Leroy J R Barnes

Leroy Barnes, Jr. has been a director of McClatchy since September 2000. Mr. Barnes is the retired vice president and treasurer of PG&E Corporation, a provider of electricity and natural gas, and held this position from 2001 to 2005. From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Barnes was vice president and treasurer of Gap, Inc. From 1985 to 1997, Mr. Barnes was an executive at Pacific Telesis Group, the diversified telecommunications parent company of Pacific Bell, where he held positions as assistant treasurer, division general manager, and vice president and chief financial officer of PacTel Corporation, Pacific Telesis' unregulated subsidiary. Mr. Barnes serves on the board of directors of Longs Drug Stores Corporation, Herbalife, Ltd. and Citizens Communications, Inc.