Board of Directors
Debra Cafaro, 54, a director of the Company since February 2007, has been
chairman, president and chief executive officer of Ventas, Inc. (health care real
estate investment trust) since 2003. She was its president and chief executive officer
from 1999 when she joined the company until 2003, and has been a director of the
company since 1999. She served as president and director of Ambassador Apartments,
Inc. (real estate investment trust) from1997 until 1998 when it merged with AIMCO.
She was a director of GGP, Inc. (real estate investment trust) from March 2010 to
November 2010. She is former chair of NAREIT (National Association of Real Estate
Investment Trusts) and a director of the Real Estate Roundtable, World Business
Chicago (not-for-profit economic development corporation) and a Trustee of the Ravinia
Festival Association in Chicago. She has extensive REIT executive experience, with
strong skills in real estate and corporate finance, strategic planning and public
company executive compensation.
Mark A. Emmert, 59, a director of the Company since June 2008, has been President
of the National Collegiate Athletic Association since October 2010. He served as
President of the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, from 2004 to 2010;
as Chancellor of Louisiana State University from 1999 to 2004; and Chancellor and
Provost of the University of Connecticut from 1994 to 1999. Prior to 1994, he was
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Montana State University and
held faculty and administrative positions at the University of Colorado. He also
is a director of Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. He is a Life Member
of the Council on Foreign Relations and is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public
Administration. He has also been a Fullbright Fellow, a Fellow of the American Council
on Education and served on many non-profit boards. He is an experienced leader of
major organizations, with strong skills in government and international relations,
and strategic planning.
Daniel S. Fulton, 63, was elected chief executive officer and a member of
the board of directors in April 2008. He has been president of Weyerhaeuser Company
since January 2008. From May 2001 until March 2008 he was president and chief executive
officer of Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Weyerhaeuser
Company. In January 2004 he was named to Weyerhaeuser Company’s senior management
team. Mr. Fulton is the chair of the Policy Advisory Board of the Joint Center for
Housing Studies at Harvard University. He is on the board of numerous industry associations,
including NAFO (National Association of Forest Owners), SFI (the Sustainable Forestry
Initiative), NCASI (the National Council for Air and Stream Improvement), and NAREIT
(the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts). He is vice chair of
the Washington Roundtable, and a member of the Business Roundtable. He is a member
of the Advisory Board for the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington,
and a member of the Board of the United Way of King County. He has a strong executive
background in real estate and corporate finance, with extensive experience managing
capital intensive operations, international operations and strategic planning.
John I. Kieckhefer, 67, a director of the Company since 1990, has been president
of Kieckhefer Associates, Inc. (investment and trust management) since 1989, and
was senior vice president prior to that time. He has been engaged in commercial
cattle operations since 1967 and is a trustee of J.W. Kieckhefer Foundation, an
Arizona charitable trust. He has a strong background in business and finance, with
extensive experience in public company executive compensation.
Wayne W. Murdy, 67, a director of the Company since January 2009, held various
management positions with Newmont Mining Corporation (international mining) from
1992 until his retirement in 2007, including Chairman of the Board from 2002 to
December 2007 and Chief Executive Officer from 2001 to June 2007. Before joining
Newmont Mining, Mr. Murdy spent 15 years serving in senior financial positions in
the oil and gas industry, including positions with Apache Corporation and Getty
Oil Company. He also is a director of BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc.
He is a trustee of the Denver Art Museum and the Papal Foundation, a member of the
Advisory Councils for the College of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame
and the Daniels Business School at the University of Denver. He has extensive executive
experience in leading natural resources companies and managing capital-intensive
industry operations, with strong skills in corporate finance and accounting, international
operations, strategic planning and public company executive compensation.
