Board of Directors



Lieutenant General James A. Abrahamson (retired USAF)

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 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of StratCom, LLC; SkySpectrum, LLC; and Sky Sentry, LLC. Each of these companies is associated with the development of stratospheric airships for civil and military applications.

From 1992 to 1996, 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.


Joseph M. Ahearn

Director
Chairman: Audit Committee
Member: Compensation Committee

Joseph M. Ahearn has been a member of the Board since December 2003. He currently serves as Senior Vice President for M&F Worldwide Corporation.

Before joining M&F Worldwide, 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.


Martin C. Faga

Director
Member: Compensation Committee, Strategy and Risk Committee

Martin C. Faga has been a member of the Board since August 2006. 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.


Michael F. Horn, Sr.

Director
Chairman: Audit Committee
Member: Strategy and Risk 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.


Lawrence A. Hough

Director
Member: Audit Committee
Chairman: Compensation Committee
Member: Strategy and Risk Committee

Lawrence A. Hough has been a member of the Board since December 2003 and a member of the Audit Committee since January 2004. 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 Goldleaf Financial Solutions, Inc., and Sypherlink, Inc.

Prior to taking his position with Stuart Mill, Mr. Hough served as Chief Executive Officer of SynXis Corporation; Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SatoTravel, a Navigant International Company; and President and Chief Executive Officer of Sallie Mae.

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.


Roberta E. ("Bobbi") Lenczowski

Director
Member: Nominating and Governance Committee, and Strategy 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.


Matthew M. O'Connell

Chief Executive Officer, President, and Director

Matthew 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.


James M. Simon, Jr.

Director
Chairman: Strategy and Risk Committee
Member: Compensation Committee

James M. Simon, Jr., has been a member of the Board since November 2005. He currently serves as the founding Director of the Microsoft Institute for Advanced Technology in Governments.

A career Central Intelligence Agency officer, Mr. Simon was appointed by President Clinton and confirmed by the Senate in 1999 as the first Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Administration, a position he held from January 2000 through January 2003. As deputy to the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence for Community Management, he was responsible for technology acquisition, overseeing budgets, and setting policy for the 14 agencies that comprise the intelligence community. After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Mr. Simon was designated as the senior intelligence official for homeland security, establishing and chairing the Homeland Security Intelligence Council. From January 2003 until January 2005, Mr. Simon served as President and Chief Executive Officer of a consulting and services firm, IntelligenceEnterprises, LLC.

Mr. Simon 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 Herman and Earhart fellowships.


William W. Sprague

Director
Chairman: Compensation Committee
Member: Audit Committee

William W. Sprague has been a member of the Board since 1997. He currently serves as a Managing Director at Sanders Morris Harris Group Inc., where he manages the investment banking division.

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.