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Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.

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Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., Joined Lazard Freres & Co. LLC in January 2000. Became a partner in the law firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld (Akin Gump) in 1982. Before joining Akin Gump, Mr. Jordan held the following positions: President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Urban League, Inc.; Executive Director of the United Negro College Fund, Inc.; Director of the Voter Education Project of the Southern Regional Council; Attorney-Consultant, U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity; Assistant to the Executive Director of the Southern Regional Council; Georgia Field Director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; and attorney in private practice in Arkansas and Georgia. Chairman of the Corporate Governance Committee and member of the Compensation Committee of Xerox. Education: BA, DePauw University; JD, Howard University Law School. Other Directorships: American Express Company; Asbury Automotive Group; J.C. Penney Company, Inc.; and Lazard, Ltd.

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