George M Philip

(Audit and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committees). Mr. Philip is the Interim President of the University at Albany, State University of New York. From 1971 to 2007 he served in various positions with the New York State Teachers' Retirement System and recently retired after fifteen years as Executive Director. Mr. Philip continues as an investment advisor for the Teacher's Retirement System. He also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of First Niagara Financial Group; is Vice Chair of the St. Peter's Hospital Board of Directors and Chair of the St. Peter's Hospital Investment Committee; and Chair of the Catholic Health East Investment Committee. Mr. Philip is a member of the Real Estate Information Standards Board; the Stockbridge Value Fund Advisory Board and a trustee of Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc., a privately held corporation. In past years, Mr. Philip was President of the Executive Committee of the National Council on Teacher Retirement; Chair of the Council of Institutional Investors; Chair of the University at Albany Council, SUNY; a member of the Board of Saratoga Performing Arts Center; and a member of the NYSE Pension Managers Advisory Committee and the State Academy of Public Administration. Mr. Philip has served as a director of US Airways Group and US Airways since 2004 and served as a director of America West Holdings and AWA from the merger through September 2007. Age 60.