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For nearly 20 years, Mark Feldstein was on the other side of the camera as an on-air correspondent, specializing in investigative reporting at CNN, ABC News, NBC News, and local television stations in Phoenix, Tampa, and Washington, D.C. As an investigative reporter, he has been beaten up in the U.S., detained and censored by government authorities in Egypt, and escorted out of the country under armed guard in Haiti. Feldstein's work has won broadcast journalism's most prestigious prizes: two George Foster Peabody public service awards, the Columbia-DuPont baton for investigative reporting, the Edward R. Murrow broadcasting prize, 9 regional Emmy awards, and more than three dozen other journalism prizes. He is regularly interviewed as a media analyst, appearing on live and taped broadcasts of CNN, C-Span, Court TV, HBO and NPR's "All Things Considered," as well as the BBC and other television networks and newspapers in Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, Japan, Norway, Poland and Sweden. Feldstein comments frequently about journalistic coverage of politics, government, and public policy, especially involving TV news or investigative reporting on Washington scandals. Professor Feldstein has a Ph.D in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2002, and a B.A. in Government from Harvard University, 1979.

Michael S. Willner co-founded Insight Communications in 1985 and is our Chief Executive Officer as well as a Director and Vice Chairman of our Board. As a young boy in Miami, Florida, Michael had a fascination with the television business at a very early age. He often rode his bicycle to the local NBC affiliate after school where the staff allowed him to help out in the studio while they produced and aired a live children's puppet show and the local news. As CEO, he is a firm believer in open, honest communication. Michael is a hands-on leader who personally ensures that employees and customers are always well informed and have input and influence over important company decisions. This commitment to open communications led to a secondary career – that of a leading man in a number of Insight television commercials in which he comfortably plays himself with a great sense of self-deprecating humor. In one notable brand-awareness campaign series, the camera follows Michael as he goes door to door to determine whether the company is meeting customers' needs. His efforts to provide extraordinary customer service find him attempting to fix a car engine, cooking chili, feeding a crying baby and washing a dog. Michael started his career in 1974 as the program director and news reporter for a small suburban New York cable system after graduating from the Boston University College of Communications. Soon after, he shifted his focus to general management and eventually became the Chief Operating Officer of Vision Cable Communications, a cable company owned by a division of Newhouse Newspapers. Michael is very active in industry affairs and today is one of cable's most effective ambassadors on Capitol Hill, testifying regularly before Congress on industry issues and impending legislation. He currently serves as Chairman of the Cable Center, has served two consecutive terms as Chairman of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association (NCTA), the cable industry's trade organization, and currently sits on its executive committee. He also serves on the executive committee of CableLabs; on the board of directors of C-SPAN, The Cable Center, and the Walter Kaitz Foundation. Although named 2008 Executive of the Year by the industry publication Multichannel News, and having received a number of prestigious awards including the NCTA's 2004 Vanguard Award for Distinguished Leadership, and having been inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame in 2005 and the Cable Hall of Fame in 2008, Michael has yet to achieve his greatest goal of winning an Emmy for his leading role in Insight’'s commercials.

Neil Smit joined Charter in August 2005 as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director. Mr. Smit has more than 20 years of experience working with multi-service providers and leading consumer brands. Prior to joining Charter, Mr. Smit worked at Time Warner, Inc. most recently serving as the President of Time Warner's America Online Access Business, overseeing Internet access services including America OnLine ("AOL"), CompuServe, and Netscape ISP. He also served at AOL as Executive Vice President, Member Services; Chief Operating Officer of MapQuest and several other operating roles. Prior to joining AOL in 2000, Mr. Smit was a regional president with Nabisco and was with Pillsbury in a number of management positions. Mr. Smit served for five and a half years on active duty in the Navy SEAL Teams and retired from the service as a lieutenant commander. Mr. Smit serves on the boards of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association, CableLabs and C-SPAN. He has a bachelor's of science degree from Duke University and a master's degree from Tufts University's Fletcher School.

Patrick Esser is President of Cox Communications, Inc., a multi-service broadband communications and entertainment company with more than 6 million residential and commercial customers. Esser brings 30 years of experience in cable and telecommunications to bear on his role as Cox's top executive, a position he's held since 2006. He joined Cox in 1979 as Director of Programming in Hampton Roads, Va., and was part of the original management team that pioneered Cox's advertising sales division now known as Cox Media. Named corporate Vice President of Advertising Sales in 1991, Esser was presented with the Cable television Advertising Bureau President's Award just three years later. Esser became Vice President of Operations for Cox's Western Division in 1999, and a year later was promoted to Senior Vice President of Operations. In 2004, Esser was promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Cox has earned numerous accolades during Esser's tenure as President. In 2006, Cox debuted in DiversityInc's listing of the Top 50 Companies for Diversity, and in three years, the company scaled the list from its initial ranking at number 32 to its' ranking at number 6 in 2008. In 2008, DiversityInc also ranked Cox within the Top 10 Workplaces for African Americans and the Women in Cable Television (WICT) Foundation named Cox the Best Operator for Women in Cable for the sixth straight year. In 2006, Cox was named the top employer in cable by CableWorld, and in 2007 Esser was personally distinguished with recognition as Multichannel News'"first 'Executive of the Year." Customer service excellence remains a Cox hallmark under Esser's leadership. Cox ranks highly in annual J.D. Power and Associates studies of consumer satisfaction. In 2008, for the sixth consecutive year, Cox received highest honors for Residential Telephone Customer Satisfaction StudySM; in the West and ranked highest among small/midsize business data providers in their Major Provider Business Telecommunications StudySM. To-date, Cox is the only telecommunications and entertainment company to receive top honors recognition from J.D. Power in studies of video, telephone and high-speed Internet satisfaction. In 2007, Cox also received PC Magazine's Readers' Choice Award for Cox High Speed Internet Service. Esser currently serves as Vice Chair of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, following successful tenure as treasurer and co-chair of The Cable Show, the industry's premier annual event in 2007. He also serves on the board of directors of C-SPAN, the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing Educational Foundation, CableLabs, and Cable in the Classroom. Additionally, he serves as an adviser to the Association of Cable Communicators and the National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications. Esser also serves as a Southeastern Trustee of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. A graduate of the University of Northern Iowa, Esser holds a B.A. and M.A. in communications media, and in 2003 was presented the university's Heritage Honors Alumni Achievement Award.

Rocco B. Commisso has 23 years of experience with the cable television industry and has served as our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since founding our predecessor company in July 1995. Mr. Commisso served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and a director of Cablevision Industries Corporation from 1986 to 1995. From 1981 to 1986, Mr. Commisso served as Senior Vice President of Royal Bank of Canada's affiliate in the United States, where he founded and directed a specialized lending group to media and communications companies. Mr. Commisso began his association with the cable industry in 1978 at The Chase Manhattan Bank, where he was assigned to manage the bank's lending activities to communications firms including the cable industry. He serves on the boards of the National Cable Television Association, Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. and C-SPAN. Mr. Commisso holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University.