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Mr. Gray has been Co-Chairman of GrayLoeffler, LLC (formerly Amani Group) since September 2009, having previously served as Chairman of Amani Group since August 2004. GrayLoeffler, LLC is a consulting and advisory firm. Mr. Gray was President and Chief Executive Officer of The College Fund/UNCF (educational assistance) from 1991 until he retired in 2004. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1991. Mr. Gray is a director of Dell Computer Corporation (since 2000), Pfizer Inc. (since 2000) and Prudential Financial, Inc. (since 1991). He was a director of Visteon Corporation (2000-2009). Mr. Gray graduated from Franklin & Marshall College in 1963, where he is currently a Trustee, and received a master’s degree in divinity from Drew Theological Seminary in 1966 and a master’s degree in church history from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1970. He has served as a faculty member and professor of history and religion at five universities and colleges. Mr. Gray was elected as Chair of the Budget Committee of the House of Representatives in 1985, and in 1988 he was elected as the Chairman of the Democratic Caucus. He was elected as the Majority Whip of the House of Representatives in June 1988. President Bill Clinton appointed him as the Special Advisor on Haiti in 1995. He is an Advisory Council Member of the Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics. William H. Gray, III, who served as a director of the Firm or a predecessor institution since 1992, will not stand for election when their terms expire on the eve of the annual meeting. [...] more
