Richard R. Burt

Overview

Richard R. Burt, 61, has served on our board of directors since December 2001, when we acquired Anchor Gaming, and is the chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Burt has been a Senior Director at McLarty Associates in Washington D.C. since April 2007, and he was Chairman of Diligence, Inc. from 2001 to 2007. Mr. Burt holds a BA in Government from Cornell University and an MA in International Relations from Tufts University. Mr. Burt also currently serves as: Founder and Chairman of IEP Advisors, Inc. in Washington D.C.; Director of UBS Mutual Funds; Trustee of Deutsche Bank's Closed-End Germany Funds Group and Member of Alfa Asset Management (Moscow International Advisory Council). Positions held previously include: Director of EADS North America; Director of the Protective Group, Miami Lakes, FL; Member of the Textron Corporation's International Advisory Council; Trustee of Deutsche Scudder (New York) Mutual Funds; Director of Hollinger International Inc.; Director of Archer Daniels Midland (ADM); Chairman of the Board of Weirton Steel, Inc.; Director and Vice Chairman of Anchor Gaming; Director and Chairman of Powerhouse Technologies, Inc.; Partner in McKinsey & Co.; Chief Negotiator in Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START) with the Former Soviet Union; U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany; Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs and Director of Politico-Military Affairs.