutions to the most serious environmental problems.

Krupp and Environmental Defense have been influential in developing market-based solutions such as the acid rain reduction plan in the 1990 Clean Air Act and the U.S. proposal to achieve greenhouse gas reductions in the Kyoto Protocol. He has led the organization in partnerships with Wal-Mart, FedEx, McDonald's, BP and others.

He was quick to make use of the Internet to advance environmental protection, most notably by providing zip code-based public access to information on pollution sources and their health effects.

Krupp leads Environmental Defense's teams in developing solution-oriented approaches for these goals: stabilizing the Earth's climate, preserving species and habitat, protecting human health and safeguarding oceans and marine life.

Since Krupp joined Environmental Defense in 1984, its annual budget has grown from $3 million to more than $70 million with 300-plus full-time staff and more than 500,000 members.

Krupp serves on the board of the Kennedy School Environment Council and the Leadership Council of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. He recently chaired the Green Group, the national coalition of 30 leading environmental organizations.

He served on the President's Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiations in the George W. Bush and Clinton administrations and on the commissions on the environment established by Presidents Clinton and George H.W. Bush. He received the 1999 Keystone Leadership in Environment Award and the 2002 Champion Award from the Women's Council on Energy and the Environment.

Krupp is a graduate of Yale with a law degree from the University of Michigan. Prior to joining Environmental Defense, Krupp spent several years in private law practice in New Haven and helped found the Connecticut Fund for the Environment.

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JOHN W. ROWE

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Exelon Corporation

John W. Rowe, 62, is the chairman, president and chief executive officer of Exelon Corporation - one of the nation's largest electric utilities, with 5.4 million customers and revenues of more than $15 billion. Forbes ranked Exelon as the number one utility company on its 2005 list of "The Best Managed Companies in America" and ranked Exelon as the number one utility company in the United States on its 2004 list of "The World's 2000 Leading Companies."

Rowe has led electric utilities since 1984, consecutively serving as chief executive officer of Central Maine Power Company, the New England Electric System and Unicom Corporation (one of Exelon's predecessors). Rowe is a lawyer, and was general counsel of Consolidated Rail Corporation and a partner in the firm of Isham, Lincoln and Beale. Rowe's business activities have been marked by his attention to balance sheet strength, earnings consistency, service reliability and environmental performance.

Civic Involvement
Rowe is a member of the boards of directors of Sunoco and the Northern Trust Company. He has previously served on the boards of UnumProvident, Fleet Boston Financial Corporation, Wisconsin Central Transportation Company and MidSouth Corporation. His civic and professional commitments emphasize historical education and diversity, and include serving as chairman of the Nuclear Energy Institute, chairman of the Chicago History Museum, chairman of the Board of Trustees of Illinois Institute of Technology, vice chairman of The Commercial Club of Chicago and as a member of the Board of Governors for Argonne National Laboratory, the Chicago Urban League, the Field Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, Northwestern University, the Edison Electric Institute, the Chicago Club and the visiting committees of the Oriental Institute and the University of Pennsylvania Museum. He has previously been chairman of the Edison Electric Institute, president of the USS Constitution Museum, and chairman of the Massachusetts Business Roundtable.

Awards
Rowe is also a member of the board of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, WiCell Research and has received the university's Distinguished Alumni Award. He holds honorary doctorates from DePaul University, Illinois Institute of Technology, Drexel University, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, Thomas College and Bryant College. He was named the University of Arizona's 2007 Executive of the Year, received the Founder's Award for Business Leadership from The Union League of Philadelphia in 2005, a Civic Leadership Award from the American Jewish Committee in 2004, the City Club of Chicago's Citizen of the Year award in 2002, the Corporate Leadership Award from the Spanish Coalition for Jobs in 2002 and the Anti-Defamation League's World of Difference award in 2000. He has chaired fund raising events for the Urban League of Chicago, the Spanish Coalition For Jobs, El Valor, the Merit School of Music, and the Cosmopolitan Chamber of Commerce.

Education
Rowe holds a bachelor's and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Wisconsin and its law school, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and the Order of the Coif and is the founder of the Rowe Professorship in Byzantine history.

Family
Rowe is married to Jeanne M. Rowe and has one son, William.

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ALAN MULALLY

President and Chief Executive Officer
Ford Motor Company

Alan Mulally is president and chief executive office of Ford Motor Company.  He also is a member of the company's Board of Directors.

