BellSouth Corp.

Armando Codina, an active leader in civic and community activities, is currently the Chairman of Flagler Development Group. Mr. Codina was Chairman/CEO and founder of Codina Group, which in April 2006 merged with Florida East Coast Industries. Flagler Development Group owns, leases and manages approximately 12 million square feet of Class-A office and industrial space, has an additional one million square feet under construction and is a major landowner in the state. Established in 1979, Codina Group, Inc. a Coral Gables, Florida based real estate investment, development, construction, brokerage and property management firm evolved into the finest full-service commercial real estate development corporation in South Florida and was recognized as the largest commercial developer in the State of Florida by Florida Trend Magazine. Prior to establishing Codina Group, Mr. Codina was president of Professional Automated Services, Inc. (P.A.S.), a firm created in 1970 to provide data processing services to physicians. As a result of the firm's success, Mr. Codina is recognized as a pioneer in the development of comprehensive medical management systems including processing, accounts receivable, management reporting and multiple financial services. P.A.S. was sold in 1978. Mr. Codina's commitment to the community and civic affairs is strong. In February 2003, he was appointed President of the VIII FTAA Ministerial and Americas Business Forum. He is “Chairman Emeritus” of the Board of Trustees of Florida International University. He recently was Co-Chair of Community Partnership For the Homeless, a member of Florida Council of 100, the Council’s Partnership to Advance School Success (PASS program) and also served on the Advisory Board for the Panama Canal. Codina currently serves on the Board of Directors of AMR (appointed Lead Director on April 1, 2007), General Motors, The Home Depot and Merrill Lynch. Mr. Codina served on the Board of Directors of BellSouth for 18 years (1989 to 2006) until AT&T acquired BellSouth. At the time of the acquisition, Mr. Codina was the Lead Director of BellSouth. Also, Mr. Codina previously served on the Board of Directors of Burger King Corporation until April 1, 2007. Over the past 15 years he has been honored by the Florida Council on Economic Education’s “Free Enterpriser of the Year” Award, the Merchant Association Enterprise Medalist; Developer of the Year the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties; Entrepreneur of the Year by Florida International University; Office Developer of the Year, Shopping Center Developer of the Year and Entrepreneur of the Year by Wharton School. He was inducted into the Building Association of South Florida’s Hall of Fame. He also received the Charles Whited Spirit of Excellence Award from Knight Ridder Newspapers, the Hispanic Entrepreneur Award from NCNB National Bank and the Silver Medallion Award from the National Conference of Christians and Jews, American Red Cross as its ‘Humanitarian of the Year’ Award and Honorary Doctor of Law Degree from Florida International University. In 2002, the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce recognized Codina Group as the #1 Private Hispanic Company in Florida as well as in 2003, the Chamber honored Mr. Codina with the Lifetime Achievement Award “Sand In My Shoes”. South Florida CEO magazine honored Mr. Codina with 2003 Business Leader of the Year and in early 2004, the Beacon Council honored him with the Jay Malina Award. In June 2005, Mr. Codina was awarded the Merage Foundation’s National Leadership Award for Leadership in the Business Community.

Experience: Jim began his service with Synovus Financial Corp. in June, 1970 when he was selected as the top executive at Columbus Bank and Trust Company, a position previously held by his father, James W. Blanchard. He served as CEO of Synovus from 1971 until being named Chairman of the Board in July 2005. His tenure spanned the periods of greatest growth in the company‘s history. He rallied support for the passing of the Georgia Legislature's multi-bank holding company bill in 1976, and under his leadership, CB&T Bancshares (now Synovus) became the first bank holding company in Georgia to acquire other banks under the new law. He also played an instrumental role in establishing Total System Services, Inc. (TSYS) in 1983, which now provides payments processing for more than 416 million cardholder accounts worldwide. Jim retired from Synovus in October 2006. Education: B.B.A., The University of Georgia, 1963 LL.B., The University of Georgia, 1965 Current Affiliations: Chairman and CEO, Retired, Synovus Financial Corp. Director, Synovus Financial Corp. Chairman of the Executive Committee and Director, Total System Services, Inc. Advisory Director, Columbus Bank and Trust Company Director, AT&T Corporation Director, W.C. Bradley Co. Trustee and Past Chairman, Georgia Research Alliance Advisory Director, Georgia Appleseed Center for Law and The Public Interest Chairman, Global Teen Challenge Advisory Board Director, Florida/Georgia Teen Challenge Advisory Director, Teen Challenge, Columbus Director, Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Board of Regents, Southeastern University Trustee, Columbus State University Foundation Trustee, Emory Committee for the Robert T. Jones, Jr. Scholarship Member, Emory University School of Medicine Campaign Committee Member, Lead Like Jesus National Advisory Board Member, Georgia Historical Society Board of Curators Member, Uptown Columbus Advisory Board Past Director and Past Chairman, Financial Services Roundtable, 2007 Past Director, American Bankers Association, 2007 Past Director and Past Chairman, BITS (formerly Bankers Information Technology Secretariat), 2007 Past Director, Georgia Chamber of Commerce, 2007 Recent Honors: The Eddie Sams Award, University of Georgia Golf Team, 2008 Uptown Columbus Inc., Rozier Dedwylder Leadership Award, 2008 Technology Association of Georgia, Lifetime Achievement Award, 2007 Columbus Chamber of Commerce, Woodruff Award, 2007 Georgia Council on Economic Education, VanLandingham Award, 2006 Delta Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. Educational Foundation, Martin Luther King, Jr. Unity Award, 2006 Georgia Trend magazine "Most Influential Georgians Hall of Fame," 2006 Beta Gamma Sigma International Honoree award, 2005 US Banker magazine "25 Most Influential People in Financial Services," 2005 Harvard Business School Club of Atlanta, Community Leadership Award, 2004 Columbus State University, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree, 2004 Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation dedicates Blanchard Hall complex, 2003 Georgia State University Hall of Fame Inductee, 2003 Georgia Trend magazine "Georgian of the Year," 2003 Ernst & Young Southeast Area Master Entrepreneur of the Year, 2002 LaGrange College Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree, 1998 Georgia Trend magazine "Most Respected CEO" in the state, 1997 University of South Carolina Honorary Doctor of Business Administration Degree, 1996

Ms. Feldstein has been a director since 2006, joining the Board of Directors upon the close of McClatchy's acquisition of Knight Ridder on June 27, 2006. Ms Feldstein is a former director of Knight Ridder, who served on that company's board since 1998. Since 1997, she has been president of Economics Studies, Inc., a private consulting firm in Massachusetts. She earned a Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1977 and a bachelor's degree in Russian literature from Radcliffe College in 1962. She specializes in fiscal and monetary policy and the impact of government economic activity. She serves on the boards of BellSouth and BlackRock Closed End Funds and is chairman of the board of McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass.