Little Rock, Ark., USA - September 11, 2014, Little Rock, Ark., USA - Windstream Holdings, Inc., a provider of voice and data network communications, and managed services, appoints William LaPerch and Michael Stoltz to the company’s board of directors.
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Mr. LaPerch will serve on the board’s compensation committee. He is the former president and chief executive officer of AboveNet Communications, Inc., a provider of bandwidth infrastructure services.
Prior to AboveNet, Mr. LaPerch served as president of network services and president of enterprise services for Metromedia Fiber Network, a provider of metro fiber services. He also has held various operations and engineering positions at MCI WorldCom, Inc., a global communications company.
He serves on the boards of Digital Realty Trust, a global provider of data center solutions, and Imation Corporation, a global scalable storage and data security company. He is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and received a Master of Business Administration degree from Columbia University.
Mr. Stoltz will serve on the audit committee. He is a former audit partner with Ernst & Young with nearly 40 years experience serving clients primarily in the telecommunications, media and entertainment industries.
Prior to joining Ernst & Young in 2002, Mr. Stoltz was a partner with Arthur Andersen providing audit, finance and specialized project services to clients in the energy, governmental and telecommunications sectors. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and is a registered CPA in several states.
Mr. Stoltz serves on the advisory council of SAMMinistries, the largest provider of homeless prevention services in San Antonio, Texas. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in finance and a Master of Business Administration degree from Miami University in Ohio.
The company also announced that Dennis Foster will retire from the board of directors on February 1, 2015.
Mr. Foster has served as a director of Windstream since July 2006, and is a member of the compensation committee. He served as chairman of the board from February 2010 to May 2013, and lead director from July 2006 to February 2010. He is a principal in Foster Thoroughbred Investments. He served as a director of Alltel Corp. from 1998 through 2006.
Prior to his retirement in 2000, he held a number of leadership positions in the telecommunications industry, including president and chief executive officer of 360° Communications, and he has more than 40 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. ■