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William E. Kennard was elected to the Board of Directors of The New York Times Company in 2001.
Mr. Kennard joined The Carlyle Group, a private equity firm, in May 2001 as a managing director in the global telecommunications and media group. Before joining The Carlyle Group, Mr. Kennard served as Chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission from November 1997 to January 2001.
Mr. Kennard served as the FCC's general counsel from December 1993 to November 1997. Before serving in the government, Mr. Kennard was a partner and a member of the board of directors of the law firm of Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand.
Mr. Kennard is also a member of the board of directors of
Nextel Communications, Inc. and Dex Media, Inc.Other Board members
http://www.nytco.com/company-directors.html some corporate affiliations of NYT's Board include:
Nextel, W.R. Grace & Co., Hallmark Cards, Inc., PepsiCo, Inc. and Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Sara Lee Corp, Schering-Plough, MetLife, Citicorp, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co, Cummins, Alcoa, Lucent, Warburg Pincus, etc.