SBC Communications Inc.

Dr. Gilbert F. Amelio has spent more than three decades as a technologist, inventor, entrepreneur, author and businessman. He has managed major corporations in the fields of semiconductors, telecommunications and computers and has achieved the successful turnaround of one Fortune 500 company and a string of business, scientific, and technological successes. In 1996, Dr. Amelio was elected chairman and CEO of Apple Computer, Inc. During the following almost two years he restored Apple to financial stability and launched a series of products which lead to Apple's return to its former position as the industry innovation leader. Dr. Amelio was formerly president of Rockwell Semiconductor Products (originally known as the Electronics Devices Division) and was promoted to president of Rockwell Communications Systems. Rockwell spun out the division as a public company now known as Conexant. Today, Conexant is a leader in digital data communications chips. In 1991, he was elected chairman and CEO of National Semiconductor Corporation. During the next five years he returned the company to profitability by focusing the company on mixed signal technology products. Dr. Amelio is presently a senior partner at Sienna Ventures, an early-stage technology investment partnership headquartered in Sausalito, California. Prior to joining Sienna Ventures, he was managing general partner, chairman and CEO of Beneventure Capital, a private equity investment firm based in San Francisco. The Beneventure investments are now being harvested and Gil remains Chairman and CEO. He is the co-author of three books and is a frequent invited lecturer.

Rick Lindner, senior executive vice president and chief financial officer, is responsible for directing financial planning, accounting, tax, auditing, investment management, financing and investor and shareowner relations for AT&T. He was named senior executive vice president and chief financial officer for SBC Communications Inc. in May 2004, and remained in this position following SBC’s acquisition of AT&T in November 2005. Previously Lindner served as chief financial officer for Cingular Wireless, the joint wireless venture between SBC and BellSouth. Lindner joined Cingular from SBC Wireless Inc., where he served as senior vice president and chief operating officer. He was responsible for the headquarters operations of SBC's domestic wireless business. Lindner's areas of responsibility with SBC Wireless included strategic marketing, network planning, customer care, national sales, finance and human resources. He previously served as president and chief executive officer of Southwestern Bell Wireless. There, he was in charge of all wireless operations in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. Lindner also served as vice president and chief financial officer for Southwestern Bell Telephone in San Antonio, where he directed company financial operations. Areas of responsibility included corporate budgets, financial reporting, regulatory accounting, capital recovery, financial analysis, business planning, and credit and collections. He was appointed to this position in 1996. Lindner joined the SBC family of companies in 1986 as controller of Southwestern Bell Telecom. He became vice president and chief financial officer of Telecom in November of that year, a position he held until 1990. He then joined the holding company as director of investor relations. In 1991, he moved to Mexico City as director of finance for SBC International's Telmex operations and in 1992 he became controller for SBC in San Antonio. Prior to joining SBC, Lindner was senior vice president and chief financial officer of Turco Development Company and was audit supervisor for Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. Currently, Lindner serves as Treasurer and is a member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County. He is also a member of the Comerica Board of Directors. A native of St. Louis, Lindner earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in business administration from the University of Missouri at St. Louis and he completed an advanced management program in telecommunications at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.