Mr. Kington has been managing director of Kington Management, LP, a private investment firm, and its predecessor since 2012. He was managing director of X-10 Capital Management, LLC, a private investment firm, from 2004 to 2012. Mr. Kington is and has been the principal officer and investor in several communications firms and was a founding member of Columbia Capital, LLC, a venture capital firm specializing in the communications and information technology industries. He currently serves on the board of the University of Virginia Darden School Foundation. He also has served on the boards of Colonial Williamsburg, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Nature Conservancy in Virginia and the NPR Foundation. Mr. Kington received his undergraduate degree from the University of Tennessee and Master of Business Administration from the University of Virginia. Mr. Kington has extensive experience in information technology, investment management and corporate finance, including derivatives and capital markets, which is valuable as the Chair of the Finance Committee and helps our Board oversee the company s financial performance, as well as navigate the energy and financial markets. He also has regulatory and governmental expertise acquired during his tenure in the highly regulated telecommunications industry, helping our Board