XO Communications Inc.

Carl Grivner was appointed chief executive officer of XO Communications on May 15, 2003. Mr. Grivner's career in telecommunications and technology spans more than 25 years. Formerly, Mr. Grivner was chief operating officer at Global Crossing, a position he held from February 2002 until April 2003. Mr. Grivner joined Global Crossing in June 2000 as executive vice president of global operations. Prior to joining Global Crossing, Mr. Grivner was chief executive officer of Worldport Communications. He is also a former chief executive officer for the Western Hemisphere at Cable & Wireless. Additionally, Mr. Grivner has held various senior executive positions at Advanced Fiber Communications. Early in his career he held various positions with Ameritech and IBM. Mr. Grivner received a Bachelor of Arts from Lycoming College and served in the United States Marine Corps from 1975-1978. He is a board member and vice chairman of CompTel, the nation's largest association of facilities-based competitive telecommunications companies.

Craig Collins is president of XO Small Business Services and Hosting (Concentric) for XO Communications. Mr. Collins is focused on building and delivering end-to-end communications solutions for small businesses. Prior to his current role, he served as vice president and general manager of sales and business development at Nextlink Wireless, a leading provider of broadband wireless solutions for the carrier, business and government markets. At Nextlink, Collins developed a sales organization which consisted of direct, indirect and government channels as well as sales operations. In this role he established the company’s first service agreements with some of the industry’s largest mobile telephone companies. Before joining Nextlink Wireless, Mr. Collins was vice president of product management at XO Communications, overseeing the company’s entire business services portfolio. During his tenure he rationalized the company’s product portfolio following the acquisition of Allegiance Telecom and oversaw the launch of the first bundled VoIP solution. Prior to that, Mr. Collins held roles overseeing XO Communications’ web hosting business and XO Interactive. Prior to joining XO Communications, Mr. Collins was vice president of Intermedia Business Internet, a fully owned subsidiary of Intermedia Communications Inc. Before Intermedia, he was director of enterprise marketing for Bell Atlantic Corporation. Prior to joining Bell Atlantic, Mr. Collins was at AT&T where he held multiple sales and product management positions. Mr. Collins played college basketball at Penn State University where he was the captain and most valuable player in his senior year. He also held the NCAA Basketball Division I free throw record for 20 years with a free throw percentage of 95.9. Mr. Collins holds a B.S. in Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management from Pennsylvania State University, and an M.B.A. from Georgetown University.

As President of XO Business Services, Dan Wagner oversees the sales, marketing and delivery of voice, data and IP communications services to all XO business customers, from small and medium businesses to large enterprises. In this capacity, Mr. Wagner manages more than 1,000 finance, marketing, sales and service delivery employees nationwide who interact daily with XO business customers. A seasoned industry veteran, Mr. Wagner joined XO Communications from Global Crossing, where he spent eight years. Mr. Wagner was also with Frontier Communications for six years and part of their merger with Global Crossing. In his former role, Dan led the Regional Direct Sales Channels, Government Services, Collaboration Services, Indirect Channels, and Sales Engineering. Dan was able to increase sales productivity, improve sales representative tenure, grow revenue above industry standards, create a service model that was customer centric, streamline processes, and create a metrics driven culture. These accomplishments reflect Dan's reputation for building top performing customer focused sales and marketing organizations. Other roles at Global Crossing included Chief Information Officer and Executive Vice President, President, Europe, and Managing Director, U.K. Dan graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.

Mr. Ortega is president of XO Carrier Services. In this role, he is responsible for marketing, operations, sales and service delivery of wholesale voice, data and Internet services to emerging and established telecommunications companies, cable companies, content providers, Internet service providers and wireless operators. Mr. Ortega has spent more than 20 years in the telecommunications industry. Prior to his current role, Mr. Ortega was president of carrier sales for XO Communications. Before that, he was vice president of national accounts, responsible for developing and overseeing sales and services to enterprise and wholesale accounts. Prior to joining XO, Mr. Ortega held several sales management positions at MCI in its southwestern U.S. division.

As Chief Technology Officer for XO Communications, Randy Nicklas is responsible for the overall network technology vision for the company’s voice, data, and transport networks. He also advises on the overall design of XO’s commercial and wholesale voice, data and IP-based services. Previously, Randy was vice president of Engineering, responsible for the design, implementation, and sustaining engineering of XO’s transport, voice and data networks. Before joining XO, he held engineering and technical management positions at Intelsat, Cisco, and MCI. Randy has also worked in the areas of software development and systems engineering on a variety of aerospace programs for NASA, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Computer Sciences Corporation. He obtained a B.S. and M.S. in Applied Mathematics and an M.S. in Physics, all from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Robert Geller is XO Communications' Chief Information Officer. He is responsible for overseeing all the company's IT operations. Since joining XO in 2001, Geller has significantly improved the quality, timeliness and cost management of IT operations. Additionally, he has overseen the development of several architecture plans, including those that directly impact the ability of XO to provide superior service and delivery to customers. Prior to joining XO, Geller served as the Senior Vice President of Information Technology at US West/Qwest where he played a pivotal role in raising delivery standards and producing key systems for long distance, DSL, wireless, and e-business for all of the company's business units. Prior to US West/Qwest, Geller was the Vice President of Software Development for MCI where he held a variety of senior executive positions.