Nicole W. Piasecki, 49, a director of the Company since 2003, is executive
vice president Business Development and Strategic Integration for Boeing Commercial
Airlines. Previously, she served as president of Boeing Japan from 2006 to 2010,
executive vice president of Business Strategy & Marketing for Boeing Commercial
Airplanes, The Boeing Company, from 2003 to 2006; was vice president of Commercial
Airplanes Sales, Leasing Companies from 2000 until January 2003; and served in various
positions in engineering, sales, marketing, and business strategy for the Commercial
Aircraft Group from 1991. She is a Director on the Seattle Branch Board of Directors
for the Federal Reserve Bank, Trustee of Seattle University in Seattle, Washington,
and a former member of the Board of Governors, Tokyo, of the American Chamber of
Commerce of Japan, and the Federal Aviation’s Management Advisory Council. She has
extensive executive experience in capital intensive industries, sales and marketing,
strategic planning and international operations and relations.
Richard H. Sinkfield, 69, a director of the Company since 1993, is a senior
partner in the law firm of Rogers & Hardin in Atlanta, Georgia, and has been a partner
in the firm since 1976. He is a Trustee of Vanderbilt University and a member of
the Advisory Board of the Georgia Appleseed Center for Law and Justice. He was a
director of United Auto Group, Inc. (automobile retailer) from 1993 to 1999 and
its executive vice president and chief administrative officer from 1997 to 1999.
He was a director of Central Parking Corporation from 2000 to February 2005. He
is a former director of the Metropolitan Atlanta Community Foundation, Inc. and
the Atlanta College of Art, a former member of the executive board of the Atlanta
Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America; and was a member of the board of governors
of the State Bar of Georgia from 1990 to 1998. He has extensive experience in corporate
and securities laws and corporate governance matters.
D. Michael Steuert, a director of the Company since October 2004, has been
senior vice president and chief financial officer for Fluor Corporation (engineering
and construction) since 2001. He served as senior vice president and chief financial
officer at Litton Industries Inc. (defense electronics, ship construction and electronic
technologies) from 1999 to 2001 and as a senior officer and chief financial officer
of GenCorp Inc. (aerospace, propulsion systems, vehicle sealing systems, chemicals
and real estate) from 1990 to 1999. He also serves as Trustee of Prologis and was
formerly a member of the National Financial Executives Institute and the Carnegie
Mellon Council on finance. He has extensive executive experience in corporate finance
and accounting, managing capital intensive industry operations, natural resources
development and strategic planning.
Kim Williams, 56, a director of the Company since October 2006, was senior
vice president and associate director of global industry research for Wellington
Management Company LLP (investment management) from 2001 to 2005, was elected a
partner effective January 1995 and held various management positions with Wellington
from 1986 to 2001. Prior to joining Wellington, she served as vice president, industry
analyst for Loomis, Sayles & Co., Inc (investment management) from 1982 to 1986.
She is also a director of E.W. Scripps Company, MicroVest and Xcel Energy Inc. She
is a member of the Overseer Committee of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston,
Massachusetts and a Trustee of Concord Academy, Concord, Massachusetts. She has
extensive experience in corporate finance, strategic planning and international
operations.
Charles R. Williamson, 63, a director of the company since October 2004 and
chairman of the Board since April 2009, was the executive vice president of Chevron
Corporation (international oil company) from August, 2005 until his retirement December
1, 2005. He was chairman and chief executive officer of Unocal Corporation (oil
and natural gas) until its acquisition by Chevron Corporation in 2005. He served
as Unocal Corporation’s executive vice president, International Energy Operations
from 1999 to 2000; group vice president, Asia Operations from 1998 to 1999; group
vice president, International Operations from 1996 to 1997; and held numerous management
jobs including positions in the United Kingdom, Thailand and the Netherlands after
joining Unocal in 1977. He was a director of Unocal Corporation and former Chairman
of the US-ASEAN Business Council. He is also a director and chairman of the board
of Talisman Energy Inc. and a director of PACCAR Inc. He has extensive executive
experience in corporate finance, management of capital intensive operations, development
of natural resources, technology, international operations, strategic planning and
public company executive compensation.
