• UNITED STATES STL CORP NEW Key Executives

  • Total Compensation: $ 3.86 M
    Mr. Surma received a BS degree in accounting from the Pennsylvania State University in 1976 and joined Price Waterhouse LLP at that time. He joined Marathon Oil Company in 1997 as Senior Vice President, Finance and Accounting. He was named Senior Vice President, Finance & Administration in January 1998; President of Speedway SuperAmerica LLC in September 1998, and Senior Vice President, Supply & Transportation in January 2000. Effective January 1, 2001 he became President of Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC, and in September 2001, Mr. Surma was elected Assistant to the Chairman of USX Corporation. He became Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of U. S. Steel effective December 31, 2001, President and Chief Operating Officer effective March 1, 2003, President and Chief Executive Officer effective October 1, 2004, and Chairman of the Board of Directors effective February 1, 2006. Mr. Surma is a director of Calgon Carbon Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. He is also a director of the American Iron and Steel Institute, Vice Chairman of the International Iron and Steel Institute, a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Manufacturers, a member of The Business Council, a member of the Board of Directors and of the Executive Committee of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Pennsylvania State University, a member of the Board of Visitors of the Smeal College of Business at the Pennsylvania State University, a member of the Board of Visitors of the Katz School of Business of the University of Pittsburgh, and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
    Total Compensation: $ 1.87 M
    Mr. Goodish is a native of Greensboro, Pa., and a 1970 graduate of Waynesburg College in Pennsylvania, where he earned a bachelor of science degree in business administration. Mr. Goodish joined U. S. Steel in 1970 as an accounting management trainee in Pittsburgh, and was promoted to junior auditor the following year. In 1973, he became supervisor of billing at the company's Irvin Plant near Pittsburgh and progressed through a series of accounting positions there until 1977, when he was transferred to the accounting department at U.S. Steel's former Homestead (Pa.) Works. In 1982, he was promoted to general supervisor of line accounting at Clairton Works. Later that year, he moved to the company's Pittsburgh headquarters, where he served in a number of accounting and financial positions. In 1984, Mr. Goodish was transferred to Gary Works as accounting manager-mill analysis. Three years later, he was named division manager of coke and chemicals, an appointment that moved him into the operating area. In 1989, he became manager of operations services at Gary Works, and later that year was named division manager of the 84-inch hot strip mill at Gary Works. He became general manager of Mon Valley Works in 1990, and returned to Gary Works in 1994 as general manager. In 1996, he was named president of USX Engineers and Consultants, Inc., a worldwide engineering and consulting firm, now called UEC Technologies LLC. In 2000, he was appointed president of U. S. Steel Kosice, s.r.o. (USSK), U.S. Steel's steelmaking operation in the Slovak Republic. He served in that capacity until March 2003, when he assumed the post of executive vice president-international and diversified businesses. He was named executive vice president-operations in June 2003.
    Total Compensation: $ 1.31 M
    Mrs. Haggerty, a native of Pittsburgh, earned a bachelor of science degree in accounting from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and a law degree from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. Joining the corporation as a management trainee in the tax division in 1976, Mrs. Haggerty was named tax assistant in 1977 and moved to the audit division the following year. She transferred to the financial department as leasing analyst in 1980, became senior financial analyst in 1982, and advanced to corporate finance manager two years later. In 1985, Mrs. Haggerty was appointed director-plant and general accounting for the former USS Chemicals Division. The next year she returned to the tax division as a general tax attorney and was named director-taxes, energy in 1987. Mrs. Haggerty was named assistant treasurer-corporate finance in 1988, was appointed assistant comptroller-corporate accounting in 1989, and was elected vice president and treasurer of USX Corporation in 1991. In 1998, she was named vice president-accounting and finance of U. S. Steel, and assumed the position of senior vice president and controller in January 2002. In May 2002, she was elected senior vice president and treasurer, and in March 2003, she was promoted to executive vice president, treasurer and chief financial officer. Additionally, Mrs. Haggerty is the chairman of the United States Steel and Carnegie Pension Fund and is a member of the Investment Committee of the Fund. Mrs. Haggerty is a member of the Allegheny County Bar Association and is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive) in the State of Ohio. She serves as the chair of the Administration and Finance Committee of the United Way of Allegheny County and serves on the boards of Highmark Inc., the Civic Light Opera, and the United Way of Allegheny County.
