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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
A. LORNE WEIL A. LORNE WEIL MICHAEL R. CHAMBRELLO
PETER A. COHEN Mr. Peter A. Cohen is a principal of Ramius Capital Group, LLC,
a private investment firm. From November 1992 until May 1994, Mr.
Cohen was Vice Chairman and a director of Republic New York Corporation,
as well as a member of its management executive committee. Mr.
Cohen was also the GERALD J. FORD Mr. Gerald J. Ford has been a financial institutions entrepreneur and private investor involved in numerous mergers acquisitions of private and public sector financial institutions over the past 30 years. Mr. Ford served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Golden State Bancorp Inc. from September 1998 until its merger with Citigroup Inc. in November 2002. Mr. Ford is Chairman and principal shareholder of First Acceptance Corporation, a retailer, servicer and underwriter of non-standard personal automobile insurance. Mr. Ford serves as Chairman of the Board and principal shareholder of Triad Financial Corporation, a privately held auto insurance company, headquartered in Huntington Beach, California. He also serves as a director of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., McMoRan Exploration Co. and Affordable Residential Communities, Inc. DAVID L. KENNEDY
J. ROBERT KERREY RONALD O. PERELMAN Mr. Ronald O. Perelman is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings, a diversified holding company with interests in consumer products, entertainment, financial services, biotechnology and gaming. Among the principal interests of MacAndrews & Forbes are: Revlon, Inc., Panavision, Inc., Allied Security, TransTech Pharma, and Scientific Games Corporation. MICHAEL J. REGAN Michael J. Regan is a former Vice Chairman and Chief Administrative Officer of KPMG LLP, a leading provider of audit and tax services. Over his 40 years with KPMG, Mr. Regan was involved in a wide range of business activities, was lead partner for many Fortune 500 companies, and was head of the New York Audit Practice. He is a graduate of Manhattan College, where he is currently a member of the board of trustees, and served four years as a naval officer. Mr. Regan also sits on the Board of Allied Security Holdings, LLC. BARRY F. SCHWARTZ Mr. Barry F. Schwartz is Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Administrative Officer of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc., a diversified holding company with interests in consumer products, entertainment, financial services, biotechnology and gaming, among other fields. As Chief Administrative Officer, Mr. Schwartz supervises all legal, financial, governmental and administrative aspects of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. Mr. Schwartz also serves as Chief Executive Officer of M & F Worldwide Corp. Prior to joining MacAndrews & Forbes in 1989, Mr. Schwartz was a partner at the Philadelphia law firm of Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen. His other corporate directorships include Revlon Consumer Products Corporation and Rev, Inc. FRANCES F. TOWNSEND ERIC M. TURNER Eric M. Turner served as Senior Vice President of State Street
Corporation, a financial services company, JOSEPH R. WRIGHT
From 1989-1994, Mr. Wright was EVP, Vice Chairman, and Director of W.R. Grace & Company, Chairman of Grace Energy Company, and President of Grace Environmental Company. In the 1980’s he served in the U.S. Government under President Reagan as Deputy Director then Director of the Federal Office of Management and Budget in the Executive Office of the President and a member of the Cabinet, and earlier as Deputy Secretary of Commerce. He was one of the few individuals who received the Distinguished Citizens Award from President Reagan. He was later appointed to the President’s Export Council by President George H.W. Bush as Chairman of the Export Control Sub-Committee and was appointed by President George W. Bush to the President’s Commission on the U.S. Postal Service Reform, and the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC). Prior to the 1980’s, Mr. Wright was President of several credit card subsidiaries of Citibank and was a partner in Booz, Allen and Hamilton. He received an MIA from Yale University and a BS from Colorado School of Mines. He lives with his wife, Ellen, in New York City. |
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A. Lorne Weil is Chairman of Scientific Games Corporation, a leading supplier of technology-based products, systems and services to gaming markets worldwide. Effective January 1, 2009, Mr. Weil transitioned out of a day-to-day role in the Company, but continues to serve as Scientific Games’ Chairman of the Board. In his continuing role as Chairman, he will devote his time to overall strategic guidance and will serve as an advisor on key business development and M&A projects. On September 6, 2000, Autotote Corporation acquired Scientific Games Holdings Corporation and later became Scientific Games Corporation (NASDAQ: SGMS). Mr. Weil has been Chairman of the Board of Directors since October 1991 and served as Chief Executive Officer from April 1992 through December 2008. Mr. Weil also served as President of the Company from August 1997 to June 2005. During Mr. Weil’s
tenure, the company grew revenues from $43 million in 1992 to more than $1billion in 2007.
