Information about the members of Acxiom’s Board of Directors:
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William T. Dillard II, Director
Michael J. Durham, Non-Executive Chairman of the Board
Dr. Mary L. Good, Director
Dr. Ann Die Hasselmo, Director
William J. Henderson, Director
Thomas F. (Mack) McLarty, III, Director
John A. Meyer, Director
Stephen M. Patterson, Director
Kevin M. Twomey, Director
Jeffrey W. Ubben, Director
R. Halsey Wise, Director
Mr. Dillard has served as a member of the Dillard’s, Inc. board of directors since 1968 and currently serves as the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Dillard’s, Inc. of Little Rock, Arkansas, a chain of traditional department stores with approximately 330 retail outlets in 29 states. In addition to Dillard’s, Inc., Mr. Dillard is also a director of Barnes & Noble, Inc., a publicly held company, and serves on the J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. national advisory and Texas Regional advisory boards. He served as the Company’s lead independent director for two years. He holds a master’s degree in business administration from Harvard University and a bachelor’s degree in the same field from the University of Arkansas.
Mr. Durham, non-executive chairman of the Acxiom board of directors, 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 at various times 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.; as a director and audit committee member of Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.; and as a director and chairman of the audit committee of NWA, Inc. All of the foregoing are publicly held companies. He is also a director and chairman of the Audit Committees of Culligan International and SCI Solutions, both privately held companies. 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.
Dr. Good is the dean of the Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and is the Donaghey University Professor. She is also a managing member for Fund for Arkansas, LLC; Research Solutions, LLC; and Delta Trust and Bank. She has served previously on the boards of the following public companies: Biogen Idec, Inc.; IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.; Cincinnati Milacron, Inc.; and Ameritech, Inc. Previously, Dr. Good served for four years as the undersecretary for technology for the technology administration in the Department of Commerce in President Clinton’s administration, while simultaneously chairing the National Science and Technology Council’s Committee on Technological Innovation (NSTC/CTI) and serving on the National Science and Technology Council’s Committee on National Security. From 1988 - 1993, Dr. Good served as the senior vice president of technology at Allied Signal, Inc., where she was responsible for technology transfer, corporate research and commercialization support for new technologies. During the eight years prior to that time, she held the positions of president of Allied Signal’s Engineered Material Research Center, president of Signal Research Center, Inc., and director of research for UOP, Inc. From 1954 - 1980, Dr. Good was a professor at both the University of New Orleans and at Louisiana State University, where she achieved that University’s highest professional rank, Boyd professor. She was appointed to the National Science Board by President Carter in 1980 and again by President Reagan in 1986. She served as chairman of that board until she was appointed in 1991 by President Bush to become a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). Dr. Good is an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering, a past president of the American Chemical Society, and past president and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Good holds a bachelor of science degree in chemistry from the University of Central Arkansas, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in inorganic chemistry from the University of Arkansas. She has received numerous awards and honorary degrees from many colleges and universities, including most recently the College of William and Mary, Polytechnic University of New York, Louisiana State University and Michigan State University.
Dr. Hasselmo is president of the American Academic Leadership Institute – AALI (formerly Academic Search Consultation Service and the parent company of Academic Search, Inc.) in Washington, D.C. AALI is focused on leadership development for higher education and provides programs and grants that promote the success of college and university presidencies and the institutions they serve. Prior to assuming her current position with AALI/Academic Search, Dr. Hasselmo was vice president and partner in A.T. Kearney, Inc.’s higher education practice. From 1992 - 2001, she served as president of Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas. She served as a member of the board of visitors of Air University of the U.S. Air Force and as a member of the board of directors of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. She is past chair of the board of directors for Educational and Institutional Insurance Administrators, the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III President’s Council, and the American Council on Education’s Council of Fellows. Her memberships have included the American Council on Education board, the Arkansas Repertory Theatre board and the NCAA Executive Committee. She formerly served as dean of H. Sophie Newcomb College and associate provost at Tulane University. Dr. Hasselmo graduated summa cum laude from Lamar University, and holds a master’s degree from the University of Houston and a Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Texas A&M University.
Mr. Henderson currently works as a consultant. Previously, he was chief executive officer of Bestline Research and COO of Netflix Inc. From 1998 until his retirement in 2001, Mr. Henderson was the 71st postmaster general of the United States Postal Service (USPS) and the fifth career employee to lead the world’s largest postal system. From 1994 until his appointment as postmaster general and chief executive officer of the USPS, he served as its chief operating officer. From 1992 to 1994, he served the USPS as vice president of employee relations, then became chief marketing officer and senior vice president. In addition to his service in Washington, D.C., he has served in postal management positions in Chicago, IL; Greensboro, NC; Memphis, TN; and Stockton, CA, among other locations. In 1997, Mr. Henderson received the USPS’ John Wanamaker Award, and in 1998 he received American University’s Roger W. Jones Award for Executive Leadership. In 1998, Mr. Henderson also received an honorary Mailing Excellence Award from the National Postal Forum for his work with the nation’s professional mailing industry. Mr. Henderson serves as a director of comScore Networks, the Committee for Economic Development, the Marrow Donor Foundation and Nature’s Best magazine. He is a partner of Signature Systems, and a fellow with the National Academy of Public Administration. Mr. Henderson holds a degree in industrial relations from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and served in the U.S. Army.