    James D. Garraux - General Counsel
    Total Compensation: $ —
    James D. Garraux graduated magna cum laude from Duke University in 1975 with a bachelor's degree in political science. He earned his law degree in 1978 from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law where he was elected to the Law Review. He began his career at U. S. Steel in 1979 in the labor arbitration section of the corporate labor relations department. He moved through a series of increasingly responsible assignments before he was named manager-labor arbitration in 1987. In 1990, he was named director-labor arbitration. He became general manager-labor relations the following year, and was appointed general manager-employee relations, in 1996. Mr. Garraux was promoted to the position of vice president-employee relations in 2000. In June 2003, he was named to his current position, vice president-labor relations, with responsibility for the labor relations, safety and industrial hygiene activities for U. S. Steel. Mr. Garraux is the chief negotiator for U. S. Steel in collective bargaining matters. He serves in Pennsylvania as a member of the Governor's Committee on Economic Development Through Labor-Management Partnerships. He is a member of the Tri-State Construction Users Association and the Allegheny County Bar Association, and serves on the executive committee of the Three Rivers Area Labor Management Committee. Mr. Garraux is a frequent speaker on labor relations and arbitration matters.
    Larry G. Schultz - Vice President
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    A native of Barto, Pa., Mr. Schultz received a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pa., in 1971; a master's degree in operations research and statistics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., in 1973; and an MBA degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1979. He is a member of the Institute of Management Accountants. Mr. Schultz joined U. S. Steel in 1973 as an industrial engineer at Pittsburgh headquarters and held a series of accounting and planning posts there and at nearby Mon Valley Works before being named director-corporate financial analysis in 1986. He was appointed comptroller of USX Engineers and Consultants, Inc. in 1987. Mr. Schultz moved to Washington, D.C., in 1988 to serve on the President's Commission on Executive Exchange and returned to U. S. Steel in 1989 as director-analysis and general accounting. He was named comptroller of U. S. Steel in 1992 and vice president-accounting for USX Corporation in 2000. In January 2002, Mr. Schultz was named vice president-investor relations & financial analysis, and in May 2002, he was elected to his current post. Mr. Schultz serves on the board of Junior Achievement of Southwest Pennsylvania.
    Susan M. Suver - Vice President, Divisional
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    Glenda G. McNeal - Director
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    Ms. McNeal received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting from Dillard University and an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Ms. McNeal began her career with Arthur Andersen, LLP in 1982, and was employed by Salomon Brothers, Inc. from 1987 to 1989. In 1989, Ms. McNeal joined American Express Company and since that time has served in a series of increasingly responsible positions for that company. She assumed her current position in 2005. Ms. McNeal also serves as a trustee of Dillard University.
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    Vice Admiral Tracey received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics from the College of New Rochelle and a Masters Degree in Operations Research from the Naval Postgraduate School. From 1970 to 2004, Vice Admiral Tracey served in a series of increasingly responsible positions with the United States Navy, including Chief of Naval Education and Training from 1996 to 1998; Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Military Manpower and Personnel Policy) from 1998 to 2001; and Director, Navy Staff from 2001 to 2004. Vice Admiral Tracey served as a consultant to the United States Navy from 2004 to 2005 and to the Department of Defense from 2005 to 2006. In 2006, Vice Admiral Tracey served as a Senior Fellow at the Center for Naval Analysis prior to taking her present position of Vice President, Client Industry Executive at Electronic Data Systems Corporation.
    Dr. Graham B. Spanier, Ph.D. - Director Nominee
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Dr. Spanier received Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from Iowa State University and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University, where he was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow. Dr. Spanier was appointed President of the Pennsylvania State University in 1995. Prior to that appointment, he served as Chancellor of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Oregon State University and Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies at the State University of New York-Stony Brook. Dr. Spanier is a director of Citizens Financial Group, Inc. He also serves as Chair of the Association of American Universities, Chair of the National Security Higher Education Advisory Board, a member of the National Counterintelligence Working Group and a member of the Board of Advisors of the Naval Postgraduate School.
