Below is a summary of our committee structure and membership information. To read more about any of the committees, click on committee names in the chart below.
Chairman, Yahoo! Inc. Chairman, Northwest Airlines Corporation Chairman, The Partnership for a Drug-Free America
Mr. Bostock has served as Chairman of the Board since January 2008 and has been a member of the Board of Directors since May 2003. He has served as Chairman of the Board of Northwest Airlines Corporation, the parent of Northwest Airlines, Inc., since May 2007, as a principal of Sealedge Investments, LLC, a diversified private investment company, since 2002 and as Chairman of the Board of The Partnership for a Drug-Free America, a not-for-profit corporation creating advertising to reduce the use of illicit drugs in the United States, since October 2002. He also served as the Chairman of the Board of the Committee for Economic Development, a Washington, D.C.-based public policy group, from 2002 to 2005. Mr. Bostock served as Chairman of the Board of BCom3 Group, Inc., a global advertising agency group (now part of Publicis Groupe S.A.), from January 2000 to mid 2001. From July 1990 to January 2000, Mr. Bostock served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles, Inc., an advertising and marketing services firm, and its successor company, The MacManus Group, Inc. Mr. Bostock also serves as a director of Morgan Stanley. Mr. Bostock holds a Bachelor's degree from Duke University and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.
Founder and Managing Partner, The Yucaipa Companies
Mr. Burkle has served as a member of the Board of Directors since November 2001. Mr. Burkle is Managing Partner of The Yucaipa Companies, a private investment firm, which he founded in 1986. Mr. Burkle has served as Chairman of the Board and controlling shareholder of numerous companies including Alliance Entertainment, a distributor of music, movies and game software, Golden State Foods, and supermarket chains Dominick's, Fred Meyer, Ralphs and Food4Less. Mr. Burkle is Co-Chairman of the Burkle Center for International Relations at UCLA and is currently a trustee of the Carter Center, the National Urban League, Frank Lloyd Wright Conservancy and AIDS Project Los Angeles. Mr. Burkle also serves as a director of Occidental Petroleum Corp. and KB Home Corporation.
Executive Vice President, Imaging and Printing Group, Hewlett-Packard Company
Mr. Joshi has served as a member of the Board of Directors since July 2005. Mr. Joshi was elected Executive Vice President of the Imaging and Printing Group at Hewlett-Packard Company ("HP") in 2002 after serving as Vice President since January 2001. Mr. Joshi also served as Chairman of Phogenix Imaging LLC, a joint venture between HP and Eastman Kodak Company, from 2000 until May 2003. Prior to that, Mr. Joshi was Vice President and General Manager of Inkjet Systems. Mr. Joshi holds a Master's degree in electrical engineering from Ohio State University.
Investor Chairman, American Media Management, Inc.
Mr. Kern has served as a member of the Board of Directors since January 1996. Mr. Kern has been an investor in several media and marketing companies and has served as Chairman of the Board of American Media Management, Inc. since December 1990. Mr. Kern was also co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of American Media, Inc., a group owner of commercial radio stations sold to AMFM (now part of Clear Channel Communications, Inc.) in October 1994. Mr. Kern is a member of the Board of Directors of the UCSF Foundation, the Yale University Development Board, and the Prostate Cancer Foundation and is a trustee of the Environmental Defense Fund. Mr. Kern holds a Bachelor's degree from Yale University.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Activision, Inc.
Mr. Kotick has served as a member of the Board of Directors since March 2003. Since February 1991, Mr. Kotick has been the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Activision, Inc., a publisher of interactive entertainment software products. Mr. Kotick also serves as a trustee for the Center for Early Education, as a member of the Board of Directors of the Tony Hawk Foundation and as Chairman of the Committee of Trustees of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Citizens Communications Company
Mrs. Wilderotter has served as a member of the Board of Directors since July 2007. She has served as Chairman of the Board of Citizens Communications Company since December 2005 and as Chief Executive Officer and President and as a director since November 2004. From February 2004 to November 2004, Mrs. Wilderotter was Senior Vice President of World Wide Public Sector at Microsoft Corporation, and from November 2002 to February 2004, she was Microsoft's Senior Vice President, Business Strategy. From 1997 to 2002, she served as President, Chief Executive Officer and director of Wink Communications, Inc., an interactive television technology company. From 1995 to 1997, Ms. Wilderotter was the Executive Vice President of National Operations and of Wireless Communication Services in the United States at AT&T Wireless. From 1991 to 1995, Ms. Wilderotter was Senior Vice President of McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc. and also served as McCaw's Regional President of the California/Nevada/Hawaii Region. McCaw became AT&T Wireless upon AT&T's acquisition of McCaw. Mrs. Wilderotter also serves as a director of Tribune Company, a media company operating businesses in broadcasting, publishing and on the Internet, and Xerox Corporation. Mrs. Wilderotter holds a Bachelor's degree from The College of the Holy Cross.
Mr. Wilson has served as a member of the Board of Directors since November 2001. Mr. Wilson served as Chairman of the Board of Northwest Airlines Corporation ("Northwest"), the parent of Northwest Airlines, Inc., from April 1997 to May 2007 and as Co-Chairman of the Board of Northwest from 1991 to 1997. He also served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Walt Disney Company from 1985 to 1989. Prior to that time, Mr. Wilson served for 11 years in various executive positions at Marriott Corp., including Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Wilson is currently a Trustee Emeritus of Duke University, a member of the Board of Overseers of the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, a member of the NCAA Leadership Advisory Board and a member of the Board of Directors of Millennium Promise. Mr. Wilson serves as a director of CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. Mr. Wilson holds a Bachelor's degree from Duke University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton Graduate School of Business.