Year Elected: 2002

Board Committee(s):

• Development
• Governance/Trusteeship

Professional Affiliations Include:

• President and CEO, T.H.E. New Voice, Inc.
• Former Chairman, Godfather’s Pizza, Inc.
• Past Board Chair and Member, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
• Former Chairman and President, Tax Leadership Council
• Board Chair, National Restaurant Association, 1994-1995
• CEO and President, National Restaurant Association, 1996-1999
• Board Member, AGCO, Inc.
• Board Member, Aquila, Inc.
• Board Member, Georgia Chamber of Commerce
• Board Member, Reader’s Digest Association, Inc.
• Board Member, Hallmark Cards Inc.
• Board Member,Whirlpool, Inc.

Education:

• Bachelor of Science,Morehouse College, 1967
• Master of Science, Purdue University, 1971

Achievements Include:

• Honorary Degree Recipient,Morehouse College
• Honorary Degree Recipient ,New York City Technical College
• Suffolk University, Honorary Degree Recipient
• Honorary Degree Recipient, Johnson & Wales University
• Honorary Degree Recipient, Creighton University
• Honorary Degree Recipient, Purdue University
• Honorary Degree Recipient, Tougaloo College
• Honorary Degree Recipient, University of Nebraska
• Horatio Alger Award, 1996
• International Foodservice Manufacturers Association’s Operator of the Year/Gold Plate Award, 1991
• Author of four books: Leadership is Common Sense (1997), Speak as a Leader (1999), CEO of SELF (October, 2001), and They Think You’re Stupid (May, 2005)