Dennis Chookaszian

Overview

Dennis Chookaszian has served as a Director since July 2006. He is currently Chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council (FASAC) which provides guidance to the FASB on accounting matters. He has served as an independent advisor and board member for various non-profit and for-profit organizations since February 2001. Prior to such time, Mr. Chookaszian was the chairman and chief executive officer of CNA Insurance Companies, a global insurance company. He is a director of Career Education Corp, a post secondary educational services provider, of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc., a financial services company, of Insweb, an Internet insurance provider, and Sapient Corp., an Internet strategy consulting provider. Mr. Chookaszian holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University, an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago and a M.S.c from the London School of Economics. He is also a Certified Public Accountant and a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter.