Investor Relations

Committee Membership

Below is a summary of our committee structure and membership information. To read more about any of the committees, click on committee names in the chart below.
Chairperson Chairperson Committee Member Member Financial Expert Financial Expert
 Audit CommitteeCompensation CommitteeNominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Guillermo Bron 
Guillermo Bron

Guillermo Bron has served as Chairman of the Board and a director of United Pan Am Financial Corp. (UPFC) since April 1994, and as a director of Pan American Bank, FSB, a federally chartered savings association and former wholly owned subsidiary of UPFC, from 1994 until its dissolution in February 2005. Mr. Bron is a Managing Director of Acon Funds Management LLC, a private equity firm, and the Managing Member of PAFGP, LLC, the sole general partner of Pan American Financial, L.P. From 2000 to 2... 
Committee Member   Chairperson
Steven B. Fink Financial Expert
Steven B. Fink

Steven B. Fink, in addition to serving as a director of K¹², currently serves as the board chairman of Leapfrog, Inc. Mr. Fink has been the chief executive officer of Lawrence Investments, LLC, a technology and biotechnology private equity investment firm that is controlled by Lawrence J. Ellison, since May 2000. Mr. Fink also serves as a vice chairman of Knowledge Universe (now renamed Krest LLC), a private company focused on building leading companies in areas relating to education, technology... 
Chairperson   Committee Member
Dr. Mary Futrell 
Dr. Mary Futrell

Dr. Mary Futrell is an accomplished leader in the field of education and has committed herself throughout her career to children, public education, and the profession of teaching. She is best known for serving six years as president of the National Education Association from 1983-1989. Ms. Futrell received a Bachelor of Arts degree in business education from Virginia State University and obtained a Master of Arts from the George Washington University. After teaching and holding various administr... 
  Committee Member  
Jane M. Swift 
Jane M. Swift

Jane M. Swift joined us a director in August 2008. Ms. Swift served as Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 2001 to 2003 after having served as Lieutenant Governor and as a member of the Massachusetts State Senate. Ms. Swift currently serves as an education advisor and principal of WNP Consulting, LLC, an organization that she also founded. Prior to WNP Consulting, Ms. Swift served as a general partner at Arcadia Partners L.P., a venture capital firm focused exclusively on t... 

  Committee Member  
Andrew H. Tisch 
Andrew H. Tisch

Andrew H. Tisch, K¹² board chairman, is chairman of the Executive Committee of Loews Corporation and he serves on the boards of directors of Bulova Corporation, Canary Wharf Group PLC, and Zale Corporation. He is also involved in other organizations—he is chairman of the Children’s Hearing Institute; president-elect of the City Parks Foundation; member of the Visiting Committee, Harvard Business School; member of the Executive Committee and trustee, Wildlife Conservation Society; member of the E... 
  Chairperson Committee Member
Thomas Wilford Financial Expert
Thomas Wilford

Thomas Wilford is president and director of Alscott, Inc., a Boise-based firm that deals in real estate and other investments. He also is chief executive officer and a director of the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation. Prior to joining Alscott, Mr. Wilford acted as office managing partner for Ernst & Young in Alaska and for Ernst & Whinney’s Audit, Tax, and Consulting division in Idaho, where he was also tax manager. Previously, Mr. Wilford was a tax partner with Watson, Wilford and Spackman... 
Committee Member