Board of Directors



Lieutenant General James A. Abrahamson, USAF (Ret)

Chairman of the Board of Directors
Member: Audit Committee, Nominating and Governance Committee

Lt. Gen. (Ret.) James A. Abrahamson has been a member of the Board since April 1998 and has served as chairman of the Board since November 2001. Lt. Gen. Abrahamson currently serves as vice chairman of the board of directors of MSGI Security Solutions, Inc. (OTCBB: MSGI) and chairman and chief executive officer of StratCom, LLC; and SkySpectrum, LLC, privately-held companies associated with the development of stratospheric airships for civil and military applications.

From 1992 to 1995, Lt. Gen. Abrahamson served as chairman of the Oracle Corporation. Prior to holding his chairmanship at Oracle, he held the position of executive vice president for Corporate Development, and then president of the Transportation Sector, for Hughes Aircraft Company.

While on active duty in the Air Force, Lt. Gen. Abrahamson became one of the military's most experienced program directors. He led the Strategic Defense Initiative (President Reagan's "Star Wars" Program) from April 1984 until he retired from the Air Force in January 1989 at the rank of lieutenant general. He also directed the development of the F-16 Multi-National Fighter and served as the NASA associate administrator for Space Flight, managing NASA's space shuttle from its first flight through 10 safe and successful missions.

Lt. Gen. Abrahamson earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1955 and a Master of Science degree in the same field through the Air Force Institute of Technology program at the University of Oklahoma in 1961. He completed Squadron Officer School in 1958, Air Command and Staff College in 1966, the Air Force Test Pilot School in 1967, and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 1973. He served in the Air Force as a test pilot, fighter pilot, and program manager for 33 years, prior to moving to senior positions in civil industry.

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Joseph M. Ahearn

Director
Member: Audit Committee, Compensation Committee

Joseph M. Ahearn has been a member of the Board since December 2003. He currently serves as senior vice president for MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. and served as chairman and chief executive officer of Faneuil, Inc., a privately held corporation, since 2007.

Before joining MacAndrews & Forbes, Mr. Ahearn held the positions of vice president, Special Products, at Panavision, Inc.; managing director of Qorval, Inc.; and president of Pilgrim Advisors. Mr. Ahearn was a member of the firm of Touche Ross & Company from 1981 to 1987 and Arthur Andersen & Co. from 1976 to 1980.

During his professional career, Mr. Ahearn has served as chief executive officer or chief operating officer for numerous companies, including Coleco Industries, Remington Products, Toy Biz, Inc., and Marvel Entertainment. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and Computer Science from Fordham University in 1976 and a Masters of Management from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in 1981.

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Michael P.C. Carns, USAF (Ret)

Director

General Carns has been a member of the Board since October 2011. He was appointed as the board representative of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. GeoEye partnered with Cerberus, which provided financing support of the Company's bid on the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA's) EnhancedView program.

In 1991, General Carns became vice chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, the position he held until his retirement in 1994. During his Air Force career, he served four tours of duty in Europe and four tours in the Pacific. During the Vietnam War, he flew 200 combat missions in the F-4 fighter and was awarded the Silver Star, the nation's third highest combat decoration for valor. After his retirement from the United States Air Force, he served as the managing director of a small healthcare firm for one year. After that, he founded a Wall Street policy research firm specializing in Pacific Rim security, international capital flows and international energy issues. Currently, General Carns serves on a number of Department of Defense advisory panels, boards and task forces. He is also on the board of directors for a number of corporations and consults for various businesses, including a number of technology start-ups. General Carns is a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado; the Harvard Business School in Massachusetts, with Distinction; and the Royal College of Defense Studies in London, England.

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Martin C. Faga

Director
Member: Compensation Committee, Strategy Committee

Martin C. Faga has been a member of the Board since August 2006. Since April 2009, Mr. Faga has been a director of Segovia Global IP Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Inmarsat plc, a British mobile satellite company. He served as the MITRE Corporation's president and chief executive officer from May 2000 until June 2006 and remains as a member of the Board of Trustees. While at MITRE, Mr. Faga directed the operation of Federally Funded Research and Development Centers for the Department of Defense, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Internal Revenue Service.

Highlights of Mr. Faga's career include serving as assistant secretary of the Air Force for Space, the director of the National Reconnaissance Office, and engineer at the Central Intelligence Agency. He also served as a staff member of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.

Mr. Faga has been awarded numerous Distinguished Service Medals, including the Intelligence Community Seal Medallion, which he received in 2004. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers.

Mr. Faga was also appointed by President George W. Bush to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory and Public Interest Declassification Boards. He received both his Master and Bachelor of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University in 1964 and 1963, respectively.

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Michael F. Horn, Sr.

Director
Chairman: Audit Committee
Member: Strategy Committee

Michael F. Horn, Sr., has been a member of the Board since December 2007. He has more than 40 years of executive financial management, auditing, and consulting experience. Mr. Horn spent 35 years with KPMG, a respected auditing and consulting firm, where he served as a partner for 28 years. He has worked as an auditor and consultant for various companies dealing with accounting practices similar to GeoEye's.

