Brent Whittington

Brent Whittington is executive vice president and chief financial officer for Windstream, an S&P 500 company that provides voice, broadband and entertainment services to customers in 16 states. Whittington is responsible for the company's corporate accounting, treasury and tax functions, as well as investor relations, corporate communications, internal audit, procurement, real estate and facilities. He also oversees the company's information technology, business processes and training departments. He was appointed to the position in December 2005. Whittington previously served as senior vice president of operations for Alltel. He joined Alltel in 2002 as vice president of finance and accounting. Prior to joining Alltel, Whittington worked for Arthur Andersen LLP for eight years, where he held a variety of positions, including audit manager.