People: Shenandoah Telecommunications Co (SHEN.O)

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
French, Christopher 51 1996 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Skolits, Adele 50 2007 Chief Financial Officer, Vice President - Finance, Treasurer
MacKenzie, Earle 56 2007 Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President
Flowers, Ann 52 2008 Vice President - Legal, General Counsel, Secretary
Pirtle, William 49 2004 Vice President - Sales
Ferguson, David 63 1982 Vice President - Customer Service
Arthur, Douglas 66 1997 Director
Burch, Ken 64 1995 Director
Zerkel, James 64 1985 Director
Lam, Dale 46 2004 Director
Fitzsimmons, Tracy 42 2005 Director
St. John, Jonelle 55 2007 Director
Koontz, Richard 51 2006 Director
Flora, John 54 2008 Director
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Biographies

Name Description
French, Christopher Mr. Christopher E. French has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Shenandoah Telecommunications Company and its subsidiaries since 1988. Prior to his appointment as President, he held a variety of positions with the Company, including Executive Vice President and Vice President-Network Service. Mr. French also serves on the Board of Directors of First National Corporation.
Skolits, Adele Ms. Adele M. Skolits has served as Vice President-Finance of Shenandoah Telecommunications Company since September 2007 and as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since November 2007. Before joining the Company, Ms. Skolits was Chief Financial Officer of Cleveland Unlimited (dba Revol Wireless), a regional provider of wireless phone service, since July 2004, and Chief Financial Officer of City Signal Communications, a fiber-optic network company, from May 2001 to July 2004. She served as Controller of Comcast Metrophone and Director of Financial Operations of Comcast Cellular from 1995 to 1997.
MacKenzie, Earle Mr. Earle A. MacKenzie has been Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Shenandoah Telecommunications Company since June 2003. Mr. MacKenzie also served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer until November 2007. Before joining the Company, Mr. MacKenzie served from May 1999 to November 2002 as President of Broadslate Networks, Inc., a start-up data services provider.
Flowers, Ann Ms. Ann E. Flowers, prior to joining Shenandoah Telecommunications Company as Vice President - Legal, General Counsel and Secretary in November 2008, Ms. Flowers was Of Counsel in the Washington, DC office of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP since 2007, and from 1994 to 2006 was Of Counsel in the Washington, DC office of Cole, Raywid & Braverman, LLP. Ms. Flowers has extensive legal experience representing telecommunications, media and technology companies. Ms. Flowers holds a JD degree from Georgetown University Law Center and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Pirtle, William Mr. William L. Pirtle, prior to becoming Vice President of Sales of Shenandoah Telecommunications Company in April 2004, had served as the Company’s Vice President of Personal Communications Services since November 1996.
Ferguson, David Mr. David E. Ferguson is Vice President of Customer Services of Shenandoah Telecommunications Company since November 1982.
Arthur, Douglas Mr. Douglas C. Arthur is Director of Shenandoah Telecommunications Company. He has been an attorney-at-law since 1967, and currently is managing partner of Arthur, Allamong & Brown in Strasburg, Virginia. He is a member and Chairman of the Board of Directors of First National Corporation.
Burch, Ken Mr. Ken L. Burch is Director of Shenandoah Telecommunications Company. He is a farmer who owns a purebred and commercial beef cattle operation near Shenandoah Caverns, Virginia.
Zerkel, James Mr. James E. Zerkel II is Director of Shenandoah Telecommunications Company. He has served as Vice President of James E. Zerkel, Inc., a hardware firm located in Mt. Jackson, Virginia, since 1970. Mr. Zerkel also serves on the Board of Directors of the Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative.
Lam, Dale Mr. Dale S. Lam is Director of Shenandoah Telecommunications Company. He has served as President of Strategent Financial, LLC, a financial advisory firm, since November 2008. Mr. Lam previously served as Chief Financial Officer and member of the Board of Directors of ComSonics, Inc., a cable television equipment manufacturer and repair operation headquartered in Harrisonburg, Virginia, since April 2001. He is also a Certified Public Accountant.
Fitzsimmons, Tracy Dr. Tracy Fitzsimmons is Director of Shenandoah Telecommunications Company. She is President of Shenandoah University, Winchester, Virginia, a position she has held since July 2008. She previously served as Senior Vice President and Vice President for Academic Affairs of Shenandoah University since October 2006 and Vice President of Academic Affairs since July 2002. Dr. Fitzsimmons also currently serves as a professor of political science at Shenandoah University. Dr. Fitzsimmons received a PhD and M.A. degrees from Stanford University and a B.A. degree from Princeton University.
St. John, Jonelle Ms. Jonelle St. John is Director of Shenandoah Telecommunications Company. She is currently a consultant and has previously served as a director and chairman of the audit committee of Motient Corporation, a nationwide provider of two-way, wireless mobile data services and wireless Internet services. Ms. St. John was the chief financial officer of MCI WorldCom International in London from 1998 through 2000 following her position as the treasurer of MCI Communications Corporation from 1993 to 1998. Prior to joining MCI, Ms. St. John served as the vice president-finance and treasurer and was the vice president and controller of Telecom*USA from 1985 until it was acquired by MCI in 1990.
Koontz, Richard Mr. Richard L. Koontz, Jr. is Director of Shenandoah Telecommunications Company. He has served as Vice President of Holtzman Oil Corporation, a supplier and distributor of petroleum products located in Mt. Jackson, Virginia, since 1988. He is currently a member and Vice-Chairman of the Shenandoah County School Board.
Flora, John Mr. John W. Flora is Director of Shenandoah Telecommunications Company. He has been an attorney-at-law since 1980, and currently is a shareholder of Lenhart Obenshain PC in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Mr. Flora’s business and tax practice has ranged from serving as lead counsel of a publicly held Fortune 500 company to representing private companies and their owners from business formation through succession.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total
French, Christopher 565,245
Skolits, Adele 298,550
MacKenzie, Earle 478,078
Flowers, Ann --
Pirtle, William 274,186
Ferguson, David 321,590
Arthur, Douglas --
Burch, Ken --
Zerkel, James --
Lam, Dale --
Fitzsimmons, Tracy --
St. John, Jonelle --
Koontz, Richard --
Flora, John --
As Of 30 Dec 2008

