Company Leadership

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 Pr... 

Mike Lovett is Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, with responsibility for oversight of Charter’s two operating divisions and Company-wide customer care. Mr. Lovett was promoted to Executive Vice President of Operations and Customer Care in September 2004, and to his current position in April 2005. He joined Charter in August 2003 as Senior Vice President of Operations Support, providing strategic and tactical support to field operations to ensure cross-functional alignme... 

Gregory L. Doody joined Charter in December 2008 to assist in Charter’s financial restructuring. Mr. Doody became Chief Restructuring Officer in March 2009 and General Counsel in May 2009. Mr. Doody is responsible for the oversight of Charter’s restructuring activities, corporate legal affairs and compliance.

Prior to joining Charter, Mr. Doody served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Calpine Corporation, where he oversaw all of Calpine corporate legal ... 

Marwan Fawaz joined Charter in March of 2006 as Chief Technology Officer and has more than 20 years of experience in the broadband communications industry encompassing engineering, technical operations and business development. He most recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Adelphia Communications, where he was responsible for the company’s overall technology development and deployment. He started his career as a design engineer at Times Mirror Cable Televi... 

Grier C. Raclin joined Charter in October 2005 and serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer. Mr. Raclin previously served as General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance officer of Charter, and has responsibility for all government affairs and business development functions for the Company.

With over 30 years’ experience in the legal profession and communications industry, Mr. Raclin previously served as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secre... 

Eloise Schmitz is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Charter Communications, Inc. Ms. Schmitz manages Charter’s mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning and capital structure activities, as well as the Company’s financial functions, including accounting, financial planning and analysis, tax, and treasury.

Ms. Schmitz joined Charter in July 1998 as Vice President, Finance and Acquisitions. Prior to joining Charter, Ms. Schmitz was Vice President, Group Mana... 

Ted Schremp is Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, with overall responsibility for Charter’s marketing activities.

Mr. Schremp joined Charter in May 2005 and served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Charter Telephone®, where he directed the successful nationwide rollout of the Company’s residential and commercial telephone service. Prior to joining Charter, Mr. Schremp was employed by Hewlett Packard, where he co-founded its Cable, Media and Entertainme... 

Steve Apodaca was promoted to President of Charter’s West Operating Group in December 2008. In this role, he is responsible for providing cable-based communication services to more than 2.5 million customers.

Previously, Mr. Apodaca served as Vice President of Operations Support from September 2005 to December 2008, Interim President of the former West Division from February 2007 to May 2007, and Interim Senior Vice President of Operations for the former Great Lakes Division from... 

Joshua L. Jamison is President of Charter’s East Operating Group, with responsibility for all of the company’s operations and more than 2.5 million customers in the eastern half of the United States.

He joined Charter in May 1999 as Vice President of Operations for the company’s former Northeast Region, and was promoted to divisional leadership in January 2003.

Mr. Jamison has more than 22 years experience in the telecommunications industry, including with more than 18 ye... 

Kevin D. Howard is Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer with overall responsibility for Charter’s accounting and financial reporting, both internal and external. Mr. Howard was promoted to his current position in June 2007. Prior to that, he served as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer from April of 2006 to June of 2008, Vice President of Finance from April 2003 until April 2006 and as Director of Financial Reporting since joining Charter in April 2002.

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