Roxanne S. Austin is President of Austin Investment Advisors, a private investment and consulting firm, a position she has held since January 2004. She previously served as Executive Vice President of Hughes Electronics Corp., a provider of digital television entertainment and technology services, and as President and Chief Operating Officer of its subsidiary, DIRECTV, Inc., from June 2001 until December 2003 when Hughes was acquired. She is a director of Abbott Laboratories, Teledyne Technologies Incorporated and a director-elect of LM Ericsson Telephone Company.