Options Compensation

Name Options Value
French, Christopher 11,844 202,300
Skolits, Adele 0 0
MacKenzie, Earle 20,000 356,600
Flowers, Ann 0 0
Pirtle, William 7,187 121,332
Ferguson, David 6,702 83,726
Arthur, Douglas 0 0
Burch, Ken 0 0
Zerkel, James 0 0
Lam, Dale 0 0
Fitzsimmons, Tracy 0 0
St. John, Jonelle 0 0
Koontz, Richard 0 0
Flora, John 0 0

Insider Trading

Name Shares Traded Price
BURCH KEN L 9 $17.20
FITZSIMMONS TRACY 6 $17.20
KOONTZ RICHARD L JR 58 $17.20
FITZSIMMONS TRACY 10 $20.35
KOONTZ RICHARD L JR 49 $20.35
BURCH KEN L 7 $20.35
FITZSIMMONS TRACY 6 $16.80
KOONTZ RICHARD L JR 60 $16.80
ST JOHN JONELLE 13 $17.28
BURCH KEN L 9 $16.80
PIRTLE WILLIAM L 75 $17.28
ARTHUR DOUGLAS CLAY 20 $17.28
ZERKEL JAMES E 526 $17.28
FRENCH CHRISTOPHER E 3,641 $16.97
FRENCH CHRISTOPHER E 6,120 $10.10
FITZSIMMONS TRACY 12 $16.69
KOONTZ RICHARD L JR 60 $16.69
FITZSIMMONS TRACY 11 $17.95
BURCH KEN L 8 $17.95
BURCH KEN L 8 $17.95
KOONTZ RICHARD L JR 56 $17.95
FLORA JOHN W 300 $17.12
FITZSIMMONS TRACY 6 $17.25
KOONTZ RICHARD L JR 58 $17.25
BURCH KEN L 9 $17.25
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