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Executive Vice President-External Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary of Alltel Corporation. Mr. Frantz joined
Alltel in 1990 as Senior Vice President and General Counsel and was appointed Secretary in January 1992 and
Executive Vice President in July 1998. While with Alltel, he was responsible for Alltel’s mergers and acquisitions
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’s qualifications for election to the Board include his ability to provide insight and perspective on a wide
range of issues facing business enterprises based on his long tenure as a senior executive in the telecommunications
industry. Mr. Frantz’s over 15-year career as a senior telecom executive in various capacities provides him with a
thorough understanding of all aspects of Windstream’s business, and his service as a director and Chairman of the
United States Telecom Association provides Mr. Frantz with additional experience and insight in telecommunications
policy and regulation. Through his current involvement with a number of private companies and his prior role as
Chairman of Windstream and, before that, as a senior executive at Alltel Corporation, Mr. Frantz has extensive
experience in corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, risk management, government policy and regulation,
and capital market transactions, in addition to the specific aspects of the telecom industry. Based on his role as a
director of various private commercial businesses, including serving as chairman of a regulated commercial bank,
his service on the Windstream Audit Committee and prior service as an executive officer at Alltel, the Windstream
Board has determined that Mr. Frantz qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert,” as defined by the rules of
the SEC.
Jeffrey T. Hinson, age 60, has served as a director of Windstream since its formation in 2006 and has served
as Chairman of the Board since May 2013. Mr. Hinson served as a member of the Audit Committee from 2006
to May 2013 and served as Chairman of the Audit Committee from May 2010 to May 2013. Mr. Hinson has been
the President of YouPlus Media LLC, a video content marketing firm, since 2009. From July 2007 to July 2009,
Mr. Hinson served as the President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Border
Media Partners, LLC, a Hispanic-focused radio broadcasting company. Mr. Hinson previously served in a number of
roles at Univision Communications Inc., a Spanish language media company, including as Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer from March 2004 to June 2005 and 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 Univision Radio. Since 2005,
Mr. Hinson has been a director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:
LYV), a global entertainment company that promotes live music events, operates music venues, sells tickets to
entertainment and sporting events, and provides management services to music recording artists. He also serves
as a director, as Chairman of the Audit Committee, and on the Strategy Committee of TiVo, Inc., a provider of
subscription-based DVR services and interactive video advertising. Until 2014, Mr. Hinson served as a director,
Audit Committee member and Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee of Ares Commercial Real
Estate Corporation (NYSE: ACRE), a specialty finance company focused on originating, investing in and managing
middle-market commercial real estate loans and investments.
Mr. Hinson’s qualifications for election to the Board include his professional background and experience,
his previously held senior-executive level positions for two public companies, his service on other public company
boards, and his financial expertise. His service on the board of other public companies in diverse industries gives
him unique insight to corporate governance matters affecting public companies and also allows him to offer a broad
perspective on the challenges and opportunities facing Windstream.
Judy K. Jones, age 71, has served as a director of Windstream since its formation in 2006. Ms. Jones serves
as a member of the Audit Committee and the Governance Committee. From 2006 until January 2015, she was a
member of the board of directors of Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute (LRRI) and of the Mind Research
Network, a wholly-owned not-for-profit subsidiary of LRRI. She held various senior administrative positions at the
University of New Mexico from 1988 to 2006, including Vice President for Advancement, Associate Vice President
for Strategic Initiatives (Health Sciences Center) and Chief of Staff to the President of the University. She also held
senior administrative positions with New Mexico state government and is a former management consultant serving
public sector clients for a major national accounting firm.