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Jeff Gardner is president and chief executive officer for Windstream. Gardner has worked in the telecommunications industry for more than 25 years and is executing a focused strategy to transform Windstream and create value for shareholders. Windstream has completed nine acquisitions since its 2006 spinoff from Alltel Corp., adding more than $4 billion in revenue and creating approximately $300 million in operating and capital synergies. The company completed four acquisitions in 2010 totaling $2.2 billion. In 2011, Windstream acquired PAETEC, a leading communications firm for $2.3 billion.Gardner was appointed to the position in December 2005. He previously served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Alltel Corp. He joined Alltel in 1998 when the company merged with 360° Communications.
Gardner is a member of the Business Roundtable, an association of chief executive officers of leading U.S. companies. He also is chairman of the United States Telecom Association.
Gardner earned a degree in finance from Purdue University and an MBA from William and Mary. He is a certified public accountant. He serves on the board of directors of RF Micro Devices, Inc., Arkansas Children's Hospital, Darlington School and Loras College. He serves as chairman of the Arkansas Research Alliance and is chairman of the advisory board for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Center for Distance Health. He also serves on the foundation board at UAMS. Gardner was named a national finalist for the Ernst & Young LLP Entrepreneur of the Year 2010® Award in telecommunications.
About Windstream
Windstream Corp. (Nasdaq: WIN) is a leading provider of advanced network communications, including cloud computing and managed services, to businesses nationwide. The company also offers broadband, phone and digital TV services to consumers primarily in rural areas. Windstream has more than $6 billion in annual revenues and is listed on the S&P 500 index.
Brent Whittington is chief operating officer for Windstream. Whittington oversees the company's operations, engineering, customer service, information technology, marketing and sales. He previously served as executive vice president and chief financial officer for Windstream.Whittington was senior vice president of operations for Alltel prior to joining Windstream in December 2005. He joined Alltel in 2002 as vice president of finance and accounting. Before joining Alltel, Whittington worked for Arthur Andersen LLP for eight years, where he held a variety of positions, including audit manager. He serves on the board of directors of Rignet and the board of trustees of The Nature Conservancy of Arkansas.
He holds a degree in accounting from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
About Windstream
Windstream Corp. (Nasdaq: WIN) is a leading provider of advanced network communications, including cloud computing and managed services, to businesses nationwide. The company also offers broadband, phone and digital TV services to consumers primarily in rural areas. Windstream has more than $6 billion in annual revenues and is listed on the S&P 500 index.
Tony Thomas is chief financial officer and treasurer for Windstream. Thomas oversees the company's financial, tax, procurement, audit, treasury, risk management and investor relations teams. He previously served as controller for Windstream.Thomas was vice president of investor relations for Alltel prior to joining Windstream in June 2006. He joined Alltel as director of revenue accounting when it merged with 360 Communications in 1998. He served in various management roles at Alltel including: vice president of corporate financial planning, vice president of finance for the southeast region, vice president of process development and vice president of wireless wholesale roaming. He served as a senior auditor with Ernst & Young before entering the communications industry in 1997.
Thomas holds a master's degree in business administration from Wake Forest University and a bachelor's degree in accountancy from the University of Illinois. He is a licensed certified public accountant.
About Windstream
Windstream Corp. (Nasdaq: WIN) is a leading provider of advanced network communications, including cloud computing and managed services, to businesses nationwide. The company also offers broadband, phone and digital TV services to consumers primarily in rural areas. Windstream has more than $6 billion in annual revenues and is listed on the S&P 500 index.
John Fletcher is executive vice president, general counsel and secretary for Windstream. Fletcher is responsible for the company's legal affairs, corporate governance and compliance. He was appointed to the position in January 2006.Fletcher previously was a partner in the law offices of Kutak Rock LLP in Little Rock, Ark., where he specialized in corporate and securities law from 1998 to 2006. He worked at the Rose Law Firm of Little Rock from 1993 to 1998.
He is a graduate of the Southern Methodist University School of Law, where he served on the law journal and was elected to the Order of the Coif. He also is an honors graduate of Duke University.
About Windstream
Windstream Corp. (Nasdaq: WIN) is a leading provider of advanced network communications, including cloud computing and managed services, to businesses nationwide. The company also offers broadband, phone and digital TV services to consumers primarily in rural areas. Windstream has more than $6 billion in annual revenues and is listed on the S&P 500 index.
John Eichler is vice president and controller for Windstream. Eichler is responsible for the company's accounting, external reporting and retail billing departments. He previously served as vice president of internal audit for Windstream.Eichler was vice president of internal audit for Alltel's wireline business prior to joining Windstream in July 2006. Before joining Alltel, Eichler served as a consultant for companies in the communications industry and is a former audit manager for Arthur Andersen LLP.