Prior to joining Ford in September 2006, Mulally served as executive vice president of The Boeing Company, and president and chief executive officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. In that role, he was responsible for all of the company's commercial airplane programs and related services. Mulally also was a member of the Boeing Executive Council and served as Boeing's senior executive in the Pacific Northwest.

Mulally was named Boeing's president of Commercial Airplanes in September 1998. The responsibility of chief executive officer for the business unit was added in March 2001.

Previously, Mulally served as president of Boeing Information, Space & Defense Systems and senior vice president of The Boeing Company. Appointed to that role in February 1997, he was responsible for Boeing's defense, space and government business.

Beginning in 1994, Mulally was senior vice president of Airplane Development for Boeing Commercial Airplanes Group, responsible for all airplane development activities, flight test operations, certification and government technical liaison.

Earlier, Mulally served as Boeing's vice president of Engineering, and as vice president and general manager of the 777 program.

Mulally joined Boeing in 1969 and progressed through a number of significant engineering and program-management assignments, including contributions on the 727, 737, 747, 757 and 767 airplanes.

Throughout his career, Mulally has been recognized for his contributions and industry leadership, including being named "Person of the Year" for 2006 by Aviation Week magazine and one of "The Best Leaders of 2005" by BusinessWeek magazine.

Mulally previously served as co-chair of the Washington Competitiveness Council, and sat on the advisory boards of NASA, the University of Washington, the University of Kansas, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board. He is a member of the United States National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of England's Royal Academy of Engineering.

He is the immediate past president of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and current president of its Foundation. In addition, Mulally is the immediate past chairman of the Board of Governors of the Aerospace Industries Association.

Mulally holds bachelor's and master's of science degrees in aeronautical and astronautical engineering from the University of Kansas, and earned a master's in management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a 1982 Alfred P. Sloan fellow.

A native of Kansas, Mulally is a private pilot and enjoys tennis, golf and reading.

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LEWIS HAY, III

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
FPL Group

Lewis "Lew" Hay, III is chairman and chief executive officer of FPL Group, Inc. (NYSE:FPL), one of the nation's leading electricity-related services companies. He was elected CEO in June 2001 and elected chairman of the board in January 2002. 

Florida Power & Light Company is FPL Group's principal subsidiary and serves approximately eight million people along the eastern seaboard and the southern portion of Florida.  FPL is one of the largest electric utilities in the nation.  Another subsidiary, FPL Energy, LLC, is one of the fastest growing independent power producers with a presence in 24 states.

Mr. Hay joined FPL Group as chief financial officer in August 1999.  In March 2000 he was appointed president of FPL Energy.

Prior to joining FPL Group, Mr. Hay was executive vice president and chief financial officer of a national foodservice distributorship and a senior vice president and partner at a management consulting firm.

Mr. Hay received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Lehigh University in 1977 and a Master of Science degree in industrial administration from Carnegie Mellon University in 1982. 

Mr. Hay serves on the board of directors of Capital One and Harris Corporation, and is chairman of the board of directors of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO), which encompasses all U.S. commercial nuclear operating organizations.  He also serves on the board of directors of the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) and the Edison Electric Institute (EEI). He is a member of the Dean's Advisory Council at Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business.  He also is a member of the Business Roundtable, a trustee of the Benjamin School, a trustee of the University of Miami, and a member of the Florida Council of 100.

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JEFFREY IMMELT

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
General Electric

Jeffrey Immelt, 50, is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of GE. Mr. Immelt, the 9th Chairman in GE's 128-year history, was appointed to this post on September 7, 2001. Previously, Mr. Immelt served as President and Chairman-elect of GE starting in November 2000.

He began his GE career in 1982. Over the last 24 years, Mr. Immelt has held a series of global leadership roles in GE's Plastics, Appliance, and Medical businesses.  He became an Officer of GE in 1989, and joined the GE Capital Board in 1997.

In 2005 and 2006, Barron's named Mr. Immelt one of the World's Best CEO's. Under his leadership, GE has been named "America's Most Admired Company" in a poll conducted by FORTUNE magazine and the world's most respected company in polls conducted by Barron's and the Financial Times.

He serves as Chairman of The Business Council and is on the board of three non-profit organizations: Catalyst, devoted to advancing women in business; and Robin Hood, focused on addressing poverty in New York City; and the New York Federal Reserve Bank.

Mr. Immelt holds a B.A. degree in applied mathematics from Dartmouth College (1978) and an M.B.A. from Harvard University (1982). 

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G. RICHARD 'RICK' WAGONER, JR.

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
General Motors Corp.

