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Donald E. Graham
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive OfficerDonald E. Graham
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Elected to the board September 11, 1974.
Donald E. Graham became chief executive officer of The Washington Post Company in May 1991 and chairman of the board in September 1993. He was publisher of The Post from January 1979 until September 2000 and chairman of the newspaper from September 2000 to February 2008.
Graham was born on April 22, 1945, in Baltimore, Maryland, a son of Philip L. and Katharine Meyer Graham. His father was publisher of The Washington Post from 1946 ... |
| | Lee C. Bollinger
President, Columbia UniversityLee C. Bollinger
President, Columbia University
Elected to the board May 10, 2007
Lee C. Bollinger became the nineteenth President of Columbia University on June 1, 2002. A prominent advocate of affirmative action, he played a leading role in the twin Supreme Court cases—Grutter v Bollinger and Gratz v Bollinger—that upheld and clarified the importance of diversity as a compelling justification for affirmative action in higher education. A leading First Amendment scholar, he is widely published on freedom of speech and press, an... |
| | Christopher C. Davis
Chairman, Davis Selected Advisers, LPChristopher C. Davis
Chairman, Davis Selected Advisers, LP
Elected to the board January 20, 2006
Christopher C. Davis serves as chairman of Davis Selected Advisers, LP, an investment counseling firm that oversees approximately $70 billion of client assets, including mutual funds and institutional separate accounts. The firm employs a research-driven, long-term approach to investing.
He joined Davis Selected Advisers in 1989 as a financial analyst and became a portfolio manager of the firm’s flagship funds, Davis New York Venture ... |
| | Barry Diller
Chairman and Senior Executive, IAC
Chairman and Senior Executive, Expedia, Inc.
Chairman and Senior Executive, TripAdvisor, Inc.Barry Diller
Chairman and Senior Executive, IAC
Chairman and Senior Executive, Expedia, Inc.
Chairman and Senior Executive, TripAdvisor, Inc.
Elected to the board August 1, 2000
Barry Diller is Chairman and Senior Executive of IAC, Chairman and Senior Executive of Expedia, Inc. and Chairman and Senior Executive of TripAdvisor, Inc.
IAC is a leading Internet company with more than 50 fast-growing, highly-related brands serving loyal consumer audiences; IAC’s mission is to harness the power of interactivity to make daily life easier and more productive for all people all over the world. Some of IAC’s businesses include... |
| | Thomas S. Gayner
President and Chief Investment Officer, Markel CorporationThomas S. Gayner
President and Chief Investment Officer, Markel Corporation
Elected to the board January 18, 2007
Thomas S. Gayner is president and chief investment officer of Markel Corporation, a publicly traded insurance holding company headquartered in Glen Allen, VA. Markel writes specialty insurance for three market segments: the Excess and Surplus Lines Market, the Specialty Admitted Market and the London Insurance Market. The specialty insurance market provides coverage for hard-to-place risks that do not fit the underwriting criteria of standard ca... |
| | Dave Goldberg
Chief Executive Officer, SurveyMonkeyDave Goldberg
Chief Executive Officer, SurveyMonkey
Elected to the board September 13, 2012
Dave Goldberg joined SurveyMonkey in April 2009. He has been a successful entrepreneur, venture capitalist and technology and music industry executive and has run—and successfully grown—several online consumer businesses.
In 1994, Goldberg founded LAUNCH Media Inc., which delivered music and music-related content online, and led the company through its acquisition by Yahoo! in 2001. Following the sale, he served as vice president and g... |
| | Anne M. Mulcahy
Retired Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer,
Xerox CorporationAnne M. Mulcahy
Retired Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer,
Xerox Corporation
Elected to the board January 17, 2008
Anne M. Mulcahy was most recently chairman of Xerox Corporation. She stepped down from this role and from the Xerox Board, effective May 20, 2010.
From August 2001 through June 2009, she was also chief executive officer of Xerox. Mulcahy retired from the CEO post effective July 1, 2009, and retained the position of chairman.
Prior to serving as CEO, Mulcahy was president and chief operating officer of Xerox from May 2... |
| | Ronald L. Olson
Attorney, Member of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLPRonald L. Olson
Attorney, Member of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
Elected to the board September 11, 2003
Ronald L. Olson is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP. Mr. Olson has practiced law with the firm since 1968. Mr. Olson also serves as a director of Berkshire Hathaway, Edison International, City National Corporation, and Western Asset Trusts and several non-profits, including the RAND Corporation (formerly chair), the Mayo Clinic, the California Institute of Technology, and Nuclear Threat Initiative. He was Cha... |
| | Larry D. Thompson
Executive Vice President–Government Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, PepsiCoLarry D. Thompson
Executive Vice President–Government Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, PepsiCo
Larry D. Thompson retired from PepsiCo in May 2011. In June 2012, he rejoined the company as Executive Vice President-Government Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. His responsibilities include leading PepsiCo's worldwide legal function, as well as its global government affairs and public policy group and its global citizenship and sustainability team.
Mr. Thompson has extensive leadership experience in both the public and private sectors. In 2001, Mr. Thompson was co... |
| | G. Richard Wagoner
Retired Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer,
General Motors CorporationG. Richard Wagoner
Retired Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer,
General Motors Corporation
Elected to the board June 10, 2010
G. Richard (“Rick”) Wagoner retired from General Motors Corporation in August 2009 after a 32-year career. He served as GM chairman and chief executive officer from May 2003 through March 2009 and had been president and chief executive officer since June 2000. Other positions he held at GM include: president and chief operating office; executive vice president of GM and president of North American Operations; executive vice president, chief financ... |
| | Katharine Weymouth
Chief Executive Officer, Washington Post Media
Publisher, The Washington PostKatharine Weymouth
Chief Executive Officer, Washington Post Media
Publisher, The Washington Post
Elected to the board September 23, 2010
Katharine Weymouth is chief executive officer of Washington Post Media, a unit of The Washington Post Company that includes The Washington Post, Express and El Tiempo Latino, and publisher of The Washington Post. She was named to both positions in February 2008. She had been vice president of advertising for The Washington Post since January 2005.
Weymouth joined the Post in 1996 as assistant counsel. After two years, she moved to Washin... |
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Audit Committee
- Thomas S. Gayner, Chairman
- Christopher C. Davis
- G. Richard Wagoner, Jr.
Compensation Committee
- Anne M. Mulcahy, Chairman
- Lee C. Bollinger
- Barry Diller
- Larry D. Thompson
Finance Committee
- Christopher C. Davis, Chairman
- Barry Diller
- Thomas S. Gayner
- Dave Goldberg
- Donald E. Graham
- Katharine Weymouth
Executive Committee
- Donald E. Graham, Chairman
- Christopher C. Davis
- Barry Diller
- Anne M. Mulcahy
- Ronald L. Olson
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