People: FairPoint Communications Inc (FRP.O)

Mr. Edward D. Horowitz serves as Independent Chairman of the Board of Fairpoint Communications Inc. He serves as as the chairman of EdsLink LLC, a New York City based venture capital firm, which he founded in 2000. Mr. Horowitz served as president and chief executive officer of SES–Americom, a communications satellite operator, and as a member of the executive committee of its parent company, SES (SESG, Lux.) from 2005 to 2008. Before founding EdsLink LLC, Mr. Horowitz was executive vice president of Advanced Development at Citigroup from 1997 through 2000 and was the founder and chairman of e-Citi. Prior to joining Citigroup, from 1989 to 1997, Mr. Horowitz was a senior vice president of Viacom Inc. and a member of the operating committee. Mr. Horowitz serves as a director of On Line Resources Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCC) and the Kenan Institute of Ethics at Duke University and is a trustee of the New York Hall of Science. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from the City College of New York and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Columbia University School of Business.