Rick Wagoner was elected GM chairman and chief executive officer on May 1, 2003. He had been president and chief executive officer since June 2000.

Wagoner was elected president and chief operating officer in 1998 and had been executive vice president of GM and president of North American Operations since 1994. He served as executive vice president and chief financial officer from 1992 to 1994 and also had responsibility for worldwide purchasing from 1993 to 1994.

Wagoner was president and managing director of General Motors do Brasil (GMB) in 1991 and 1992. Prior to that, he was vice president in charge of finance for General Motors Europe based in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1989 and 1990.

Born in Wilmington, Delaware, on February 9, 1953, and raised in Richmond, Virginia, Wagoner received a bachelor's degree in economics from Duke University in 1975 and a master's degree in business administration from Harvard University in 1977.

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WILLIAM C. WELDON

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Johnson & Johnson

William C. Weldon is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Johnson & Johnson, the world's most comprehensive and broadly based health care products company.

Mr. Weldon assumed his current responsibilities in April, 2002.  Previously Mr. Weldon served as Worldwide Chairman, Pharmaceuticals Group, and a Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors.  He was elected to the Board in February, 2001.

Mr. Weldon joined Johnson & Johnson in 1971 in the sales and marketing department of its McNeil Pharmaceutical subsidiary.  In 1982 he was named manager, ICOM Regional Development Center in Southeast Asia.  Mr. Weldon was appointed executive vice president and managing director of Korea McNeil, Ltd., in 1984 and managing director of Ortho-Cilag Pharmaceutical, Ltd., in the U.K. in 1986.  In 1989, he was named vice president of sales and marketing at Janssen Pharmaceutica in the U.S., and in 1992 he was appointed president of Ethicon Endo-Surgery.

In 1995 Mr. Weldon was named a company group chairman of Johnson & Johnson and Worldwide Franchise Chairman of Ethicon Endo-Surgery, the Johnson & Johnson affiliate that develops new procedures for minimally-invasive surgery and designs related products.  In 1998 Mr. Weldon was promoted to the Executive Committee and named Worldwide Chairman, Pharmaceuticals Group.

Among his outside activities, Mr. Weldon is a member of the Board of Directors of JPMorgan Chase & Co.  He is also Chairman of the CEO Roundtable on Cancer, Vice Chair of The Business Council and a member of The Sullivan Commission on Diversity in the Health Professions Workforce.

Mr. Weldon also serves on the Liberty Science Center Chairman's Advisory Council and as a member of the Board of Trustees for Quinnipiac University.  He previously served as Chairman of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA).

Mr. Weldon was born in Brooklyn, NY, and is a graduate of Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut.  He and his wife have two children and one grandson.

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BRIAN STORMS

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Marsh, Inc.

Brian Storms is chairman and chief executive officer of Marsh Inc., the world's leading risk and insurance services firm.  Marsh is an operating company of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (MMC), a global professional services firm.

A member of the Executive Committee of MMC, Mr. Storms was appointed chairman and chief executive of Marsh in September 2005. Previously, he had been president and chief executive officer of Mercer Human Resource Consulting.

Before joining Mercer, he was president and chief executive officer of UBS Global Asset Management – Americas and a member of both the UBS Global Asset Management Executive Committee and the UBS Group Managing Board. He joined UBS in 1999 as president and chief operating officer of Mitchell Hutchins Asset Management, the asset management subsidiary of PaineWebber.

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LARRY SCHWEIGER

President and Chief Executive Officer
National Wildlife Federation

From the day Larry Schweiger became president and CEO of the National Wildlife Federation in April 2004, he made addressing the challenges of global warming an overarching organizational priority.

Larry's four decade conservation career includes service as CEO of the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, first vice chair of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and a variety of previous senior management positions with the National wildlife Federation.

He's been honored with the 1995 Conservation Service Award from the Christian Environmental Association and named Pennsylvania's Environmental Professional of the Year in 2002.

Larry and his wife Clara have three adult daughters.

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FRANCES BEINECKE

President
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Frances Beinecke is president of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), one of the nation's most effective environmental action group. Frances became NRDC's second president after assuming the helm in 2006. Before becoming president, she served as executive director from 1998 through 2005 and has been with NRDC for more than 30 years.

NRDC uses law, science and the support of 1.2 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things.

Frances's inspiring leadership is informed by a strong background in ecosystem studies. She received her bachelor's degree from Yale College and a master's degree from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.

