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Jeffery R. Gardner, age 47, President and Chief Executive Officer of Windstream since July 2006.
Mr. Gardner has been a director of Windstream since July 2006 and of Alltel Holding Corp. since
December 2005. Alltel appointed Mr. Gardner in December 2005 to serve as President and Chief
Executive Officer of Alltel Holding Corp. Prior to December 2005, Mr. Gardner was the Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer of Alltel. Mr. Gardner has been in the communications industry
since 1986 and joined Alltel in 1998 when Alltel and 360º Communications merged. While with 360°
Communications, he held a variety of other senior management positions such as Senior Vice President of
Finance, President of the Mid-Atlantic Region, Vice President and General Manager of Las Vegas and
director of finance. He is a director and a member of the Audit Committee of RF Micro Devices, based in
Greensboro, North Carolina.
Jeffrey T. Hinson, age 52, has served as a director of Windstream since July 2006 and served as a
director of Alltel Holding Corp. from June 2006 to July 2006. Mr. Hinson also serves as a member of the
Audit Committee and the Governance Committee. Mr. Hinson is a financial consultant. Mr. Hinson
served as a consultant to Univision Communications Inc., a Spanish language media company in the
United States from July 2005 to December 2005. Mr. Hinson served as Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer of Univision Communications from March 2004 to June 2005. He served as
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Univision Radio, the radio division of Univision
Communications, from September 2003 to March 2004. From 1997 to 2003, Mr. Hinson served as Senior
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation, which was acquired by
Univision Communications in 2003 and became the radio division of Univision Communications.
Mr. Hinson is a director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of LiveNation and a director and a
member of the Audit Committee of TiVo, Inc.
Judy K. Jones, age 63, has served as a director of Windstream since July 2006 and served as a director of
Alltel Holding Corp. from June 2006 to July 2006. Ms. Jones also serves as a member of the Audit
Committee. She currently provides strategic and organizational planning services for public sector
organizations in New Mexico. Ms. Jones served as the Associate Vice President for Strategic Initiatives
for the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center from April 2004 to February 2006. She was
Vice President for Advancement of the University of New Mexico from January 1998 to April 2004 and
Chief of Staff to the President of the University from April 1988 to January 1998. She is currently a
member of the board of directors of Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute.
William A. Montgomery, age 58, has served as a director of Windstream since July 2006 and served as a
director of Alltel Holding Corp. from June 2006 to July 2006. Mr. Montgomery serves as Chairman of the
Compensation Committee and is a member of the Governance Committee. Mr. Montgomery has been a
private investor since 1999. From 1989 to 1999, Mr. Montgomery was Chief Executive Officer of SA-SO
Company, a company engaged in the distribution of municipal and traffic control products based in
Dallas, Texas. Prior to 1989, Mr. Montgomery worked as a registered representative in the financial
services industry, most recently serving with Morgan Stanley in the Private Client Services group from
1985 to 1989.
Frank E. Reed, age 72, has served as a director of Windstream since July 2006 and served as a director
of Alltel Holding Corp. from June 2006 to July 2006. Mr. Reed also serves as Chairman of the Audit
Committee. Mr. Reed is retired and previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of
Philadelphia National Bank from 1990 to 1995. Mr. Reed served as a director of Alltel from 1998 to
2005, where he served as Chairman of the Audit Committee from 1999 to 2005. He is also a director and
a member of the Audit Committee of Harleysville Group, Inc.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT STOCKHOLDERS
VOTE FOR EACH OF THE FOREGOING NOMINEES. PROXIES SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS WILL BE VOTED FOR EACH OF THE FOREGOING NOMINEES UNLESS
STOCKHOLDERS SPECIFY A CONTRARY VOTE.
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