owens corning (OC:New York)

Executive Profile*

Background*

Hon. W. Gaston Caperton, III, serves as the President of the Caperton Group. Hon. Caperton served as the President of Collegeboard.com Inc. He served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the College Board since 1999. He serves as the Chairman of The Caperton Group. He began his career in a small insurance agency, became its Principal Owner and Chief Operating Officer, and led it to become the tenth largest privately-owned insurance brokerage firm in the U.S. ... He serves as a Director at Owens Corning Fabricating Solutions. He has been an Independent Director of Prudential Financial, Inc. since June 8, 2004. He has been a Director at The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Investment Manager of The Prudential Variable Contract Real Property Account since 2004. Hon. Caperton serves as a Director of Energy Corp. of America, West Virginia Media Holdings, and Benedum Foundation, National Center for Learning Disabilities, and Classroom, Inc. He has been a Director of Energy Corporation of United Bankshares Inc., since 1997. He serves as a Trustee of Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation and Episcopal High School. He serves as a Member of the Board of Trustees of Collegeboard.com, Inc. He served as a Director at Owens Corning since 2006. He was the Founder and Executive Director of Columbia University's Institute on Education & Government at Teachers College from 1997 to 1999 and a fellow at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy Institute of Politics from 1996 to 1997. He was a Member of Board of Advisors of Leeds Equity Partners. He also was Chairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission, Southern Regional Education Board, and the Southern Growth Policy Board. Hon. Caperton's areas of expertise include insurance, public policy and education. He also has owned a bank and mortgage banking company. In April 2003, he established the National Commission on Writing for America''s Families, Schools, and Colleges in an effort to focus national attention on the teaching and learning of writing. Hon. Caperton served as a Governor of West Virginia from 1988 to 1996 for two terms. Prior to his governorship, he was an Entrepreneur in the insurance business and was one of the principal owners of a privately held insurance brokerage firm. He was the 1996 Chair of the Democratic Governors' Association, and served on the National Governors' Association executive committee and as a member of the Intergovernmental Policy Advisory Committee on U.S. Trade. He has received numerous state and national awards and special recognition, including seven honorary Doctoral degrees. Hon. Caperton earned a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina.

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