Frances co-chairs the Leadership Council of the School of Forestry, serves on the advisory board of Yale's Institute of Biospheric Studies and School of Management, and is a member of the steering committee of the Energy Future Coalition. She has also served on many boards, including Yale University, the World Resources Institute, and presently, the China-U.S. Center for Sustainable Development and the American Conservation Association.

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STEVEN J. MCCORMICK

President and CEO
The Nature Conservancy

Transformational change is Steve McCormick's hallmark.  Since becoming president in 2001, Steve has transformed The Nature Conservancy into the world's largest environmental organization with operations in all 50 states and 31 countries. A champion of innovation and experimentation, Steve does not shy away from bold ideas with the potential for big results.  In the last year, The Conservancy has penned the largest private land conservation sale in the history of the southern U.S., expanded conservation activities into Africa and formed partnerships with global corporations that realize that conservation delivers valuable, tangible, long-term benefits to the bottom line. The Conservancy continues to develop public-private partnerships with federal, state and local governments brokering complex, pioneering financing mechanisms including debt-swaps, market-based strategies and private investment partnerships that provide new approaches to challenges, such as climate change, and funding sources for critical conservation work. 

Steve has a B.S. Degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of California at Berkeley and a J.D. Degree from the University of California, Hastings College of Law.

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DAVID CRANE

President and Chief Executive Officer
NRG Energy, Inc.

David Crane has been the President and CEO of NRG Energy, a leading wholesale power generation company, since December 2003.  Under Crane's leadership, NRG has doubled its size to nearly 25,000 megawatts (MW), and has launched a multi-billion dollar repowering program to develop approximately 10,000 MW of efficient and environmentally responsible new power generation, including nuclear, wind and IGCC with carbon capture and sequestration.  Crane is a leading voice on climate change and the power sector's role in reducing greenhouse gases from the next wave of new power generation while meeting growing energy needs.

Prior to joining NRG, Crane served as CEO of International Power PLC, a UK-based wholesale power generation company.  Previously, David was Senior Vice President - Global Power New York at Lehman Brothers Inc., an investment banking firm, and prior to that served at Lehman Brothers as Senior Vice President - Global Power Group, Asia.  David holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School.

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INDRA K. NOOYI

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
PepsiCo

Indra Nooyi is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo. Prior to being named to this position on May 4, 2007, she was President and CEO since October 1, 2006.  Mrs. Nooyi has directed the company's global strategy for over a decade and was the primary architect of PepsiCo's restructuring, including the divestiture of its restaurants into the successful YUM! Brands, Inc.; the spin-off and public offering of company-owned bottling operations into anchor bottler Pepsi Bottling Group (PBG); acquiring Tropicana; and the merger with Quaker Oats that brought the vital Quaker and Gatorade businesses to PepsiCo.

Mrs. Nooyi previously served as PepsiCo's President and Chief Financial Officer since 2001, when she was also named to the company's board of directors.  She held prior positions as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Development.  Before joining PepsiCo in 1994, Mrs. Nooyi was Senior Vice President of Strategy, and Strategic Marketing for Asea Brown Boveri, Vice President and Director of Corporate Strategy and Planning at Motorola and with the Boston Consulting Group.

Mrs. Nooyi serves as a member of the boards of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the International Rescue Committee, and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. She is a Successor Fellow of Yale Corporation and on the advisory boards of Yale School of Management, the board of trustees of Eisenhower Fellowships and Asia Society and a member of the Executive Committee of the Trilateral Commission.

She holds a B.S. degree from Madras Christian College in Madras, an M.B.A degree from the Indian Institute of Management in Calcutta and a Master of Public and Private Management from Yale University.

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EILEEN CLAUSSEN

President
Pew Center on Global Climate Change

Eileen Claussen is the President of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change and Strategies for the Global Environment. Ms. Claussen is the former Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs.
Prior to joining the Department of State, Ms. Claussen served for three years as a Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Global Environmental Affairs at the National Security Council. She has also served as Chairman of the United Nations Multilateral Montreal Protocol Fund.

Ms. Claussen was Director of Atmospheric Programs at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, where she was responsible for activities related to the depletion of the ozone layer; Title IV of the Clean Air Act; the Clean Air Accord with Canada; and the EPA's energy efficiency programs, including the Green Lights program and the Energy Star program.

Currently, Ms. Claussen is a member of the Market Advisory Committee established to support implementation of California's greenhouse gas reduction program; the Board of Directors of the Council on Foreign Relations; the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development; the Board of Visitors of the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs; and the UK's Sustainable Energy Policy Advisory Board. She also served as a Commissioner on the Pew Oceans Commission.

