The Allstate Corporation Board of Directors
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Thomas J. Wilson (Age 53) Director since 2006 Chairman since May 2008 and President and Chief Executive Officer of Allstate since January 2007. Mr. Wilson previously served as President and Chief Operating Officer (June 2005 until January 2007), President of Allstate Protection (2002 to 2006), and as Chairman and President of Allstate Financial (1999 to 2002). He joined Allstate in 1995 from Sears, Roebuck and Co., where he was vice president of strategy and analysis. |
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F. Duane Ackerman (Age 68) Director since 1999 Chairman Emeritus of BellSouth Corporation, a communication services company, from December 2006 until his retirement in April 2007. Mr. Ackerman served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BellSouth from mid-2005 through 2006, when it was merged into AT&T. He previously served BellSouth as Chairman, President and CEO from 1998 through mid-2005 and as President and CEO from 1997 to 1998. Mr. Ackerman is a past chairman of the national Council on Competitiveness, as well as a past chair of the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. |
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Robert D. Beyer (Age 51) Director since 2006 Chairman of Chaparal Investments LLC, a private investment firm and holding company which he founded in 2009. Chaparal manages a diverse portfolio of operating, financial, and real estate assets. From 2005 to 2009, Mr. Beyer served as Chief Executive Officer of The TCW Group, Inc., a global investment management firm. Mr. Beyer previously served as President and Chief Investment Officer from 2000 until 2005 of Trust Company of the West, the principal operating subsidiary of TCW. Mr. Beyer is a former director of Société Générale Asset Management, S.A. and The TCW Group, Inc. |
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W. James Farrell (Age 68) Director since 1999 From May 1996 until his retirement in May 2006, Mr. Farrell served as Chairman of Illinois Tool Works Inc., a manufacturer of highly engineered fasteners, components, assemblies, and systems, with operations in 54 countries and over 65,000 employees. He served Illinois Tool Works as Chief Executive Officer from September 1995 until August of 2005. Previously, he served in many leadership positions at Illinois Tool Works, including a number of general manager and vice president positions. |
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Jack M. Greenberg (Age 68) Director since 2002 Chairman of The Western Union Company, a money transfer service firm, since September 2006. Chairman of Innerworkings, Inc., a global provider of print and promotional services, since June of 2010. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of McDonald’s Corporation from May 1999 until his retirement in 2002. |
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Ronald T. LeMay (Age 66) Director since 1999 Chairman of Aircell Corporation since July 2006, Mr. LeMay also served as its Chief Executive Officer from July 2009 to February 2010. Executive Chairman of E-Recycling Corporation since 2010. Mr. LeMay previously served as Industrial Partner of Ripplewood Holdings, LLC, a private equity fund, from October 2003 until February of 2009, and as Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Last Mile Connections, Inc. from September 2005 and October 2006, respectively, until August 2009. Mr. LeMay also has been Chairman of October Capital since February 2000, and Chairman of Razorback Capital since August 2006. Both companies are private investment companies. He serves in various board and executive capacities in the portfolio companies of October Capital and Razorback Capital. Mr. LeMay is also President and Managing Director of OpenAir Ventures, a venture capital firm he formed in September 2008 to make early stage investments in wireless communications companies. Previously, Mr. LeMay served as Representative Executive Officer of Japan Telecom from November 2003 until the sale of the company in July 2004 and as President and Chief Operating Officer of Sprint Corporation from October 1997 until April 2003. |
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Andrea Redmond (Age 55) Director since 2010 Independent consultant with over twenty years of experience providing executive recruiting, succession planning, and talent management services. Previously, Ms. Redmond was Managing Director and Co-Head of the CEO/Board Services Practice at Russell Reynolds Associates Inc., a global executive search firm, and led the firm’s insurance practice for more than ten years. Ms. Redmond’s civic involvement includes service as a director of Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and LivingWell Cancer Resource Center. |
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H. John Riley, Jr. (Age 70) Director since 1998 Lead Director since 2011 Chairman of Cooper Industries, Ltd., a diversified manufacturer of electrical products, tools, and hardware, from April 1996 until his retirement in February 2006. Mr. Riley previously served Cooper Industries as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from April 1996 until May 2005 and as Chairman, President and CEO from April 1996 until August 2004. |
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John W. Rowe (Age 66) |
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Joshua I. Smith (Age 70) Director since 1997 Chairman and Managing Partner since 1999 of The Coaching Group, a management consulting firm. Previously, he was founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The MAXIMA Corporation, a 20-year old consultancy that achieved a national reputation as one of the top African American owned and fastest-growing firms in the United States. Appointed by President George H.W. Bush, he has served as Chairman of the U.S. Commission on Minority Business Development, as a member of the Executive Committee of the 1990 Economic Summit of Industrialized Nations, and as a director of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He was a Member of the Board of the Maryland Small Business Development Finance Authority and Chairman of a special Task Force on Minority Business Reform for the Governor of the State of Maryland. He was also Chairman of the National Urban Coalition and a member of the National Fund Raising Campaign Committee of the NAACP. |
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Judith A. Sprieser (Age 57) Director since 1999 Chief Executive Officer of Transora, Inc., a technology software and services company from September 2000 until March 2005. Previously, Ms. Sprieser served in a number of key leadership roles for the Sara Lee Corporation from 1987 until 2000, including Executive Vice President, Chief Executive Officer of Sara Lee’s Food Group, and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Sprieser is a Certified Public Accountant. |
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Mary Alice Taylor (Age 61) Director since 2000 Mrs. Taylor is an active independent business executive with extensive experience in senior executive positions with Fortune 100 companies. Before her retirement in 2000, She has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Webvan Group, Inc. and as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HomeGrocer.com. Prior to that, she was Corporate Executive Vice President of Citicorp and Senior Vice President at FedEx Corporation. Mrs. Taylor has served on several major public company boards. Currently, she sits on the board of Blue Nile, Inc., where she has been lead independent director since 2004, is the Chairperson of the Nominating and Governance Committee, and is a member of the Audit Committee. |