Total Compensation: $ 620,139.00
James P. Dolan, age 58, has served as our president, chief executive officer and chairman of the board since July 2003, and as president, chief executive officer and chairman of the board of our predecessor company from 1992 to July 2003. From January 1989 to January 1993, Mr. Dolan served first as managing director, and then executive vice president, of the Jordan Group, New York City, an investment bank specializing in media. He has previously held executive positions with Kummerfeld Associates, Inc., a media mergers and acquisitions advisory firm in New York and Chicago; News Corporation in New York and San Antonio; Sun-Times Company in Chicago; and Centel Corp. in Chicago, and also was an award-winning reporter and editor at newspapers in Texas. Mr. Dolan is currently a director of each of Advisor Media, Inc., a magazine and conference company; Peoples Educational Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEDH), an educational materials publisher; and The Greenspring Companies, the for-profit arm of Minnesota Public Radio, where he also serves as chairman of the board.
Total Compensation: $ 342,300.00
Scott J. Pollei has served as our executive vice president and chief financial officer since December 2001. From January 1994 to December 2001, Mr. Pollei served as our vice president of finance. Prior to 1994, Mr. Pollei was a senior manager at KPMG LLP. Mr. Pollei is an inactive certified public accountant.
Total Compensation: $ —
John C. Bergstrom, age 47, has served as our director since July 2003, and also served as a director of our predecessor company from its inception in 1992 to July 2003. Mr. Bergstrom has served as a partner with RiverPoint Investments, a St. Paul, Minnesota-based business and financial advisory firm since June 1995. Prior to that time, Mr. Bergstrom was employed by Cherry Tree Investments. Mr. Bergstrom is also a director of Peoples Educational Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEDH), an educational materials publisher; Cherry Tree Acquisition Corp. (proposed AMEX:SXR), a special purpose acquisition company; Instrumental, Inc., a provider of technology services to the government sector; Tecmark, Inc., a provider of business services focused on loyalty marketing programs; JobDig, Inc., a provider of employment advertising services; Credible Information Company, LLC, an online provider of information for professionals; Creative Publishing Solutions, a specialty marketing publisher, and Great River Communications Corp., a broadband communications provider.
Total Compensation: $ 282,639.00
Mark W.C. Stodder has served as our executive vice president, Business Information Division, since February 2005. Prior to serving in this capacity, Mr. Stodder served as our vice president, Newspapers, from January 2004 to February 2005; as our chair, Circulation Marketing Board, from May 2001 to January 2004; and as our vice president and publisher, Daily Reporter Publishing Company in Milwaukee, from March 1994 to January 2004. Prior to joining Dolan Media Company, Mr. Stodder held news reporting, editing and executive positions with community newspapers in Los Angeles and Colorado. Mr. Stodder is active in a number of newspaper, media and legislative associations. He is a director of Detroit Legal News Publishing Company, LLC, the Student Press Law Center and the National Newspaper Association, and is the president of the Public Notice Resource Center, a non-profit foundation which tracks and studies public notice legislation across the country. He is a past president of American Court and Commercial Newspapers, Inc.
Total Compensation: $ 379,172.00
David A. Trott has served as the president of American Processing Company, LLC since March 2006. In addition, since January 1992, Mr. Trott has served as the managing attorney of Trott & Trott, P.C., a law firm located in Farmington Hills, Michigan, of which he is the majority shareholder, and the president of Attorneys Title Agency, LLC, a title agency located in Southfield, Michigan. Mr. Trott has also previously served as president of the Michigan Mortgage Bankers Association and the U.S. Foreclosure Network, one of the largest organizations of foreclosure attorneys in the United States.
Total Compensation: $ 262,377.00
Mark Baumbach has served as our vice president, technology, since September 2001. From 1992 through 2001, Mr. Baumbach worked as a management consultant and software engineer for Born Information Services, where he was also involved in acquisition due diligence and integration, corporate development and new venture and branch development. Prior to Born Information Services, Mr. Baumbach worked as a technology management consultant with Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, as a software analyst for Honeywell and as an investment banker for Allison Williams and U.S. Bancorp.
Total Compensation: $ —
Vicki Duncomb has served as our Vice President, Finance since July 2006 and as our Secretary since April 2007. From February 2000 through March 2006, Ms. Duncomb served as the director of finance and operations for The McGraw-Hill Companies Healthcare Information Group, an Edina, Minnesota-based educational and professional healthcare information provider.