Michael Chambrello became CEO of Scientific Games in January, 2010 after joining Scientific Games in July, 2005 as President and COO. Mr. Chambrello has overall responsibility for managing Scientific Games day-to-day worldwide activities. Since joining Scientific Games he has been focused on improving operating efficiencies, improving customer satisfaction, new product development and international business development.
Chairman
of Republic New York Corporation's wholly-owned subsidiary, Republic
New York Securities Corporation. From February 1990 to November
1992, Mr. Cohen was a private investor and an advisor to several
industrial and financial companies. From 1983 to 1990, Mr. Cohen
was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Shearson
Lehman Brothers. Mr. Cohen has served on a number of corporate,
industry and philanthropic boards, including The New York Stock
Exchange, The American Express Company, The Federal Reserve Capital
Market Advisory Board, The Depository Trust Company, Olivetti S.p.A.,
Ohio State University Foundation, The New York City Opera and Telecom
Italia S.p.A. Mr. Cohen is currently a director of Portfolio Recovery
Associates, Mount Sinai Hospital, and Titan Corporation.
David L. Kennedy is currently Senior Executive Vice President of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc.
and Vice Chairman of Revlon, Inc. Mr. Kennedy served as the President and Chief Executive Officer
of Revlon from September 2006 through May 2009 and has held various senior management and senior
financial positions with Revlon, the Coca-Cola Company, and affiliates during his 37-year business
career. Mr. Kennedy is a director of Revlon, Inc. and Revlon Consumer Products Corporation.
Mr. Kerrey has served as the President of The New School in New York City
since January 2001. From 1988 to 2000, he served as United States Senator
from Nebraska. During that period, he was a member of numerous congressionally-chartered
commissions and Senate committees, including the Senate Finance and Appropriations
Committees and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Prior to that time, he
served as Governor of Nebraska from 1982 to 1987. Mr. Kerrey also serves on the Board
of Directors of Jones Apparel Group, Inc., Tenet Healthcare Corporation and Genworth Financial, Inc.
Frances F. Townsend has been a partner at the law firm of Baker Botts L.L.P. since April 2009 where
she provides legal and strategic business advice. From January 2008 until April 2009, Ms. Townsend
provided consulting services and advice to corporate clients on business development, crisis and
contingency planning and compliance and international relations.
from
1996 to 2003. Mr. Turner was the executive director of the Massachusetts
State Lottery Commission from 1992 to 1995. During his time at
the Lottery Commission, Mr. Turner was elected to positions of
Treasurer and Secretary of the North American Association of State
and Provincial Lotteries, a professional association of 46 North
American lotteries. In 1991, Mr. Turner served as Deputy Treasurer
of the Office of the State Treasurer of Massachusetts. Prior to
that time, he was employed with Drexel Burnham Lambert for approximately
7 years, last serving as Corporate Vice President, Municipal Finance
Department, from 1989 to 1990.
Joseph R. Wright was CEO of Scientific Games from January 2009 to January 2010. He has been a member of the Board since 2004. He was previously Chairman of Intelsat, the world’s largest provider of satellite/fiber services and before that CEO of PanAmSat, a satellite-based service business, acquired by Intelsat in 2006.
Before PanAmSat, he was Chairman of GRC International Inc., a public company providing advanced IT technologies to government/commercial customers, which was sold to AT&T, and was Co-Chairman of Baker & Taylor Holdings, Inc., an international book/video/software distribution and e-commerce company.