Mr. Horn earned his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Georgetown University in 1961 and completed advanced studies at Harvard and Stanford in their executive programs.

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Lawrence A. Hough

Director
Chairman: Nominating and Governance Committee
Member: Strategy Committee

Lawrence A. Hough has been a member of the Board since December 2003. He currently serves as the chairman of Stuart Mill Capital, Inc., and managing director of Stuart Mill Venture Partners, L.P. He is also a director of Appistry, Inc., Marrone Organics Innovations, Inc., and Sypherlink, Inc., all privately held corporations.

Prior to taking his position with Stuart Mill, Mr. Hough served as chief executive officer of SynXis Corporation.

Mr. Hough is a trustee for the Shakespeare Theatre Company and the Levine School of Music. He is also chairman of GivingNet, Inc. (formerly Community Foundations of America). Mr. Hough served in the United States Navy as a lieutenant after receiving a degree in Engineering from Stanford University in 1966. He received his Master's degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1972.

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Roberta E. ("Bobbi") Lenczowski

Director
Member: Nominating and Governance Committee, Strategy Committee and Risk Committee

Roberta E. ("Bobbi") Lenczowski has been a member of the Board since August 2007. She has more than 30 years of government and industry experience. Ms. Lenczowski began as a photogrammetrist with the Defense Mapping Agency (DMA), now known as the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), in 1977.

After serving her final five years as technical director and West director on the DMA's Executive Committee, Ms. Lenczowski retired from the government. In 2005, she formed Roberta E. Lenczowski Consulting. She is also a board director for TechniGraphics and the Leonard Wood Institute, and she serves as an external director for Fugro EarthData International.

Ms. Lenczowski earned her classical Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Creighton University in 1963, graduating summa cum laude. She completed degree requirements for a Master of Arts in Philosophy from St. Louis University in 1970 and for a Master of Science in Geodetic Science from Washington University in 1981. In addition, she has fulfilled partial requirements toward a Master of Science in Computer Science from Missouri University of Science and Technology at Rolla.

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Matt M. O'Connell

Chief Executive Officer, President, and Director

Matt M. O'Connell has been a member of the Board since 2001. He also serves as GeoEye's president, chief executive officer, and director. Mr. O'Connell was acting CEO of GeoEye's predecessor company, ORBIMAGE, from October 2001 until the spring of 2003. He then became chief executive officer of ORBIMAGE until the formation of GeoEye in January 2006.

Before joining ORBIMAGE, Mr. O'Connell was a managing director at Crest Advisors, a New York-based private investment bank that invests in and advises middle-market companies, especially in the media and communications industries. He has also served as senior vice president, Legal and Business Affairs, for Sony Worldwide Networks, a division of Sony Corporation, specializing in radio and Internet programming. Before working at Sony, he was senior vice president and general counsel of Osborn Communications Corporation, a publicly traded radio and television station operator. In addition, Mr. O'Connell was the assistant general counsel at Cablevision Systems Corporation, where he was responsible for acquisitions and finance, including the company’s initial public offering.

Mr. O'Connell began his career as a lawyer on Wall Street, specializing in mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Classics from Trinity College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia Law School.

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James M. Simon, Jr.

Director
Chairman: Strategy Committee
Member: Compensation Committee

James M. Simon, Jr., has been a member of the Board since November 2005. He currently serves as chief strategist, Worldwide Public Sector, The Microsoft Corporation. Before taking his current position, Jim was the founding director of The Microsoft Institute for Advanced Technology in Governments. Before joining Microsoft, he ran a consulting firm.

Jim has served in the U.S. Army and was a principle negotiator for the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty. He was appointed by President Clinton, and confirmed by the Senate, as assistant director of Central Intelligence for Administration. Jim has written extensively on military history, intelligence, and homeland security and has presented papers before various professional associations including the Business Executives for National Security, the Operations Research Society of America, and the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies.

Jim has a Bachelor of Arts degree from The University of Alabama and a Master of Arts from the University of Southern California. He has studied at the University of Maryland, the Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität in Frankfurt, the Universität Bayern e.V. in Munich, the Industrial College of the Armed Forces and Harvard University. He interned at Radio Free Europe and held both Herman and Earhart fellowships.

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William W. Sprague

Director
Chairman: Compensation Committee
Member: Risk Committee

William W. Sprague has been a member of the Board since 1997. He currently serves as the president and chief executive officer of Madison Williams and Company, formerly known as SMH Capital Markets, which was a division of Sanders Morris Harris Group Inc., until December 2009.

From January 2000 to April 2004, Mr. Sprague served both as managing partner of Crest Equity, a private equity firm, and as founder and managing partner of Crest Advisors LLC, a boutique investment bank that advises and invests in middle-market companies, especially in the media and communications industries.

Mr. Sprague served in various positions at Smith Barney, Inc., from 1989 to 1996, including managing director and head of the Media and Telecommunications Group, co-head of the Mergers and Acquisitions Group, and senior member of Smith Barney’s High Yield Group. From 1985 to 1989, he was a vice president at Kidder, Peabody & Co. in the High Yield/Merchant Banking Group.

Mr. Sprague earned a Bachelor of Arts from Williams College and a Masters of Business Administration with distinction from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

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