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SAMUEL E. BEALL, III Age: 65 Director Since: 2006
Independent Director
Occupation: Investment Banker/Private Investor Qualification Highlights:
Current Board Committees
• Compensation (Chair)
Future Committee Assignments
• Compensation
• Governance
Other Current Public Board Memberships
• None
üLeadership – Former Board Chair - Public
Company; and Former Chairman and CEO -
Public Company
üCorporate Governance; Business Strategy and
Functions; Financial Literacy and Reporting
üRisk Management and Assessment
üExecutive Compensation Design
Biography
Samuel E. Beall, III has served as a director since November 2006 and is currently the Chair of the Compensation
Committee. Upon his election at the Annual Meeting, Mr. Beall will serve on the Compensation and Governance
Committees. Mr. Beall is Strategic Partner of Arlington Capital Advisors, a boutique investment bank, and is a
principal in Beall Investments LLC, a private investment company. Mr. Beall served as Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer of Ruby Tuesday, Inc. (NYSE: RT), which owns and operates casual dining restaurants
under the Ruby Tuesday brand, from May 1995 to June 2012, and as President of Ruby Tuesday, Inc. from July 2004
until June 2012. Mr. Beall currently serves on the board of directors of Pilot Travel Centers LLC, a private company
operating travel centers and travel plazas throughout North America.
Skills and Qualifications Specifically Applicable to Windstream
Mr. Beall’s qualifications for election to the Board include his experience as the chief executive officer of a public
company, which provides him the ability to understand and address Windstream’s challenges and opportunities as a
public company. As a former chief executive officer of a public company and a director of several private businesses,
he has insight on managing complex business operations, overseeing business risk, designing compensation
programs that motivate people, developing national advertising campaigns, assessing corporate governance issues,
and financial reporting requirements for public companies.
JEANNIE DIEFENDERFER Age: 55 Director Since: 2016
Independent Director
Occupation: Strategic Consultant Qualification Highlights:
Future Committee Assignment
• Governance
Other Current Public Board Memberships
• MRV Communications, Inc.
• Westell Technologies, Inc.
üLeadership – Board Member – Public Companies;
Advisory Board Roles – Private Companies;
Former Corporate Executive
üTelecommunications/Regulated Industries
Experience
üStrategic Planning and Consulting
üCorporate Governance
Biography
Jeannie Diefenderfer has served as a director since February 2016 and, upon her election at the Annual Meeting,
she will serve on the Governance Committee. She is the founder and CEO of courageNpurpose, LLC, a consulting
firm providing advisory services to boards and CEOs in strategic initiatives to drive operational and business efficacy.
Previously she spent over 10 years in executive leadership roles at Verizon Communications, including leading
Verizon’s global customer care organization for its largest enterprise customers, serving as Chief Procurement
Officer, and as Senior Vice President of Global Engineering & Planning. Ms. Diefenderfer is a member of the