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Mr. Durham is president and chief executive officer of Cognizant Associates, Inc., a consulting firm based in Dallas, Texas, which he founded in 2000. During the 20 years prior to forming Cognizant Associates, Mr. Durham served as president and chief executive officer of Sabre, Inc.; as senior vice president and treasurer of AMR; and as senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer of American Airlines. He also held various other positions within the finance area at AMR. Mr. Durham currently serves as the non-executive chairman of the board of Asbury Automotive Group, Inc., a publicly held company, and as a director and chairman of the audit committee of AGL Resources, Inc., also a publicly held company. He is also a member of the board of Bombardier, Inc., a publicly held Canadian company, and of Culligan International and SCI Solutions. Mr. Durham serves on the board of visitors of the University Medical Center in Dallas and is a member of the University of Rochester Honorary Trustees’ Alumni Council. He holds a master’s degree in business administration from Cornell University and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Rochester. | 