Total Compensation: $ 2.80 M
Daniel R. Hesse, age 54. President and Chief Executive Officer of Sprint Nextel. Before becoming the President and Chief Executive Officer of Sprint Nextel on December 17, 2007, Mr. Hesse was Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Embarq Corporation, the separate company formed from Sprint's former Local Telecommunications Division in 2006. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Sprint's Local Telecommunications Division from June 2005 until the Embarq spin-off. Before that, Mr. Hesse served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Terabeam Corp., a wireless telecommunications service provider and technology company, from 2000-2004. Prior to serving at Terabeam Corp., Mr. Hesse spent 23 years at AT&T during which he held various senior management positions, including President and Chief Executive Officer of AT&T Wireless Services. He is a director of VF Corporation and also serves on the National Board of Governors of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. Mr. Hesse has served as one of our directors since December 2007.
Total Compensation: $ 3.22 M
Barry J. West, Chief Technology Officer and President-4G Mobile Broadband. He was appointed President-4G Mobile Broadband effective August 2006. He was appointed Chief Technology Officer at the time of the Sprint-Nextel merger in August 2005. He served as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Nextel from March 1996 until August 2005.
Total Compensation: $ —
Mr. Brust served as Executive Vice President of Eastman Kodak Company, a provider of products and services to the photographic, graphic communications and healthcare markets, from November 2006 until his retirement in February 2007. Mr. Brust also served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Eastman Kodak from January 2000 to October 2006. From 1997 to 1999, Mr. Brust served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Unisys Corporation, a global information services and technology company. Prior to joining Unisys, Mr. Brust held a variety of financial and financial management positions during his 31-year career at General Electric Company, most recently directing the finance operations of the company's plastics business. Mr. Brust is a director of Applied Materials, Inc., Delphi Corporation and Covidien Ltd. Mr. Brust, 64, was appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Sprint Nextel effective May 1, 2008.
Total Compensation: $ —
Richard T. C. LeFave, Chief Information Officer. He was appointed Chief Information Officer at the time of the Sprint-Nextel merger in August 2005. He served as Senior Vice President - Chief Information Officer of Nextel from February 1999 to August 2005.
Total Compensation: $ —
Leonard J. Kennedy, General Counsel. He was appointed General Counsel at the time of the Sprint-Nextel merger in August 2005. He served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Nextel from January 2001 to August 2005.
Total Compensation: $ —
William G. Arendt, Acting Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President & Controller. He was appointed Acting Chief Financial Officer effective January 25, 2008 and Senior Vice President & Controller at the time of the Sprint-Nextel merger in August 2005. He served as Senior Vice President of Nextel from February 2004 until August 2005 and as Controller of Nextel from May 1997 until August 2005. He also served as Vice President of Nextel from May 1997 until February 2004.
Total Compensation: $ —
Richard S. Lindahl, Senior Vice President & Treasurer. He was appointed Senior Vice President & Treasurer in July 2006. He served as Vice President & Treasurer from the time of the Sprint-Nextel merger in August 2005 until July 2006. He served as Vice President and Treasurer of Nextel from May 2002 until August 2005. He served in various capacities at Nextel, including Assistant Treasurer and Director-Financial Planning & Analysis, from August 1997 until May 2002.
Total Compensation: $ —
Larry C. Glasscock, age 59. Chairman of the Board of WellPoint, Inc., a health benefits company. Mr. Glasscock served as President and Chief Executive Officer of WellPoint, Inc. from November 2004 (following the merger between Anthem, Inc. and WellPoint Health Networks Inc.) until June 2007 and as Chairman of WellPoint, Inc. since November 2005. Prior to Anthem's merger with WellPoint Health Networks in November 2004, Mr. Glasscock had served as Anthem's President and Chief Executive Officer since 2001 and also as Anthem's Chairman since 2003. He is a director of Zimmer Holdings, Inc. Mr. Glasscock has served as one of our directors since August 2007.
Total Compensation: $ 3.05 M
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V. Janet Hill, age 60. Since 1981, Mrs. Hill has been Vice President of Alexander & Associates, Inc., a corporate consulting firm. Mrs. Hill also serves as a director of Wendy's International, Inc. and Dean Foods, Inc. Mrs. Hill served as a director of Nextel Communications, Inc. from November 1999 until its merger with Sprint Corporation in August 2005, and she has served as one of our directors since 2005.
Total Compensation: $ 3.25 M
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Rodney O'Neal, age 54. Chief Executive Officer and President of Delphi Corporation, a global supplier of mobile electronics and transportation systems. Mr. O'Neal has served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Delphi since January 2007. He previously served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Delphi from January 2005 until January 2007. In 2000, Mr. O'Neal was named Executive Vice President of the former Safety, Thermal & Electrical Architecture Sector at Delphi. In 2003, he was named president of the Dynamics, Propulsion, and Thermal Sector. Previously, he served in a variety of domestic and international operating assignments for both Delphi and its former parent company, General Motors. He is a director of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. Mr. O'Neal has served as one of our directors since August 2007.
