Robert S. Blank

Overview

Robert S. Blank has been a member of the Board of Directors since September 1986. He is a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Public Debt and Equity Financing Committee. For more than the past five years, Mr. Blank has been Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Whitney Communication Company and Senior Partner of Whitcom Partners. Whitney Communications Company and Whitcom Partners own daily and non-daily newspapers and other publications and formerly owned broadcast television stations, radio stations and cable television stations. From August 2001 until June 2007, Mr. Blank was a member of the Board of Directors of Advanta Corp.