Ms. Claussen is the recipient of the Department of State's Career Achievement Award, and the Distinguished Executive Award for Sustained Extraordinary Accomplishment. She also served as the Timothy Atkeson Scholar in Residence at Yale University.

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PETER A. DARBEE

Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President
PG&E Corporation

Peter A. Darbee, a veteran of the energy, telecommunications and investment banking industries, is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of PG&E Corporation. Based in San Francisco, PG&E Corporation is a $34 billion energy based holding company that owns Pacific Gas and Electric Company, one of the largest combination natural gas and electric utilities in the United States. The utility serves 14 million people throughout a 70,000-square-mile service area in Northern and Central California.

Darbee, 53, joined PG&E Corporation in 1999 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to that, he was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Advance Fibre Communications Inc. (AFC), a telecommunications manufacturer of digital loop carrier systems. Before joining AFC, he was Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Controller of Pacific Bell.

Darbee previously was an investment banker with Goldman Sachs, where he was Vice President and co-head of the company's energy and telecommunications group. He also held positions at Salomon Brothers and AT&T.

Darbee earned his bachelor's degree in economics from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. He has also successfully completed the Nuclear Reactor Technology Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Darbee is a Director of PG&E Corporation and Pacific Gas and Electric Company. He also is active in numerous civic and community organizations, including The Business Council, the California Business Roundtable, the California Commission for Jobs and Economic Growth, the San Francisco Committee on JOBS, and the Board of Governors of the San Francisco Symphony.

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JEFFRY STERBA

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
PNM Resources

Jeffry Sterba is Chairman, President and CEO of PNM Resources, the parent company of PNM, Texas-New Mexico Power, First Choice Power and Avistar.

Originally employed by PNM in 1977, he held a variety of positions until he left the company in 1998 to become Executive Vice President of USEC, a global energy company headquartered in Maryland. He returned to PNM as president in 2000.

Sterba currently serves as vice chair of Edison Electric Institute, chair of EEI's CEO Climate Change Task Force and chair of the Electric Power Research Institute. He is also on the board of directors for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. In New Mexico, Sterba is an active participant in community and economic development organizations.

In late 2006, Sterba announced PNM Resources will join Cascade Investment, LLC, the personal investment vehicle for Microsoft founder Bill Gates, to form an unregulated energy company that will focus on strategic growth opportunities in Texas, the Southwest and the West.

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TOM ALBANESE

Chief Executive
Rio Tinto

Albanese, 49, joined Rio Tinto in 1993 on Rio Tinto’s acquisition of Nerco and held a series of management positions before being appointed chief executive of the Industrial Minerals group in 2000, after which he became chief executive of the Copper group and head of Exploration in 2004. He became chief executive of Rio Tinto on 1 May 2007.

Appointment and election
Albanese has been Director of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited since March 2006. He was elected by shareholders in 2006.

He holds the following external appointments:

  • Director of Ivanhoe Mines Limited since November 2006.
  • Director of Palabora Mining Company from 2004 to 2006.
  • Member of the Executive Committee of the International Copper Association from 2004 to 2006.

Albanese holds a BS in Mineral Economics and an MS in Mining Engineering.

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PRESTON CHIARO

Chief Executive, Energy Group
Rio Tinto

Preston Chiaro, 53, was appointed chief executive of the Energy group in September 2003. He heads the Group's climate change and sustainable development leadership panels. He joined the Group in 1991 at Kennecott Utah Copper's Bingham Canyon mine as vice president, technical services. In 1995 he became vice president and general manager of the Boron operations in California. He was chief executive of
Rio Tinto Borax from 1999 to 2003.

He holds the following external appointments:

  • Director of the World Coal Institute since 2003 (chairman since November 2006).
  • Member of the Executive board of the Coal Industry Advisory Board to the International Energy Agency since 2004.
  • Director of Energy Resources of Australia Limited and Coal & Allied Industries Limited between 2003 and September 2006.
  • Director of Rössing Uranium Limited since 2004.

Chiaro holds a BSc (Honors) in Environmental Engineering and a MEng in Environmental Engineering.

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JOHN HOFMEISTER

U.S. Country Chair and President
Shell Oil Company

John Hofmeister was named President of Houston-based Shell Oil Company in March 2005. In this position, he heads the U.S. Country Leadership Team, which includes the leaders of all Shell businesses operating in the United States. 