Eichler holds a degree in accounting and finance from the University of Arkansas. He is a licensed certified public accountant and a certified internal auditor. He serves on the board of directors of Junior Achievement of Arkansas.
About Windstream
Windstream Corp. (Nasdaq: WIN) is a leading provider of advanced network communications, including cloud computing and managed services, to businesses nationwide. The company also offers broadband, phone and digital TV services to consumers primarily in rural areas. Windstream has more than $6 billion in annual revenues and is listed on the S&P 500 index.
Cindy Nash is chief information officer for Windstream. Nash is responsible for the management and delivery of information technology services, including application and infrastructure support and production services. She previously served as senior vice president of customer service for Windstream.
Nash served as chief information officer for VALOR Telecom prior to joining Windstream in July 2006. She has worked in the telecommunications industry since 1986 and served in a variety of executive management roles, including vice president of information systems for CenturyTel.Nash holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Northeast Louisiana University and an executive MBA from the University of Texas at Dallas. She serves on the board of directors of Easter Seals Arkansas and on the University of Arkansas at Little Rock's Management Information Systems Advisory Board.
About Windstream
Windstream Corp. (Nasdaq: WIN) is a leading provider of advanced network communications, including cloud computing and managed services, to businesses nationwide. The company also offers broadband, phone and digital TV services to consumers primarily in rural areas. Windstream has more than $6 billion in annual revenues and is listed on the S&P 500 index.
David Works is executive vice president and chief human resources officer for Windstream. He is responsible for the company's human capital strategy, talent acquisition, talent management, employee and labor relations, compensation and benefits. He was appointed to the position in February 2012.
Works previously served as the chief human resources officer for Sears Holdings in Chicago. Prior to joining Sears, Works was a partner at ghSMART, which specializes in the assessment and coaching of executives at Fortune 500 companies. He also held positions with McKinsey & Company and Motorola. Works spent the first seven years of his career as an officer in the U.S. Navy, where he served on a fast-attack nuclear submarine.
Works holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a master's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Connecticut. He has bachelor's degrees in finance and mechanical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.
About Windstream
Windstream Corp. (Nasdaq: WIN) is a leading provider of advanced network communications, including cloud computing and managed services, to businesses nationwide. The company also offers broadband, phone and digital TV services to consumers primarily in rural areas. Windstream has more than $6 billion in annual revenues and is listed on the S&P 500 index.
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Eric Einhorn is senior vice president of government affairs for Windstream. Einhorn is responsible for managing the company's regulatory and legislative initiatives at the federal and state levels. He previously served as vice president of federal government affairs.
Prior to joining Windstream in 2006, Einhorn served as executive director-federal regulatory for AT&T. He also worked at the Federal Communications Commission where he served in several roles, including chief of the telecommunications access policy division in the wireline competition bureau.
Einhorn earned a bachelor's degree in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University and a law degree from Boston College Law School, where he also served as executive editor of the Boston College Law Review. He will earn MBAs this month from a joint program at Cornell University's Johnson School of Management and Queen's University.
About Windstream
Windstream Corp. (Nasdaq: WIN) is a leading provider of advanced network communications, including cloud computing and managed services, to businesses nationwide. The company also offers broadband, phone and digital TV services to consumers primarily in rural areas. Windstream has more than $6 billion in annual revenues and is listed on the S&P 500 index.
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Bob Gunderman is senior vice president of financial planning and treasury for Windstream. Gunderman is responsible for all capital budgeting, forecasting, treasury and capital market functions, debt management, investor relations and risk management. He previously served as vice president of financial planning for Windstream.Gunderman was vice president of internal audit for Alltel prior to joining Windstream in 2008. He served in various management roles at Alltel including vice president of revenue accounting and revenue assurance, director of financial planning and director of mergers and acquisitions. He was a senior accountant with Deloitte and Touche LLP before entering the communications industry in 1996.
Gunderman holds a degree in accounting from the University of Arkansas and is a Certified Public Accountant.
About Windstream
Windstream Corp. (Nasdaq: WIN) is a leading provider of advanced network communications, including cloud computing and managed services, to businesses nationwide. The company also offers broadband, phone and digital TV services to consumers primarily in rural areas. Windstream has more than $6 billion in annual revenues and is listed on the S&P 500 index.
Stock transaction information provided by EDGAR Online. Windstream Corporation makes no representation or warranty with respect to any of the information contained herein, takes no responsibility for supplementing, updating or correcting any such information and shall have no liability with respect to any such information. This listing does not include derivatives, such as stock option grants or shares purchased through an employee stock purchase plan. For recent transactions, including derivative transactions, see our Section 16 SEC filings page.
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