James J Kropid

Chairman of the Board of Directors. Board Committees: Audit, Nominating and Corporate Governance (Chair). Mr. Kropid received his undergraduate degree from DePaul University and participated in the executive development program at the University of Illinois. He joined Centel Corporation in 1961 and became president of its Central Telephone Company-Nevada/Texas division in 1987. In 1993, the Governor of Nevada appointed him to the position of general manager of the Nevada State Industrial Insurance System, a position in which he served for almost two years. He is currently president of his own investment company. Mr. Kropid is involved in many civic and charitable organizations. In 2003, Mr. Kropid served as the interim executive director of the United Way of Southern Nevada and is on the board and executive committee of that organization. He is a past president of the Las Vegas Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America and presently serves on that board and executive committee. He is a past chairman of the YMCA of Southern Nevada and serves as a trustee of the Desert Research Institute Foundation and chairs the Desert Research Institute's Green Power Project.