Mr. McLarty is president of McLarty Associates, an international advisory firm (formerly Kissinger McLarty Associates formed in partnership with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger), and chairman of the board of the McLarty Companies, a family owned transportation business. He serves on the board of Union Pacific Corporation and IdleAire Technologies Corporation, both publicly held companies. He is also senior advisor to The Carlyle Group private equity firm and a senior advisor to the law firm of Covington & Burling. Mr. McLarty served in the White House under President Clinton in several key positions including chief of staff, counselor to the president and special envoy for the Americas, with over five years of service in the President’s Cabinet and on the National Economic Council. He worked with President Carter as a member of the Democratic National Committee, was appointed to the National Petroleum Council and the National Council on Environmental Quality by President Bush, and served on the St. Louis Federal Reserve Board from 1989 until joining the Clinton administration in 1992. Prior to his tenure in the White House, Mr. McLarty served as chairman of the board of Arkla, a Fortune 500 natural gas company. He began his business career with the McLarty Companies, where he helped build the business into one of the nation’s largest transportation companies. Mr. McLarty is a senior international fellow at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He holds a degree in business administration from the University of Arkansas.
Mr. Meyer is the Company’s chief executive officer and president. Mr. Meyer joined the Company in February 2008 as chief executive officer and president. From 2003 - 2008 he was employed by Alcatel-Lucent, a global communications network firm as president of the Alcatel-Lucent Services Group, in which position he was responsible for more than $6 billion in annual revenue and the management of more than 20,000 people. The group he led designed, implemented and managed some of the most sophisticated communications networks in the world. Prior to joining Lucent, Mr. Meyer spent nearly 20 years at Electronic Data Systems, Inc. (EDS), where he held a number of positions including head of the Northeast business in the United States and President of the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. Mr. Meyer holds an M.B.A. in quantitative methods from the University of Missouri and a bachelor of science degree in management from Pennsylvania State University. He also served in the U.S. Air Force from 1979 to 1983 as a flight commander, achieving the rank of captain.
Mr. Patterson is the former chief executive officer, president and major stockholder of Leisure Arts, a publishing and direct mail company. Leisure Arts was acquired by Time Warner in 1992. Mr. Patterson is currently president of Patterson Enterprises. He is vice chairman of the board of trustees of Hendrix College. Mr. Patterson served on the board of directors of Worthen Bank and its successor, Bank of America–Arkansas, for 12 years. Mr. Patterson holds a bachelor’s degree from Hendrix College and an electrical engineering degree and an M.B.A. from Columbia University.
Mr. Twomey was president of The St. Joe Company, a major Florida-based real estate development and operating company, from February 1999 until his retirement in May 2006. He held the posts of chief financial officer of that company from February 1999 to March 2005, and chief operating officer from February 2000 until his retirement. He remained a consultant to the company until December 2006. Mr. Twomey is currently a director and chairman of the audit committee of PartnerRe (NYSE: PRE), an international reinsurance company. He is a director and chairman of the audit committee of Doral Financial Corporation (NYSE:DRL), a diversified financial services company. He previously served as a director of Intergraph Corporation from December 2004 until its sale in November 2006, and of Novelis from May 2006 until its sale in May 2007. Prior to joining The St. Joe Company, Mr. Twomey was vice chairman of the board of directors and chief financial officer of H.F. Ahmanson & Company and its principal subsidiary, Home Savings of America. Prior to joining Ahmanson in 1993, he was chief financial officer at First Gibraltar Bank, a company owned by MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings. Mr. Twomey also held management positions with MCorp and Bank of America. He serves on the board of trustees of the University of North Florida and the U.S. Navy Supply Corps Foundation, and is the chairman of the board trustees of the United Way of Northeast Florida.
Mr. Ubben is a co-founder of and managing member and principal owner of ValueAct Capital, an investment partnership with approximately $3.7 billon in assets under management. Prior to co-founding ValueAct Capital in 2000, Mr. Ubben was a managing partner at BLUM Capital Partners (BLUM) for more than five years. During his tenure at BLUM, the firm’s actively managed assets under management grew more than five-fold to approximately $1.8 billion. Previously, Mr. Ubben spent eight years at Fidelity Management and Research, where he managed two multi-billion-dollar mutual funds, including the Fidelity Value Fund. Mr. Ubben serves as a director of four other publicly held companies: Catalina Marketing Corp., Gartner Group, Inc., Mentor Corporation and Per-Se Technologies, Inc. He is a former chairman of the board and director of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc., a former director of Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc., and a former director at several other public and private companies. He holds a B.A. degree from Duke University and an M.B.A. from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
Mr. Wise is chairman, chief executive officer and president of Intergraph Corporation, a leading global provider of spatial information management software. He has served since 2003 as a member of the Intergraph board of directors and in 2006 became a director of Intergraph Holding Company, Intergraph’s parent company. Prior to joining Intergraph, he served as chief executive officer, North America of Solution 6 Holdings, Ltd., one of Australia’s largest software companies and a global leader in the Professional Services Automation (PSA) software market. Prior to that, Mr. Wise was president and chief operating officer of Computer Management Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:CMSX), an information technology software and services company that was later acquired by Computer Associates International (NYSE: CA). At Computer Associates, he was general manager, North America for Global Professional Services. Prior to that, Mr. Wise was an investment banker specializing in software and technology services with The Robinson-Humphrey Company. Mr. Wise holds a masters degree in finance and marketing from the J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and a B.A. degree in history from the University of Virginia.
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