Board of Directors
 

ZOË BAIRD (Age 57)
Director since 1998
Zoë Baird is President of the Markle Foundation, a private philanthropy that focuses on using information and communications technologies to address critical public needs, particularly in the areas of health care and national security. Ms. Baird’s career spans business, government and academia. She has been Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Aetna, Inc., a senior visiting scholar at Yale Law School, counselor and staff executive at General Electric Co., and a partner in the law firm of O’Melveny and Myers. She was Associate General Counsel to President Jimmy Carter and an attorney in the Office of Legal Counsel of the Department of Justice. She served on President Clinton’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board from 1993-2001 and on the International Competition Policy Advisory Committee to the Attorney General. Ms. Baird served on the Technology & Privacy Advisory Committee to the Secretary of Defense in 2003-2004, which advised on the use of technology to counter terrorism. She is on a number of non profit and corporate boards, including the Convergys Corporation, Boston Properties and Brookings Institution among others. 

SHEILA P. BURKE (Age 58)
Director since 1997
Faculty Research Fellow, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, Member of Faculty, J.F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University since 2007. Senior Public Policy Advisor, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz from 2009 to present. From 2004-2007 Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer, Smithsonian Institution. Ms. Burke previously was Under Secretary for American Museums and National Programs, Smithsonian Institution, from June 2000 to December 2003 and Executive Dean and Lecturer in Public Policy of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, from November 1996 until June 2000. Ms. Burke served as Chief of Staff to the Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate and Deputy Staff Director of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance from 1985-1996.  Ms. Burke also serves on the boards of Wellpoint Inc., the Kaiser Commission on the Future of Medicaid and Uninsured, the Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies, the Partnership for Public Service and the Association of American Medical Colleges.

JAMES I. CASH, JR. (Age 62)
Director since 1996
The James E. Robison Emeritus Professor of Business Administration, Harvard University. Dr. Cash was a member of the Harvard Business School faculty from July 1976 to October 2003. He also serves on the boards of General Electric Company and Wal-Mart. He owns a private company - The Cash Catalyst - and serves as a Special Advisor or Director of several private companies including General Catalyst Partners, Verne Global and Veracode. Dr. Cash also serves on the non-profit boards of the National Association of Basketball Coaches Foundation and the Bert King Foundation.

JOHN D. FINNEGAN (Age 61)
Director since 2002
President and Chief Executive Officer of The Chubb Corporation since December 2002 and Chairman since December 2003. Mr. Finnegan previously had been Executive Vice President of General Motors Corporation, which is primarily engaged in the development, manufacture and sale of automotive vehicles, and Chairman and President of General Motors Acceptance Corporation, a finance company and subsidiary of General Motors Corporation, from May 1999 to December 2002. He was Vice President and Group Executive of General Motors and also President of General Motors Acceptance Corporation from November 1997 to April 1999. Mr. Finnegan was associated with General Motors Corporation from 1976 to December 2002.

LAWRENCE W. KELLNER (Age 52)
Director since 2011
Lawrence W. Kellner is President of Emerald Creek Group LLC, a private equity firm. He served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Continental Airlines, Inc., from December 2004 through December 2009. Mr. Kellner served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Continental Airlines from March 2003 to December 2004, as President from May 2001 to March 2003 and was a member of Continental Airlines’ board of directors from May 2001 to December 2009. He serves as a Director on the board of Marriott International, Inc. Mr. Kellner is also Chairman of the Greater Houston Partnership; serves on the Rice University Board of Trustees; is a member of the board of directors for Methodist Hospital, YMCA of Greater Houston; the Spring Branch Education Foundation; and is a member of both the Boy Scouts of America National Executive Board and Sam Houston Area Council Board. Mr. Kellner also serves on the development board of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

MARTIN G. MC GUINN (Age 67)
Director since 2007
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Mellon Financial Corporation from January 1999 until February 2006.  Mr. McGuinn held a number of positions during his 25 years at Mellon. Mr. McGuinn recently concluded a one-year term as Chairman of the Financial Services Roundtable. He served as the 2005 President of the Federal Reserve Board's Advisory Council.  Mr. McGuinn serves on the Board of Celanese Corporation and iGate Corporate, and is a member of the Advisory Board of CapGen Financial. Mr. McGuinn also serves on several non-profit boards, including the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

LAWRENCE M. SMALL (Age 68)
Director since 1989
Former Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the world's largest museum and research complex, a position held from 2000 to 2007. Mr. Small previously had been President and Chief Operating Officer of Fannie Mae, a shareholder owned, New York Stock Exchange listed company and the nation’s largest source of financing for home mortgages, from 1991 to 2000. Before joining Fannie Mae, he served as Vice Chairman of the executive committee of the boards of directors of Citicorp and Citibank, where he worked for 27 years. He currently also serves as a director on the boards of Marriott International and New York City’s Spanish Repertory Theater.

JESS SØDERBERG (Age 65)
Director since 2007
Retired from A.P. Møller-Mærsk in November 2007.  Mr. Søderberg was Partner and Group CEO of A.P. Møller-Mærsk since 1994.  He joined the company after graduating  with an MBA from the Copenhagen Business School in 1969 and has since held a number of senior financial positions in both the United States and Denmark. Mr. Søderberg was a member of JP Morgan Chase's International Council until recently, is a member of Danske Bank's Advisory Board, is the Vice Chairman of the board of Carlsberg A/S, is Chairman of Carlsberg A/S's audit committee, and an adviser to Permira (a major international equity fund). Mr. Søderberg is honored as a Knight 1st Degree of the Order of Dannebrog and the Chilean Order of Bernardo O'Higgins.

DANIEL E. SOMERS (Age 62)
Director since 2003
Vice Chairman of Blaylock and Partners LP, an investment banking firm, from January 2002 until September 2007. Mr. Somers previously had been President and Chief Executive Officer of AT&T Broadband, a provider of cable and broadband services, from December 1999 to October 2001 and Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at AT&T Corp., a telecommunications company, from May 1997 to December 1999. Mr. Somers served on the board of The Lubrizol Corporation until February 2007. He is also  member of the Board of Trustees of Stonehill College.

JAMES M. ZIMMERMAN (Age 66)
Director since 2008
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Federated Department Stores, Inc. Mr. Zimmerman previously had been Chairman of the Board from February 2003 until January 2004, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from May 1997 to February 2003, and President and Chief Operating Officer from March 1988 to May 1997. He began his career with Federated in 1965 after graduating from Rice University in Houston, Texas. Mr. Zimmerman is also a director of Fossil, Inc., continues on the boards of and in leadership roles with several community organizations, and previously served on the boards of the H. J. Heinz Company, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, and Convergys Corporation.

ALFRED W. ZOLLAR (Age 55)
Director since 2001
General Manager, Tivoli Software, IBM Corporation, which manufactures and sells computer services, hardware and software, since July 2004. Mr. Zollar previously had been General Manager, eServer iSeries, IBM Corporation, from January 2003 to July 2004; General Manager, Lotus Software, which designs and develops business software and was a subsidiary of IBM Corporation, from January 2000 to January 2003; General Manager, Network Computing Software Division, IBM Corporation from 1998 to 2000 and General Manager, Network Software, IBM Corporation, from 1996 to 1998.