Liane Pelletier serves as Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors for Alaska Communications Systems (“ACS”) (NASDAQ: ALSK). Since joining the Company in 2003, Ms. Pelletier has rebuilt the executive lead team, reconstructed the Board of Directors, and implemented a new business strategy, operating model and an organization structure to reflect the Company’s strategy, as well as overhauled the Company’s image with investors, customers, employees and the community. Key tenets of the ACS operating model and culture are customer centricity, performance management and continuous process improvement. Under her leadership, the company designed and constructed Alaska’s only statewide 3G CDMA wireless network and marketed a set of voice and data services responsible for sector leading growth. Operating as an integrated telecommunications company, ACS has introduced wireless-wireline integrated products and services that are industry-firsts, nationwide. The company is now pursuing a new growth opportunity through investment in infrastructure to serve enterprise customers with locations in Alaska and the Lower 48, including the build of its own undersea fiber optic cable.

Prior to ACS, Pelletier’s career included 17 years at Sprint as a member of the Executive Management Committee.

Pelletier earned her M.S. in Management at the Sloan School of Business at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.A. in Economics, magna cum laude, from Wellesley College. She currently serves as a Trustee on the Board of Alaska Pacific University.

Brian Rogers, a Director since February 2001, is currently Interim Chancellor for the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska's first university. He was Principal Consultant and CFO for Information Insights, Inc., a management and public policy consulting firm from 1995 to 2008. Mr. Rogers served as Vice President of Finance for the University of Alaska Statewide System from 1988 to 1995. He is a former state legislator, who served in the Alaska State House of Representatives from 1979 to 1982. Mr. Rogers chaired the State of Alaska Long-Range Planning Commission during 1995 and 1996, and served as board member and audit committee member of the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska from 1999 to 2007 and as board chair from 2004 to 2006. He holds a Masters in Public Administration degree from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

John M. Egan, a Director since November 2003, is the recently-retired founder and chairman/CEO of ARRIS Group (Nasdaq:ARRS). ARRIS is a global communications technology company specializing in the design and engineering of broadband local access networks and a leading developer and supplier of optical transmission, cable telephony and Internet access for cable systems operators. In addition to his role as Chairman of ARRIS, Egan served on the Board of the National Cable Telecommunications Association for 20 years, the Walter Kaitz Foundation and is actively involved with other industry organizations. Mr. Egan currently serves on the advisory board of KB Partners, a Chicago-based venture capital firm and on several start-up boards in the technology area. Mr. Egan holds a BS in Economics from Boston College.

Peter D. Ley, a Director since August 2008, is the Chief Financial Officer of Connexion Technologies. Connexion is a leading builder and operator of residential fiber-optic video, voice, and data networks for gated communities and high-rise towers. Connexion is headquartered in Cary, N.C. and has operations across the United States.

Mr. Ley has many years of finance and communications experience. Prior to joining Connexion in November 2007, Mr. Ley served for seven years as a managing director at Bank of America Securities, responsible for managing client relationships with the US telecommunications industry. Prior to joining Bank of America, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Pennsylvania-based Commonwealth Telephone Enterprises Inc. Mr. Ley has also served as an investment banker at Dominick & Dominick, Furman Selz, Robert Fleming, Morgan Grenfell and Salomon Brothers.

Ley has an MBA from Harvard University and a BA from Dartmouth College..

Gary R. Donahee, a Director since February 2005, most recently served as executive vice president and president of the Americas for Nortel Networks from 1999 to 2003. He served as senior vice president and president, Carrier Networks for Nortel for Europe, the Middle East and Africa and in a similar capacity for the Caribbean and Latin America region. Mr. Donahee also served as senior vice president, corporate human resources for Nortel from 1989-93. In addition to Nortel Networks, he held senior executive positions in human resources at Northern Telecom and Bell-Northern Research Corporation. Mr. Donahee holds a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of New Brunswick. He presently serves on the boards of Voice Mobility International, Voice Age Networks and Epygi in addition to an advisory board capacity with Anyware Group and Axiowave Networks Inc.

Edward J. (Ned) Hayes, Jr., a Director since February 2006, is Chief Financial Officer of Pillar Data Systems. Pillar's mission is to design and build the most cost-effective, highly available networked storage solutions in the market. These solutions for the first time seamlessly unite SAN and NAS, delivering multiple tiers of storage on a single platform.

Mr. Hayes was most recently Executive Vice President and CFO of Quantum Corporation (NYSE:QTM), a global leader in data back-up, recovery and archive storage. He joined Quantum in July 2004, having most recently held the position of President and CEO of DirecTV Broadband, Inc., a nationwide Internet Service Provider delivering residential broadband and value-added services over DSL. Prior to DirecTV Broadband, Mr. Hayes served as Executive Vice President and CFO at Telocity, Inc., and Financial Vice President and CFO in two of Lucent Technologies' divisions, including the $20 billion Global Service Provider Business. He has also held senior financial management positions at other multinational companies such as Unisys Corporation, Asea Brown Boveri (ABB), and Credit Suisse First Boston.

Mr. Hayes received his undergraduate degree from Colgate University and conducted his graduate studies in Accounting and Finance at New York University's Stern Graduate School of Business. He serves on the boards of Super Micro Computer, Inc as an independent Director and Chair of the Audit Committee; and New Wave Research, Inc. as an independent Director and Chair of the Audit Committee.

Annette Jacobs, a director since July 2006 and Lead Independent Director since March 2007, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Door to Door Storage and Moving. Previously, she served as the Chair and Chief Executive Officer of SafeHarbor Technology Corporation. In addition, Ms. Jacobs has 25 years experience in the telecom and wireless industries and held executive leadership positions at Qwest Communications, Inc., including Executive Vice President – President, Consumer Markets and Executive Vice President – President, Wireless Markets. Ms. Jacobs has also served as Verizon Wireless President, Great Lakes Area and has held executive leadership positions across the U.S., with GTE Wireless and Contel Cellular. Ms. Jacobs currently serves on the board executive committees for the National Association of Corporate Directors-Northwest (NACD) and the Seattle Humane Society. She is an adjunct professor for Seattle University and is a member of the Dean’s Executive Advisory Board for the Albers School of Business and Economics. Ms. Jacobs holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Cum Laude, from Jacksonville University in Jacksonville, Florida.

David Southwell, a Director since July 2006, is Chairman of the Bell Canada 2010 Vancouver Olympics Technology Board which is responsible for overseeing technology, implementation and operations for the Games. His current position follows 35 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, primarily with Bell Canada – the largest telecom company in Canada. He carries in-depth knowledge and experience in operations and telecom technology in both wireless and wireline. Following numerous senior officer positions at Bell Canada, Southwell retired last year as the Group President of Operations. In that capacity, Southwell was responsible for customer and network operations plus fleet and real estate during a time of integration and personnel reductions.

In addition to serving on the ACS and Olympics Technology boards, Southwell has previously served on numerous others, including six years with Expertech Network Installation, Inc., most recently as Chairman.