• PENNEY J C INC Key Executives

  • Total Compensation: $ 7.99 M
    Myron E. Ullman, III, 61, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since December 2004; Directeur General, Group Managing Director, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton (luxury goods manufacturer/retailer) from 1999 to 2002; President of LVMH Selective Retail Group from 1998 to 1999; Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, DFS Group Ltd. from 1995 to 1998; Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of R. H. Macy & Company, Inc. from 1992 to 1995; Director of Starbucks Corporation and Pzena Investment Management, Inc.; Chairman of the Board of Mercy Ships International.
    Total Compensation: $ 1.98 M
    Mr. Cavanaugh has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since 2001. He served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Eckerd Corporation, a former subsidiary of the Company, from 1999 to 2001. From 1996 to 1999, he served as Vice President and Treasurer of the Company. He has served as a director of JCP since 2002.
    Michael T. Theilmann - Chief Administrative Officer
    Total Compensation: $ 2.27 M
    Mr. Theilmann has served as Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources and Administration Officer of the Company since June 2005. From 2002 to 2005, he served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Chief People Officer of the International business of Yum! Brands Inc. From 2000 to 2002, he served as Vice President of Human Resources for European operations at Yum! Brands Inc.
    Thomas M. Nealon - Chief Information Officer
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Mr. Nealon has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer since October 2006. From 2002 to 2006, he was employed by EDS, where he served on assignment as the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Southwest Airlines Co. From 2000 to 2002, he was a partner with the Feld Group.
    Ken C. Hicks - President
    Total Compensation: $ 2.92 M
    Mr. Hicks, 55, was named president and chief merchandising officer in 2005, after joining the Company in 2002 as president and chief operating officer of JCPenney stores and merchandise operations. Before joining JCPenney, he was president of Payless ShoeSource, Inc. (now known as Collective Brands, Inc.), from 1999 to 2002, where he oversaw all operations related to its 4,900 stores in seven countries. Prior to that, Mr. Hicks was executive vice president and general merchandise manager for the Home Shopping Network. From 1987 to 1998, he held senior management and merchandising positions for May Department Stores, which he joined after spending five years at McKinsey and Company Consultants.
    Dennis P. Miller - Senior VP
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Dennis Miller, 55, has been elected to senior vice president, controller effective June 3, 2008 succeeding Alcorn in his Controller responsibilities. In this role, he will direct the development and maintenance of accounting records, financial accounting systems, internal controls and procedures for the Company. Miller joined JCPenney in 1974, and has served in various senior executive positions in the Company"s Auditing, Controller"s and Procurement departments. During his tenure, he served on assignment at Eckerd Drugstores, which was formerly owned by JCPenney, as controller and subsequently as chief financial officer.
    Bruce Kilkowski - Vice President
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Bruce Kilkowski, 52, has been named vice president and director of procurement, succeeding Miller in his procurement responsibilities. Kilkowski will be responsible for directing all procurement activities for non-resale goods and services in support of enterprise-wide strategies and requirements. Kilkowski brings 29 years of experience in procurement and sourcing at large corporations, including Procter & Gamble, First USA Bank, Capital One Financial and Underwriters Labs. He joins JCPenney from Bank of America where he served most recently as vice president, procurement.
    Robert Johnson - Vice President
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Robert Johnson, 57, has been named vice president and director of planning, budgeting and forecasting. In this new role, Johnson will be responsible for leading the development of corporate budgets, and integrating financial analysis and strategies that will impact budget formulation, execution and forecasting processes. Johnson joined JCPenney in 1976, and has held positions of increasing responsibility within the Finance organization. Currently, he serves as vice president and director of investor relations, a position he has held since 2005.
    Phillip Sanchez - Vice President
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Phillip Sanchez, 47, has been promoted to vice president and director of investor relations, responsible for leading the Company"s investor relations functions as the principal Company interface with the financial community. Sanchez brings over 20 years of financial management experience to his new role. He most recently served as a divisional vice president, associate director of investor relations, a position he has held since September 2007. Prior to that, he served as divisional vice president, assistant treasurer, focused on enhancing the productivity of the Company's asset base and capital structure in support of JCPenney"s growth initiatives.
    Maxine K. Clark - Director
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Maxine K. Clark, 59, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc., an operator of interactive children's entertainment retail stores, since 1996; President and Chief Merchandising Officer of Payless hoeSource, Inc., from 1992 until 1996; Executive Vice President for Venture Stores, Inc., from 1988 until 1992; Member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia and Washington University; Former Member of the Board of Trustees of the International Council of Shopping Centers; Chair of Teach for America, St. Louis and National Board Member, Teach for America.
