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negotiations, wholesale services group, federal and state government and external affairs, corporate
communications, administrative services, and corporate governance, in addition to serving as Alltel’s
chief legal officer. Mr. Frantz served as the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 Chairman of the Board and
Chairman of the Executive Committee of USTelecom, a telecom trade association that represents over
1,000 member companies.
Jeffery R. Gardner, age 48, President and Chief Executive Officer of Windstream since July 2006.
Mr. Gardner has been a director of Windstream since July 2006 and was a director of Alltel Holding
Corp. from December 2005 to July 2006. Alltel appointed Mr. Gardner in December 2005 to serve as
President and Chief Executive Officer of Alltel Holding Corp. Prior to January 2006, 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 53, 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. Since July 1, 2007, Mr. Hinson has served as the President
and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Border Media Partners, LLC.
Mr. Hinson served as a financial consultant from January 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007. 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 Chairman of the Audit
Committee of TiVo, Inc.
Judy K. Jones, age 64, 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. From 1988 to 2006, Ms. Jones
was certified as a “Certified Public Accountant — Inactive” by the New Mexico Board of Public
Accountancy. She is currently a member of the board of directors of Lovelace Respiratory Research
Institute.
William A. Montgomery, age 59, 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 also 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.
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