Total Compensation: $ —
Cornelis J. Brakel, age 71, has served as our director since July 2003, and also served as a director of our predecessor company from June 2002 to July 2003. Since September 1999, Mr. Brakel has served as an independent business consultant for a number of European companies and financial institutions. Mr. Brakel has also recently served as a member of the supervisory boards of several Dutch public and private companies, including: Aalberts Industries N.V. (AMS: AALB), an international industrial group; USG People N.V. (AMS: USG), a specialized provider of employment services in Europe; P.C.M. Group N.V., a publisher of daily newspapers, freesheets, trade books and educational publications; Athlon Holding N.V., a supplier of automotive services focusing on the business market; and Koninklijke Numico N.V. (AMS: NUM), a specialist baby food and clinical nutrition company. From 1981 through September 1999, Mr. Brakel served as a member of the executive board of Wolters Kluwer NV, an international publishing house in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, including as its chief executive officer from 1994 through September 1999. From 1975 through 1978, Mr. Brakel served as chief financial officer of Elsevier NV in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and from 1978 through 1981, he served as Elsevier NV's Group Director - Trade Books. From 1964 through 1975 Mr. Brakel held several financial, operational and managerial positions in Royal Dutch Shell Company in Europe, South America, the Caribbean and the Middle East.
Total Compensation: $ —
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Total Compensation: $ —
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Jacques Massicotte, age 54, has served as our director since December 2006. Since September 2006, Mr. Massicotte has worked as an independent media consultant. From March 2004 through August 2006, Mr. Massicotte pursued personal interests. From December 2000 through February 2004, Mr. Massicotte served as managing director, investment banking, of TD Securities Inc., a Canadian investment banking firm. From 1986 to 2000, Mr. Massicotte served as a financial analyst, covering the Canadian media and communications sectors with Newcrest Capital (1995-2000), RBC Dominion Securities (1994-1995) and Nesbitt Thomson (1986-1994). Mr. Massicotte has a certified financial analyst designation.
Total Compensation: $ —
George Rossi, age 55, has served as our director since April 2005. Since 1985, Mr. Rossi has provided independent consulting services to Capital NDSL Inc., a Montreal based investment company. Mr. Rossi also regularly provides independent consulting services to Radio Nord Communications, a Montreal based media company. From October 2000 through May 2002, Mr. Rossi served as senior vice president and chief financial officer, and from June 2002 through July 2003, as interim president, of Cinar Corporation, a Montreal based children's entertainment company. From January 1983 through September 2000, Mr. Rossi served as chief financial officer and treasurer of Radiomutuel, a Montreal based public media company. Mr. Rossi currently serves as a director of Student Transportation of America (TSE: STB.UN), a New Jersey based provider of school bus transportation in the United States; OFI Income Fund (TSE: OFB.UN), an Ottawa based manufacturer and distributor of insulation materials; Kangaroo Media (TSE: KTV), a Montreal based manufacturer and distributor of portable multimedia devices; and Radio Nord Communications, a Montreal based media company, and serves on the investment valuation committee of Investissement Desjardins, a Montreal based fund. Mr. Rossi is a chartered accountant.
Total Compensation: $ —
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Total Compensation: $ —
Anton J. Christianson, age 55, has served as our director since July 2003, and also served as director of our predecessor company from its inception in 1992 to July 2003. Since October 1980, Mr. Christianson has served as the chairman and managing partner of Cherry Tree Companies, a Minnetonka, Minnesota-based firm involved in investment management and investment banking. Affiliates of Cherry Tree Companies act as the general partner of Adam Smith Activist Fund L.P, Adam Smith Growth Partners, L.P and Media Power, L.P. Mr. Christianson also serves as a director of each of Peoples Educational Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEDH), an educational materials publisher; Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE: FIC), a provider of decision management solutions; AmeriPride Services, Inc., a provider of customized apparel for companies; Titan Machinery, Inc. (NASDAQ: TITN), a provider of new and used farm equipment, and Cherry Tree Acquisition Corp. (proposed AMEX: SXR), a special purpose acquisition company.
Total Compensation: $ —
Effective June 24, 2008, the Company's Board of Directors elected Arthur F. Kingsbury as a Class I director. Mr. Kingsbury, 60, has over thirty-five years of business and financial experience in the media and communications sectors. His experience includes financial, senior executive and director positions at companies engaged in publishing, internet research, radio broadcasting, cable television, and cellular telephone communications. Specific positions included President and Chief Operating Officer of VNU-USA, Inc., Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of BPI Communications, Inc., and Chief Financial Officer of Affiliated Publications, Inc. Mr. Kingsbury currently serves on the board of HSW International, Inc. (NASDAQ:HSWI), and has previously served as a director on the boards of three other former public companies, NetRatings, Affiliated Publications, and McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc. Mr. Kingsbury holds a BS in Business Administration from Babson College.