    R. Gerald Turner - Director
    Total Compensation: $ —
    R. Gerald Turner, 62, President of Southern Methodist University since 1995; Chancellor of the University of Mississippi from 1984 to 1995; Chairman, President's Commission, the National Collegiate Athletic Association, from 1991 to 1992; Director of Kronos Worldwide, Inc. and American Beacon Funds.
    Javier G. Teruel - Director
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Javier G. Teruel, 57, Retired Vice Chairman (July 2004 to April 2007) of Colgate-Palmolive Company (consumer products), with which he served in positions of increasing importance since 1971, including as Executive Vice President responsible for Asia, Central Europe, Africa and Hill's Pet Nutrition, as Vice President of Body Care in Global Business Development in New York, as President and General Manager of Colgate-Mexico, as President of Colgate-Europe, and as Chief Growth Officer responsible for the company's growth functions; currently a Partner of Spectron Desarrollo, SC, an investment management and consulting firm; Director of Starbucks Corporation, The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. and Corporacion Geo S.A.B. de C.V.
    Burl Osborne - Director
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Burl Osborne, 70, Retired Chairman of the Board, Director from 1993 to 2007 and former member of the Executive Committee of The Associated Press; President, Publishing Division from 1995 to 2001 and Director from 1987 to 2002 of the Belo Corp.; Publisher from 1991 to 2001 of The Dallas Morning News, with which he served in positions of increasing importance since 1980, including President and Editor from 1986 to 1991; Director of GateHouse Media, Inc.; Retired Trustee and Former Chairman of the Belo Foundation; Former Director and Chairman of the Southern Newspaper Association; Former Director of the Newspaper Association of America; Director of Committee to Protect Journalists.
    Kent B. Foster - Director
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Kent B. Foster, 64, Retired Chairman of the Board, Director from 2000 to 2007, and Chief Executive Officer from 2000 to 2005, of Ingram Micro Inc. (wholesale distributor of technology); President of GTE Corporation (telecommunications) from 1995 to 1999; Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of GTE Corporation from 1993 to 1995; President of GTE Telephone Operations Group from 1989 to 1995; Director of Campbell Soup Company and New York Life Insurance Company.
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Mary Beth West, 45, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Kraft Foods Inc.; Group Vice President and President, Kraft Foods North American Beverage Sector from 2006 to 2007; Group Vice President and President, Kraft Foods North America Grocery Segment from 2004 to 2006; Senior Vice President and General Manager, Meals Division from 2001 to 2004; and Vice President, New Meals Division from 1999 to 2001 of Kraft Foods Inc. (branded foods and beverages) with which she has served in positions of increasing importance since 1986; Member of the Executive Leadership Council and Foundation.
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Thomas J. Engibous, 55, Chairman of the Board since 1998, Director since 1996 and President and Chief Executive Officer from 1996 to 2004, of Texas Instruments Incorporated (electronics), with which he has served in positions of increasing importance since 1976, including as an Executive Vice President from 1993 to 1996; Chairman Emeritus and Member of the Board of Catalyst; Trustee of Southern Methodist University; Member of The Business Council; Member of the National Academy of Engineering.
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Leonard H. Roberts, 59, Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of RadioShack Corporation (consumer electronics), with which he served as Executive Chairman of the Board from 2005 to 2006, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer from 1999 to 2005, President from 1993 to 2000, and a Director from 1997 to 2006; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Shoney's, Inc. (restaurants) from 1990 to 1993; President and Chief Executive Officer of Arby's, Inc. from 1985 to 1990; Chairman of Students in Free Enterprise; Member of the Executive Board of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Texas Health Resources; Director of Rent-A-Center, Inc.
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Colleen C. Barrett, 63, President and Director since 2001, Chief Operating Officer from 2001 to 2004 and Corporate Secretary since 1978 of Southwest Airlines Co., with which she has served in positions of increasing importance since 1978, including Executive Vice President-Customers from 1990 to 2001 and Vice President-Administration from 1986 to 1990.
    M. Anthony Burns - Director
    Total Compensation: $ —
    M. Anthony Burns, 65, Chairman Emeritus since 2002, Chairman of the Board from 1985 to 2002, Chief Executive Officer from 1983 to 2000, and a director from 1979 to 2002 of Ryder System, Inc. (a provider of transportation and logistics services), with which he served in positions of increasing importance since 1974, including its President from 1979 to 1999; Director of Pfizer, Inc. and The Black & Decker Corporation; Life Trustee of the University of Miami.
    Total Compensation: $ 1.57 M