Walter A. Dods, Jr. - Chairman of the Board
Walter A. Dods Jr. is chairman of the board, First Hawaiian Bank, a subsidiary of BancWest Corporation, a $74-billion bank holding company based in Honolulu, Hawaii. He retired as chief executive officer of BancWest on December 31, 2004. BancWest's major subsidiaries are First Hawaiian Bank in Hawaii, Guam and Saipan; and Bank of the West in California and 15 other Western and Midwestern states. BancWest is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas. more>> 

James A. Attwood, Jr. - Vice Chairman of the Board
James A. Attwood, Jr. joined The Carlyle Group in November 2000 as a Managing Director and head of the Global Telecomunications and Media group based in New York. Under Mr. Attwood's leadership, Carlyle has committed more than $4 billion of equity in telecom and media investments since 2001. Mr. Attwood serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Hawaiian Telcom, Insight Communications, The Nielsen Company and WILLCOM, Inc. more>>

Stephen C. Gray - Vice Chairman of the Board
Stephen C. Gray currently serves as Chairman of SecurityCoverage, Inc., a provider of personal security software services and Chairman of ImOn Communications, LLC, a provider of telecommunications, data and video services. Additionally, he is a Senior Advisor to The Carlyle Group and serves on the Board of Directors for two of their portfolio companies, Insight Communications Company Inc. and as Vice Chairman of Hawaiian Telcom Communications, Inc. more>>

Matthew P. Boyer
The Carlyle Group
Matthew P. Boyer, a Managing Director focused on U.S. buyout transactions in the telecommunications sector with a particular focus on the wireline and wireless industries. He was integrally involved in the execution of Carlyle's investment in Dex Media. He is based in New York. more>>

William E. Kennard
The Carlyle Group
William E. Kennard joined The Carlyle Group in May 2001 as a Managing Director in the Global Telecommunications and Media group. He is based in Washington, DC.Since joining Carlyle, Mr. Kennard has played key roles in the investments in Dex Media, Inc., Casema Holding, BV and the pending acquisition of Hawaiian Telcom. Before joining The Carlyle Group, Mr. Kennard served as Chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission from November 1997 to January 2001. more>>

Raymond Ranelli
Raymond Ranelli was formerly the Senior Client Services Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers for the tri-state area of Virginia, the District of Columbia and Maryland until his retirement in 2003. Prior to that appointment, he served as Global Leader of financial advisory services of PricewaterhouseCoopers, a $1.3 billion business operating in 20 countries with 7,000 employees. In 1994, he was named Vice Chairman of FAS operations for PricewaterhouseCoopers in the United States. Mr. Ranelli is also a director of United Surgical Partners International, United Components, Inc., and Centennial Communications Corp.