Terri Burke joined XO in April 2000 and was named Vice President, Human Resources in 2001. She is responsible for all of the XO Human Resources and Training Functions. Burke brings over 20 years of diversified telecommunications management experience to XO including having served in a number of executive Human Resources roles at MCI Communications Corporation/MCI WorldCom prior to joining XO. Prior to MCI, she was at Satellite Business Systems, a subsidiary of IBM. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and Economics from Bridgewater College.

Heather Burnett Gold is Senior Vice President of External Affairs at XO Communications. In this role she oversees all of XO's advocacy with the federal government, including Congress, the FCC, other federal agencies, and the White House, and with state legislative and regulatory entities. A telecommunications veteran with more than 20 years of experience, Gold joined XO from the KDW Group, where she was a co-founder & principal, providing strategic and financial planning to companies in the telecommunications industry with respect to opportunities created by regulatory change. Prior to The KDW Group, Gold was vice president of industry affairs at Intermedia Communications where she oversaw the company's regulatory, legislative and industry relations at both the state and federal levels. Before Intermedia, Gold served as president of the Association for Local Telecommunications Services (ALTS) from 1993 to 1998. During her tenure at ALTS, Gold was a leading proponent for opening local telecommunications markets to facilities-based competition and a driving force behind the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Before joining ALTS, she served as vice president of member services for the Competitive Telecommunications Association (CompTel). Gold holds an MBA in marketing and finance from Washington University in St. Louis and Bachelors and Masters degrees in Economics from Tufts University.

Simone Wu is senior vice president and general counsel of XO Holdings. In this role, she oversees the company's legal affairs, which include commercial, corporate, employment, and intellectual property matters, as well as all litigation in which the company is involved. Wu has almost 20 years of wide-ranging experience in the telecommunications industry, including domestic and international business and corporate development, intellectual property and commercial matters, and legal and regulatory affairs. Prior to joining XO in 2001, Wu held business and legal positions at MCI and AOL among other places, and practiced domestic and international transactional and communications law at the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. She is a member of the board of directors of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. She graduated with high honors from the University of Michigan with a degree in Political Science and as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar from the Columbia University School of Law.

As senior vice president of network services, Steve Nocella leads XO Communications’ 900-person strong network services organization. In this role, he oversees all aspects of network operations, network planning, network engineering, process development and service assurance. Prior to assuming this role, Nocella had been vice president of network operations, and before that had been vice president of network engineering. In those positions he was responsible for network operations, service delivery, and planning as well as the deployment of network technology. Prior to these roles, he was director of network engineering, managing the company’s switching, transport and access networks in the northeast region. Nocella began his career with AT&T Local Services where he held a number of positions in planning, operations, and engineering. Nocella holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University and an M.B.A. from Columbia University.

Keith A. Meister has served as Principal Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board of American Property Investors, Inc., the Company's general partner, since March 2006. He served as Chief Executive Officer of the general partner from August 2003 until March 2006 and as President from August 2003 until April 2005. Mr. Meister serves as a senior investment analyst of High River Limited Partnership, a company owned and controlled by Mr. Icahn, a position he has held since June 2002. Mr. Meister is also a senior investment analyst of Icahn Partners LP and Icahn Partners Master Fund LP. He is also a director of Icahn Fund Ltd., which is the feeder fund of Icahn Partners Master Fund LP. Icahn Partners LP and Icahn Partners Master Fund LP are private investment funds controlled by Mr. Icahn. From March 2000 through 2001, Mr. Meister served as co-president of J Net Ventures, a venture capital fund that he co-founded which is focused on investments in information technology and enterprise software businesses. From 1997 through 1999, Mr. Meister served as an investment professional at Northstar Capital Partners, an opportunistic real estate investment partnership. Prior to Northstar, Mr. Meister served as an investment analyst in the investment banking group at Lazard Freres. He also serves on the Boards of Directors of the following companies: American Railcar Industries, WestPoint International, Inc., XO Holdings, Inc., BFK Capital Group, Inc., a NYSE listed investment management firm, and ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an AMEX listed biopharmaceuticals company. Mr. Meister has been licensed by the New Jersey State Casino Control Commission and the Nevada State Gaming Control Commission.

Chairman of the Board of Philip Services Corp. (industrial services) from 1998 to 2003, and Chairman of the Board and CEO of Baltic International USA, Inc. from 1995 to 2003. During the past twenty years Mr. Knauss has served on the Boards of Directors of eight public companies. Mr. Knauss was the former Dean and Distinguished University Professor of University of Houston Law School and was also Dean of Vanderbilt Law School.