Benjamin G. Wolff - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ICO Global Communications since December 2009. Chairman of DBSD North America since 2008, member of DBSD Board of Directors since 2005. Previously served on the Board of Directors of ICO Global Communications from 2005 to 2008. Mr. Wolff was a Co-Founder of Clearwire Corporation, where he served in a variety of capacities including as a member of the Board of Directors, as Executive Vice President, company President, Co-CEO, CEO and finally Co-Chairman, a position he held until March 2009. Mr. Wolff also serves as the President of the Eagle River group of investment companies, and serves on the board of directors of some of Eagle River’s portfolio companies.

From January 1994 until April 2004, Mr. Wolff was a lawyer with Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, where he became a partner in 1998. Mr. Wolff’s practice focused on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and strategic alliance transactions. While with Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, he co-chaired the firm’s Business Transactions Department and served on the firm’s Executive Committee. In 2003, Mr. Wolff was identified as one of the top 45 lawyers in the country under the age of 45 by the American Lawyer magazine.

Donna P. Alderman - Director since July 2005. From April 2006 to April 2008 Ms. Alderman was also our Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy. Prior to that, Ms. Alderman was a founding and senior partner of Matlin Patterson Global Opportunities Fund, a private equity fund. Prior to that, she was a Managing Director of Credit Suisse First Boston and co-managed the Distressed Debt and Special Situations Group there. She has held numerous senior investment and trading positions at leading investment banks, including Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Jefferies & Company, Inc. and Bear Stearns. Ms. Alderman graduated from Vassar College and the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, EDP, at Northwestern University.

Kendall W. Cowan - Mr. Cowan currently serves as chairman and CEO of The Cowan Group, LLC, Cowan Holdings, Inc., an investment and consulting firm, and is a shareholder and Board member of several privately owned businesses. In addition, he serves as a Board member and chairman of the Audit Committee of DBSD North America, Inc., a Board member and chairman of the Audit Committee of Opnext, Inc. and as a Board member of Lea County Bancshares, Inc. Mr. Cowan was the chief financial officer of Alamosa Holdings, Inc. from December 1999 until February 2006. He became a partner in an international public accounting firm in 1983, and from January 1986 to September 1993, he was a partner at Coopers & Lybrand. He became a Certified Public Accountant in 1977 and is a member of both the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants.

R. Gerard Salemme - Director since July 2005. Mr. Salemme has over 27 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. Since November 2003, he has been Executive Vice President-Strategy, Policy and External Affairs and a Director of Clearwire Corporation, a broadband wireless service provider deploying operations throughout the United States and in other countries throughout the world. He is also a Principal of Eagle River Holdings, LLC, an affiliate of Eagle River Investments, LLC. From May 1997 to June 2003, Mr. Salemme was Senior Vice President, External Affairs of XO, and, before joining XO, he was AT&T Corporation's Vice President of Government Affairs, directing AT&T's federal regulatory public policy organization, and overseeing AT&T's participation in the FCC's narrowband and broadband PCS auctions. Prior to joining AT&T, Mr. Salemme was Senior Vice President, External Affairs for McCaw Cellular Communications Inc. He also held the position of Senior Telecommunications Policy Analyst for the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance. He also served as Chief of Staff to Congressman Ed Markey of Massachusetts. Mr. Salemme earned a B.A. in Political Science and Economics, and an M.A. in Economics, from Boston College.

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