Board of Directors

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Board of Directors as of December 31, 2006.

 

Gerald M. Czarnecki

Joined board: 1999
Committee memberships: 1,6
Background:
Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer,
The Deltennium Group, Inc.

Michael C. Davidson

Joined board: 2005
Committee memberships: N/A
Background:
Vice Chairman and Chief Agency
and Marketing Officer,
State Farm Mutual Automobile
Insurance Company (since 2004)

Christopher C. DeMuth

Joined board: 2004
Committee memberships: 4,5,6
Background:
President,
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

W.H. “Joe” Knight Jr.

Joined board: 1996
Committee memberships: 3,5,6
Background:
Dean and Professor of Law,
School of Law, University
of Washington – Seattle

Judith A. Muhlberg

Joined board: 2002
Committee memberships: 5,6
Background:
Consultant – Strategic Communications,
Gagen MacDonald LLC

Susan M. Phillips

Joined board: 1999
Committee memberships: 1,4,6
Background:
Dean – School of Business, Professor of Finance,
George Washington University

Jerry I. Porras

Joined board: 1998
Committee memberships: 2,3,6
Background:
Lane Professor Emeritus,
Organizational Behavior and Change, Stanford University
President, Jerry I. Porras Associates, Inc.

Edward B. Rust Jr.

Joined board: 1983
Committee memberships: 3,4
Background:
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer,
State Farm Mutual Automobile
Insurance Company

James E. Rutrough

Joined board: 2002
Committee memberships: N/A
Background:
Vice Chairman and
Chief Administrative Officer,
State Farm Mutual Automobile
Insurance Company

Paul T. Stecko

Joined board: 1998
Committee memberships: 2,3,6
Background:
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Packaging Corporation
of America

Pamela B. Strobel

Joined board: 2004
Committee memberships: 2,6
Background:
Retired Executive Vice President and
Chief Administrative Officer,
Exelon Corporation

Vincent J. Trosino

Joined board: 1987
Committee memberships: 3,4
Background:
President, Chief Operating Officer and Vice Chairman,
State Farm Mutual Automobile
Company (1998-2006)

John D. Zeglis

Joined board: 2004
Committee memberships: 1,6
Background:
Former Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer,
AT&T Wireless

Committee Memberships Key:

1 – Auditing
2 – Compensation
3 – Executive
4 – Investment
5 – Legal Issues
6 – Nominating/Corporate Governance

 

Investment Council

Edward B. Rust Jr., Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

Vincent J. Trosino, Vice Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Operating Officer

Michael L. Tipsord, Vice Chairman, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

John Concklin, Vice President – Common Stocks

Paul N. Eckley, Senior Vice President – Investments

David C. Graves, Vice President – Mortgages and Real Estate

Donald E. Heltner, Vice President – Fixed Income

 

Chairman’s Council as of December 31, 2006

Edward B. Rust Jr., Chairman and CEO, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Vincent J. Trosino, President and Chief Operating Officer and Vice Chairman, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Michael C. (Mike) Davidson, Vice Chairman and Chief Agency and Marketing Officer, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

James E. (Jim) Rutrough, Vice Chairman and Chief Administrative Officer, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Michael L. Tipsord, Vice Chairman, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Brian Boyden, Executive Vice President, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Willie Brown, Executive Vice President, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Kim Brunner, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Barbara Cowden, Executive Vice President, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

William K. (Bill) King Jr., Executive Vice President, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Jack North, Senior Executive Vice President, Financial Services, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Stan Ommen, Chief Executive Officer, State Farm Bank

Deborah Traskell, Executive Vice President, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Susan D. Waring, Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer – State Farm Life Insurance Company and Vice President – Health, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Zone Leadership as of December 31, 2006

Greg Jones, Senior Vice President – California Zone
Bob Cooke, Senior Vice President – Canada Zone
Mary Bitzer, Senior Vice President – Central Zone
Joe Formusa, Senior Vice President – Florida Zone
Mary Crego, Senior Vice President – Great Lakes Zone
Dave Gonzales, Senior Vice President – Great Western Zone
Jim Thompson, Senior Vice President – Heartland Zone
Lee Baumann, Senior Vice President – Mid-America Zone
Duane Farrington, Senior Vice President – Mid-Atlantic Zone
Brian Carlson, Senior Vice President – Northeast Zone
Harold Gray, Senior Vice President – Pacific Northwest Zone
Bob Trippel, Senior Vice President – Southern Zone
Mike Wey, Senior Vice President – Texas Zone

 

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