Total Compensation: $ —
James H. Hance, Jr., age 63. Chairman of the Board of Sprint Nextel. Retired Vice Chairman of Bank of America Corporation, a financial services holding company. He served as the Vice Chairman of Bank of America Corporation from 1993 until January 31, 2005 and as the Chief Financial Officer of Bank of America Corporation from 1988 until April 2004. He is a director of Cousins Properties Incorporated, Duke Energy Corporation, and Rayonier Corporation. Mr. Hance also serves as a Senior Advisor to The Carlyle Group. Mr. Hance has served as one of our directors since February 2005.
Total Compensation: $ —
Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr., age 71. Retired President and Chief Executive Officer of Hallmark Cards, Inc., a manufacturer of greeting cards. Mr. Hockaday served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Hallmark Cards, Inc. from 1985 to 2001. He is a director of Aquila, Inc., Crown Media Holdings, Inc., Ford Motor Company, and Estee Lauder, Inc. Mr. Hockaday has served as one of our directors since June 1997.
Total Compensation: $ 18.84 M
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Gordon M. Bethune, age 66. Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Continental Airlines, Inc., an international commercial airline company. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Continental Airlines from 1994 and as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 1996 until December 31, 2004. He is a director of Honeywell International Inc., Willis Group Holdings, Limited and Prudential Financial, Inc., and Chairman of the Board of Aloha Airgroup, Inc. Mr. Bethune has served as one of our directors since March 2004.
Total Compensation: $ —
Robert R. Bennett, age 49. Since March 2005, Mr. Bennett has been President of Discovery Holding Company, a holding company for its wholly-owned subsidiary, Ascent Media Group LLC, and its 67% interest in Discovery Communications, Inc. Mr. Bennett served as president and CEO of Liberty Media Corporation from April 1997 until August 2005 and continued as president until March 2006. He was with Liberty Media from its inception, serving as its principal financial officer and in various other capacities. Prior to his tenure at Liberty Media, Mr. Bennett worked with Tele-Communications, Inc. (TCI) and the Bank of New York. Mr. Bennett also serves as a director of Discovery Holding Company and Liberty Media Corporation. Mr. Bennett has served as one of our directors since October 2006.
Total Compensation: $ —
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Total Compensation: $ 2.67 M
Kathryn A. Walker, Chief Network Officer. She was appointed Chief Network Officer at the time of the Sprint-Nextel merger in August 2005. She served as our Executive Vice President - Network Services from October 2003 to August 2005. She served as Senior Vice President - Network Operations of the Wireline segment from 2002 to October 2003. She served as a Vice President in the Wireline segment from 1998 to 2002.
Total Compensation: $ —
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Ralph V. Whitworth, age 52. Since 1996, Ralph Whitworth has been a Principal of Relational Investors LLC, a registered investment advisor. He is the former Chairman of the Board of Apria Healthcare Group Inc., and Waste Management, Inc. He is also a former director of Mattel, Inc., Tektronix, Inc., and Sirius Satellite Radio, Inc. He is currently a director of Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. and Titan Investment Partners, LLC, a privately held investment fund which focuses on emerging companies. Mr. Whitworth has served as one of our directors since February 2008.
John Garcia - Senior VP, Divisional/Other Executive Officer
Total Compensation: $ —
John Garcia, currently senior vice president, Product Development and Management, will serve as acting Chief Marketing Officer.
Total Compensation: $ —
Paget Alves, currently Sprint Nextel's regional president for sales and distribution, will serve as acting president, Sales and Distribution. Prior to his role as Sprint Nextel's South Regional President, Alves, age 53, served in various sales and marketing leadership positions in the company, including enterprise sales, strategic markets and wholesale services.
Total Compensation: $ —
On June 9, 2008, the Board of Directors of Sprint Nextel Corporation appointed a new independent director, William R. Nuti. He is the chairman, CEO and president of NCR Corporation, a global technology company based in Dayton, Ohio. Nuti, 44, joined NCR in 2005, and initiated organizational and process changes to better position the company for growth. Since his arrival, NCR's stock has appreciated more than 50 percent. Before that, he served as president and CEO of Symbol Technologies, where he strengthened the company's product portfolio and positioned it as a leading supplier in the emerging radio frequency identification (RFID) industry. While at Symbol, Nuti led a challenging, but highly successful turnaround effort which returned the company to profitability for the first time in five years, and from 2002 to 2004 increased revenue growth by 24 percent. Earlier in his career, Nuti held positions of increasing responsibility for over 10 years at Cisco Systems, where he last served as senior vice president of their United States operations as well as their senior vice president of their global service provider business. During his Cisco tenure, Nuti was also president of their Europe Middle East and Africa theater of operations as well as Cisco's Asia Pacific operations.
Total Compensation: $ —
Keith O. Cowan, President - Strategic Planning and Corporate Initiatives. He was appointed President - Strategic Planning and Corporate Initiatives in July 2007. He served as Executive Vice President of Genuine Parts Company from January 2007 to July 2007. He held several key positions with BellSouth Corporation from 1996 to January 2007, including Chief Planning and Development Officer, Chief Field Operations Officer, President -Marketing and Product Management and President - Interconnection Services.
Total Compensation: $ —
Robert Johnson, Chief Service Officer. He was appointed Chief Service Officer in October 2007. He served as President-Northeast Region from September 2006 to October 2007. He served as Senior Vice President-Consumer Sales, Service and Repair from August 2005 to August 2006. He served as Senior Vice President-National Field Operations of Nextel from February 2002 to July 2005.
