Lieutenant General James A. Abrahamson (retired USAF)
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Chairman, Nominating and Governance Committee
Member, Audit Committee
Lt. Gen. (Ret.) James A. Abrahamson, age 74, has been a member of the Board since April 1998, and has served as Chairman of the Board since November 2001. He has also served as Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee since January 2005 and a member of the Audit committee since 2007. Lt. Gen. Abrahamson currently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of StratCom, LLC, SkySpectrum LLC, and Sky Sentry LLC, each of which are companies associated with the development of stratospheric airships for civil and military applications. From 1992 to 1996, he served as Chairman of the Oracle Corporation. Prior to his Oracle responsibilities, he served as Executive Vice President for Corporate Development and then as President of the Transportation Sector for Hughes Aircraft Company from October 1989 to April 1992. While on active duty in the Air Force he was one of the military’s most experienced program directors. General Abrahamson directed 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 NASA Associate Administrator for Space Flight, managing NASA’s space shuttle from its first flight through ten safe and successful missions. He directed the Maverick Missile development program and was Spacecraft Project Officer on the Vela Hotel, Nuclear Explosion Detection satellite. 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, age 53, has been a member of the Board since December 2003 and has been Chairman of the Audit Committee since January 2004. Mr. Ahearn currently serves as Senior Vice President for M&F Worldwide Corporation. Mr. Ahearn previously served as President of Pilgrim Advisors in White Plains, New York from January 2000 to August 2004. He also served as Managing Director of Qorval, Inc. from August 2004 to September 2005. From September 2005 until December 2005, Mr. Ahearn also served as the Vice President, Special Products, for Panavision, Inc. Mr. Ahearn was a member of the firm of Touche Ross & Co. from 1981 to 1987 and Arthur Andersen & Co. from 1976 to 1980. During his professional career, Mr. Ahearn has served as CEO or COO of 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 of Northwestern University in 1981.
Martin C. Faga
Director
Member, Strategy and Risk Committee
Martin C. Faga, age 66, has been a member of the Board since August 2006. Mr. Faga served as MITRE’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 he directed the operation of three 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 Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space, Director of the National Reconnaissance Office and an engineer at the Central Intelligence Agency. He 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 was awarded 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 has also been appointed by President Bush to the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory and Public Interest Declassification Boards. Mr. Faga received both his Master and Bachelor of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University in 1964 and 1963, respectively.
Lawrence A. Hough
Director
Member, Audit Committee
Chairman, Compensation Committee
Member, Nominating and Governance Committee
Lawrence A. Hough, age 63, has been a member of the Board since December 2003 and has been a member of the Audit Committee since January 2004. Mr. Hough currently serves as the Chairman of Stuart Mill Capital, Inc., and the Managing Director of Stuart Mill Venture Partners, L.P. Mr. Hough served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Sallie Mae from July 1990 until July 1997. He also served as Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SatoTravel from 1999-2001, and President and Chief Executive Officer of SatoTravel, a Navigant International Company, from 2001-2003. From 2004 until 2005, Mr. Hough served as Chief Executive Officer of SynXis Corporation. Mr. Hough serves as a director of Goldleaf Financial Solutions, Inc., and Sypherlink Inc. He is also a trustee for the Shakespeare Theatre Company and the Levine School of Music, and Chairman of GivingNet Inc. (formerly Community Foundations of America). He served in the United States Navy as a Lieutenant after receiving a degree in Engineering from Stanford University in 1966. Mr. Hough received his Master’s degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1972.
Roberta E. (“Bobbi”) Lenczowski
Director
Member Strategy Committee
Roberta E. (“Bobbi”) Lenczowski, age 66, has been a member of the Board since August 2007. Ms. Lenczowski has more than 30 years of government and industry experience. In November 1977, she began as a photogrammetrist with the Defense Mapping Agency, now known as National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (“NGA”). After retiring, having served her final five years as Technical Director and West Director on the Agency's Executive Committee, Ms. Lenczowski formed Roberta E. Lenczowski Consulting in May 2005. In addition, she is a Board Director for TechniGraphics and for the Leonard Wood Institute and is 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, Rolla.
Matthew M. O’Connell
Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
Matthew M. O’Connell, age 55, has been a member of the Board since 2001. Mr. O’Connell also serves as the Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company. Mr. O’Connell was Acting CEO of GeoEye’s predecessor, ORBIMAGE from October 2001 until the spring of 2003, after which he served as CEO of ORBIMAGE until the formation of GeoEye in January 2006. 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. Mr. O’Connell has over twenty years of experience in communications management and finance. Prior to joining Crest, Mr. O’Connell was 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 served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Osborn Communications Corporation, a publicly traded radio and television station operator. Prior to his tenure at Osborn, 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. He began his career as a lawyer on Wall Street, specializing in mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. Mr. O’Connell 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., age 60, has been a member of the Board since November 2005. Mr. Simon currently serves as the founding Director of the Microsoft Institute for Advanced Technology in Governments. A career C.I.A. 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, and setting policy for, and overseeing the budgets of, the 14 agencies that comprise the Intelligence Community. After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, he 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 CEO 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
Member, Compensation Committee
Member, Strategy and Risk Committee
William W. Sprague, age 48, has been a member of the Board since 1997. Mr. Sprague currently serves as a Managing Director at Sanders Morris Harris, 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 the founder and Managing Partner of Crest Advisors LLC, a boutique investment bank that invested in, and advised middle-market companies, especially in the media and communications industries. Crest Communications Holdings LLC, one of its affiliates, held Series A Preferred Stock in our Predecessor Company and received warrants as parts of our restructuring, which it sold. From 1989 to 1996, Mr. Sprague served in various positions at Smith Barney, Inc., including as a Managing Director and head of the Media and Telecommunications Group, as co-head of the Mergers and Acquisitions Group and as a senior member of Smith Barney Inc.’s high yield group. From 1985 to 1989, Mr. Sprague was a Vice President at Kidder Peabody & Co. Incorporated in the High Yield/Merchant Banking Group. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Williams College and a Masters of Business Administration with distinction from the Wharton School of Business.
Michael F. Horn, Sr.
Director
Member, Audit Committee
Member, Strategy and Risk Committee
Age 70, has been a member of the Board since December 2007. Mr. Horn has more than 40 years of executive financial management, audit, and consulting experience, including 35 years with KPMG, a respected auditing and consulting firm, where he served as a partner for 28 years. He has served as an auditor and consultant for various companies dealing with the same issues that GeoEye will encounter. 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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