    Thomas W. Sterling - Divisional Senior VP
    Total Compensation: $ 899,077.00
    A native of Union City, Tenn., Mr. Sterling graduated from Vanderbilt University with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. He earned his law degree from Samford University's Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Ala. and has been admitted to the bar in Alabama and Pennsylvania. He began his career with U. S. Steel in 1969 at the firm's Fairfield (Ala.) Works as a management trainee. He was assigned positions there in the operating, personnel services and commercial departments until 1975 when he was transferred to the Pittsburgh headquarters as assistant manager-equal employment opportunity in the employee relations department. Mr. Sterling progressed through various employee relations positions in Pittsburgh before he became vice president-labor relations, steel and related resources for the former U. S. Steel Group of USX Corporation in 1984. In 1986, he became vice president-employee relations with responsibility for all human resources, labor relations, productivity improvement, and health and safety matters for the U. S. Steel Group. In 1996, he assumed additional responsibility for employee benefits. Additionally, Mr. Sterling held oversight responsibilities for several of U. S. Steel's joint venture operations with foreign steel companies, including USS-POSCO Industries and PRO-TEC Coating Company. In 2000, Mr. Sterling was elected president of Transtar, Inc., now a wholly owned subsidiary of U. S. Steel, which owns the following operating companies: Birmingham Southern Railroad; Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway; The Lake Terminal Railroad; McKeesport Connecting Railroad; Union Railroad; and Warrior & Gulf Navigation. He served in that position until June 2003, when he was elected to his current position of senior vice president-human resources. Mr. Sterling is chairman of the Board of Directors of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) - Braddock, and a member of the Board of Directors at UPMC - McKeesport and the Heritage Health Foundation. He serves as president-elect of the Greater Pittsburgh Council of the Boy Scouts of America as well as a member of its Board of Directors. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Robert Morris University, and currently represents U. S. Steel on the Board of Directors of Maglev, Inc., a Pittsburgh-based company promoting the development of magnetically levitated transportation systems in the United States with an initial line to be constructed in the Pittsburgh area.
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Congressman Gephardt received a Bachelor of Science degree from Northwestern University and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Michigan Law School. After serving as a Democratic committeeman and alderman in his native St. Louis, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1976, representing Missouri's Third District. He was re-elected 13 times. While in the House, Congressman Gephardt served on the Budget Committee and on the Ways and Means Committee. He was elected Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus in 1984; and he served as majority leader from 1989 to 1994. In 1994 he was elected House Democratic Leader, the top Democratic leadership position in the House. He served as minority leader from 1995 to 2003. After deciding not to seek re-election, Congressman Gephardt retired from the House on January 3, 2005. Congressman Gephardt serves as a consultant to The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and as senior counsel to the law firm of DLA Piper Rudnick. He is a director of Spirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc., Centene Corporation, Embarq Corporation and Dana Holding Corporation. He also serves on the board of the St. Jude Children's Hospital.
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    Mr. Lipton graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a BS degree in chemical engineering and received an MBA from Harvard University. Mr. Lipton began working for E.I. DuPont de Nemours in 1965 undertaking assignments in manufacturing, sales, marketing, purchasing, research and general business management. In 1994, he joined NOVA Corporation as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In 1994, Mr. Lipton was appointed President and was elected a director in 1996. In 1998, he was elected President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of NOVA Chemicals Corporation and assumed his current position in January 2008. Mr. Lipton is a director of Hercules Incorporated. He is the past-Chairman of the Board of the American Chemistry Council and the American Section of the Society of Chemical Industry. He is also a member of the Board of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives.