Hofmeister became President after serving as Group Human Resource Director of the Shell Group, based in The Hague, The Netherlands. Since joining Shell, Hofmeister has led A National Dialogue on Energy Security, a cross-country tour in which he and other Shell senior leaders meet and engage with Americans to discuss what it will take to meet the energy challenge. 

A business leader who has observed and participated in the inner workings of general industries for more than 30 years, Hofmeister has held key leadership positions in General Electric, Nortel, and AlliedSignal (now Honeywell International), in addition to Shell.

Hofmeister earned bachelors and masters degrees in political science from Kansas State University. During his career, he has lived and worked in North America, Europe, and Asia. He is a member of the Department of Energy's new Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Advisory Committee and a member of the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, and the Policy Committee of the American Petroleum Institute. In addition, he serves on the boards of the Foreign Policy Association and the United States Energy Association. Hofmeister is Chairman of the National Urban League. He also serves as 2007 Chairman of Greater Houston Partnership and Chairman of the Resource Development Committee of Jobs for America's Graduates.

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GEORGE NOLEN

President and Chief Executive Officer
Siemens Corporation

George Nolen is the president and chief executive officer of Siemens Corporation, a position he has held since January 2004.  He leads the $21.4 billion, New York-based U.S. company of Siemens AG, with 70,000 employees based in all 50 states.  Nolen began his career with Siemens in 1982 and has served in a variety of management positions, including president and CEO of Siemens Information and Communication Networks Inc. from February 2002.  He is a member of the Business Roundtable, where he also serves on the organization's Energy Task Force, and is a board member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.  In 2005, Governor Warner named Nolen to the Board of Visitors of Virginia Tech where he is an alumnus. Nolen is a golfer and enjoys boating and skiing with his family.  He and his wife are active supporters of several children's organizations.

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JONATHAN LASH

President
World Resources Institute (United States)

The World Resources Institute (WRI) is a global environmental think tank that goes beyond research to develop and implement practical solutions to problems of environment and development. During the past ten years under his leadership, WRI has worked to combat global environmental challenges like climate change and ecosystem protection by pioneering the use of digital technologies to solve environmental problems, engaging the business community to help foster sustainable development and creating new mechanisms to empower civil society groups. 

From 1993 until 1999, Mr. Lash served as co chair of the President's Council on Sustainable Development, a group of U.S. government, business, labor, civil rights, and environmental leaders that developed visionary recommendations for strategies to promote sustainable development.

Mr. Lash is a member of the board of the Institute for Sustainable Communities, the Avina Foundation, the Heinz Center, and serves on the advisory board of Generation Investment Management.

Before joining WRI, Mr. Lash directed the environmental law and policy program of the Vermont Law School. From 1987 to 1990, he headed the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, having served the previous two years as Vermont's Commissioner of Environmental Conservation. During his tenure in Vermont government, Mr. Lash helped write a score of innovative statutes on issues ranging from pollution prevention and solid waste management to protection of pristine streams.

A former Peace Corps volunteer and a former federal prosecutor, Mr. Lash also worked as a senior staff attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) from 1978 to 1985, litigating on issues related to public lands, federal coal leasing, strip mining, and energy conservation.  He is the author of two books on environmental issues.

Mr. Lash earned his baccalaureate degree from Harvard University and his masters and law degrees from the Catholic University of America.

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ANNE M. MULCAHY

Chairman of the Board and CEO
Xerox Corporation

Anne M. Mulcahy is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Xerox Corporation. She was named CEO of Xerox on August 1, 2001, and chairman on Jan. 1, 2002.

Mulcahy most recently was president and chief operating officer of Xerox from May 2000 through July 2001. Prior to that, she was president of Xerox's General Markets Operations, which created and sold products for reseller, dealer and retail channels.

She began her Xerox career as a field sales representative in 1976 and assumed increasingly responsible sales and senior management positions. From 1992-1995, Mulcahy was vice president for human resources, responsible for compensation, benefits, human resource strategy, labor relations, management development and employee training.

Mulcahy became chief staff officer in 1997 and corporate senior vice president in 1998. Prior to that, she served as vice president and staff officer for Customer Operations, covering South America and Central America, Europe, Asia and Africa.

Mulcahy earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English/journalism from Marymount College in Tarrytown, N.Y. In addition to the Xerox board, she is a board director of Catalyst, Citigroup Inc., Fuji Xerox Company, Ltd., Target Corporation, and is the chairman of the corporate governance task force of the Business Roundtable.

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