Elected to the board May 10, 2007

Lee C. Bollinger was named President of Columbia University in June 2002. He is also on the faculty of Columbia’s Law School. From November 1997 to 2002, he was the President of the University of Michigan. He also served as Provost, and Professor of Government, at Dartmouth College from 1994 to 1997; and from 1987 to 1994 he was the Dean of the University of Michigan Law School.

A leading scholar on free speech and First Amendmen... 

Elected to the board May 9, 1996. Previously served May 11, 1974 to January 3, 1986.

Parents: Father, Howard H. Buffett, investment banker and Congressman from Nebraska, Second District, 1943 to 1949 and 1951 to 1953 Mother, Leila Stahl Buffett

Date of Birth: August 30, 1930 in Omaha, Nebraska

Married: April 1952 to Susan Thompson (died July 2004); August 2006 to Astrid Menks

Elected to the board January 20, 2006

Christopher C. Davis serves as chairman of Davis Selected Advisers, LP, an investment counseling firm that oversees approximately $70 billion of client assets, including mutual funds and institutional separate accounts. The firm employs a research-driven, long-term approach to investing.

He joined Davis Selected Advisers in 1989 as a financial analyst and became a portfolio manager of the firm’s flagship funds, Davis New York Venture ... 

Elected to the board August 1, 2000

Barry Diller is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IAC. He also serves as the Chairman of Expedia, Inc., and Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc.

IAC is a leading internet company with more than 35 fast-growing, highly related brands serving loyal consumer audiences. Its mission is to harness the power of interactivity to make daily life easier and more productive for all people all over the world. Some of IAC’s businesses... 

Elected to the board September 9, 2004

Along with her husband, Melinda Gates is Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which seeks to reduce inequities in the United States and around the world. In her role with the foundation Gates shapes and approves foundation strategies, reviews results, advocates for the foundation’s issues, and helps set the overall direction of the organization.

She meets with local, national, and international grantees and partners to fur... 

Elected to the board January 18, 2007

Thomas S. Gayner is executive vice president and chief investment officer of Markel Corporation, a publicly traded insurance holding company headquartered in Glen Allen, VA. Markel writes specialty insurance for three market segments: the Excess and Surplus Lines Market, the Specialty Admitted Market and the London Insurance Market. The specialty insurance market provides coverage for hard-to-place risks that do not fit the underwriting criteria... 

Elected to the board January 17, 2008