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    Mr. Darnall graduated from DePauw University with a BA degree in mathematics, from Columbia University with a BS degree in civil engineering and from the University of Chicago with an MBA. He began his career with Inland Steel Industries in 1962. He was elected Executive Vice President in 1982 and at that time joined Inland's Board of Directors. In 1986 Mr. Darnall became President and Chief Operating Officer. In 1992, he became Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. He retired as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 1998 and immediately joined Ispat International N.V., which acquired Inland Steel Company in 1998, as head of their North American operations. Mr. Darnall left Ispat in 2000 and soon thereafter became Chairman and Interim CEO of Prime Advantage Corporation, a procurement services startup. He left Prime Advantage in January 2002. Mr. Darnall is a director of Cummins, Inc., HSBC North American Holdings Inc., Pactiv Corporation and Sunoco, Inc. He is also former Chairman of the American Iron and Steel Institute.
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    Ambassador Cooper graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a BS degree in finance and attended Harvard University's Senior Managers in Government program. He was awarded an honorary doctor of law degree from Troy University. A retired Major General in the U.S. Marine Corps, Ambassador Cooper was twice elected to the Alabama legislature, was commissioner of the Alabama Department of Human Resources and was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Air Force during the George H. W. Bush administration. He was the United States Ambassador to Jamaica from 1994 to 1997. Ambassador Cooper previously served as a director of PNC Financial Services Group and Protective Life Corporation.
    Charles R. Lee - Director
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Mr. Lee received a Bachelor's degree in metallurgical engineering from Cornell University and an MBA with distinction from the Harvard Graduate School of Business. He served in various financial and management positions before becoming Senior Vice President-Finance for Penn Central Corporation and then Columbia Pictures Industries Inc. In 1983, he joined GTE Corporation (which merged with Bell Atlantic Corporation to form Verizon Communications in 2000) as Senior Vice President of Finance and in 1986 was named Senior Vice President of Finance and Planning. He was elected President, Chief Operating Officer and director in December 1988 and was elected Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of GTE in May 1992. Mr. Lee served as Chairman and Co-CEO of Verizon from June 2000 to March 2002 and as Non-Executive Chairman until December 31, 2003. Mr. Lee is a director of Marathon Oil Corporation, The Procter & Gamble Company, United Technologies Corporation and DirecTV Group. Mr. Lee is also a member of the Board of Overseers of the Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Trustee Emeritus of Cornell University and a member of the Board of Directors of the American Institutes for Research.
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    Mr. Schofield graduated from the Harvard Business School Program for Management Development in 1975. He served in various corporate staff positions after joining USAir in 1957 and became Executive Vice President-Operations in 1981. Mr. Schofield served as President and Chief Operating Officer from 1990 until 1991. He was elected President and Chief Executive Officer in 1991 and became Chairman of the boards of USAir Group and USAir, Inc. in 1992. He retired in January 1996. Mr. Schofield is a director of Marathon Oil Corporation and Calgon Carbon Corporation.
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    Judge Lucchino earned a Bachelor's degree in engineering in 1961, and a law degree in 1964, from the University of Pittsburgh. He is an alumnus of Harvard Business School's Executive Education program on corporate governance. He served on the boards of National Steel Corporation and Allegheny Teledyne Incorporated. Judge Lucchino currently serves as a judge in the Orphans' Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Prior to being elected to the Court, he was a senior partner at the law firm of Grogan, Graffam, McGinley and Lucchino in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He also served five four-year terms as Allegheny County Controller, an elected position. In 1993, Judge Lucchino was named to the United States National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) by President Clinton and was confirmed by the Senate. He served on the Commission until July 1999.
    John G. Drosdick - Director
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Mr. Drosdick graduated from Villanova University with a BS degree in chemical engineering and received a Master's in chemical engineering from the University of Massachusetts. Mr. Drosdick began his career with Exxon Corporation in 1968 and held a wide variety of management positions. He was named President of Tosco Corporation in 1987 and President of Ultramar Corporation in 1992. In 1996, Mr. Drosdick became President and Chief Operating Officer of Sunoco and was elected Chairman and CEO in May 2000. He is a director of H.J. Heinz Co. and Chairman of the Board of Sunoco Partners LLC, which is the general partner of Sunoco Logistic Partners L.P., a master limited partnership in which Sunoco, Inc. has a 43 percent interest.
    David H. Lohr - Divisional Senior VP/President, Subsidiary
    Total Compensation: $ 1.32 M