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ROBIN CHANDLER DUKE

435 EAST 5SND STREET

NEW YORK, N.Y. 1OO22

(212) 759-9145 FAX (SIS) 935-9765

25 March 2002

Secretary General Kofi Annan 42nd & First Avenue Room 3800 , NY 10017

Dear Secretary General:

Here is the list of acceptances for April 17 reception from 6:00 to 8:00 PM.

We look forward to the gathering and awaiting responses from a number of other people.

Kindest regards, X

Robin chandler Duke

llULli APR 2 2 2B2 ROBIN CHANDLER DUKE 435 EAST 53ND STREET

NEW YORK, N.Y. 1OO22

(313) 759-9145 FAX (312) 935-9765

Secretary General Kofi Annan reception April 17, 2002

Acceptances

Shahara Ahmad-Llewellyn The Hon. Ulric Haynes, Jr. Dr. George Campbell, Jr. John Morning Gordon Davis Edward T. Lewis J. Bruce Llewellyn Frank Thomas Russell Simmons Mario L. Baeza Arthur Mitchell Jeanne Ashe The Hon. Roy Goodman

List Invited/have not responded

Harry Belafonte Dr. Henry Louis Gates Mary Schmidt Campbell Judith Jamison Kenneth Chenault Ronald Davenport Gordon Parks Alphone Fletcher The Hon. Donald McKenry Bruce Gordon Hugh Price Loida Lewis Dr. Joseph E. Lowery Stanley O'Neal Kweisi Mfume Edward Bradley Martin Luther King III The Hon. Clifford Alexander, Jr.

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Mr. Thomas is an attorney and a Consultant with the TFF Study Group (a not for profit development assistance group focussing on Southern ) and served as President and CEO of The Ford Foundation from 1979 to 1996. Mr. Thomas received a B.A. from Columbia College in 1956 and a LLB, from Columbia Law School in 1963. From 1956 to 1960, he was a navigator with the U.S. Air Force. Mr, Thomas served as an attorney for the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and a Deputy Police Commissioner, in charge of legal matters for , Mr. Thomas was President of the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, a Community Development Corporation from 1967 to 1977. Mr Thomas is a Director of a number of business corporations and charitable organizations and serves as an advisor to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

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Ambassador Ulric Haynes, Jr.

17 Bagatelle Road Dix Hills, New York 11746

Home: (631) 643-4123 Office: (516) 463-5677

E-Mail: [email protected]

Summary: Professional background consists of increasingly responsible positions in diplomacy and foreign afiairs, as well as in international business, higher education and philanthropy.

Experience: Diplomacy and Foreign Afiairs - American Ambassador to 1977 t> to 1981, StaffMember of National Security Council 1965 to 1966, State Department Officer-in-Charge of South and High Commission Territory Affiurs 1963 to 1965, Assistant to the Ford Foundation West Africa Representative 1959 to 1961, Assistant to the Ford Foundation Representative 1961 to 1963? Administrative Officer in United Nations European Office 1959 to I960, Member of the of the Council of American Ambassadors, Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Human Rights Watch and others; currently Executive Dean for University International Relations at Hofetra University.

International Business - Consultant to Major Multi-National Corporations 1984,1985, 1988 and 1989, Vice President for International Business Planning of Cummins Engine Company 1981 to 1983, Vice President for the Mid East and Africa of Cummins Engine Company 1974 to 1977, Member of the Boards of Directors of such multi-national coporations as HSBC Bank USA, American Broadcasting Companies and Pall Corporation. _j

Higher Education - Visiting Lecturer at the , Stanford Business School, Indiana University, Ball State College, Deep Springs College, Hofstra University and Wharton School of Business; Acting President of SUNY/College at Old Westbury, Dean of Hofetra University School of Business. FEB-25-2002 12=01 HOFSTRfl UNIUERSITY P.03/04 / \/ » f I -—

Education: Amherst College, B.A. in Political Science Yale Law School, J.D. Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program

Honors: Honorary LL.D.'s from Indiana University, Butler University, Alabama State University, Fisk University, John Jay College, and Mercy College

U.S. Department of State Certificate of Appreciation, 1981

University of Hawaii award for Excellence in International Mediation, 1981

Class of 1952 Amherst CoDege Alumni Award, 1982

Listings: Who's Who in the World Who's Who in America Who's Who Among Bkck Americans The International Statesman's Who's Who

Languages: French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese

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Dance Theatre of Harlem

Arthur Mitchell Founder

Arthur Mitchell is known around the world as an accomplished artistic director, astute educator, talented choreographer and extraordinary dancer. Born in New York City on March 27, 1934, he began his dance training at New York City's High School of (Jit Performing Arts, where he was the flrsl male student to win the coveted Annual Dance Award.

Mitchell continued his classical training when he received a full scholarship to Hie School of American Ballet. In 1955, he was the first African-American male lo become a permanent member of a major ballet company whtn he joined the New York City Ballet.

During his f^ftccn-year career with the New York City Ballet, Mitchell rose quickly to the rank of Principal Dancer and electrified audiences with his performances in a broad spectrum of roles. Mitchell is best known for two roles choreographed especially for him by the late George Balanchine; the "Pas de Deux" from Agon and the lighthearted "Puck" in A Midsumtnef Night's Dream. He also performed in nightclubs, on Broadway, in film, and on television. Mitchell was also a popular guest artist in the and abroad.

In 1966, Mitchell was asked to organize the American Negro Dance Company, which represented the United Slates at the first World Festival of Negro A.i'ts in Senegal. In the 1967, at the request of the United Slates International Association, he founded the National Ballet Company of BiaidJ in Rio de Janeiro.

Upon learning of the death of The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968, Mitchell was inspired tn provide children — especially those living in Harlem — with the opportunity lu sludy dance. During the summer of l'.)6S, he began leaching classes in a remodeled garage. In 196'J, with financial assistance from Mrs. Alva B. OJimbel and the Ford Foundation, Mitchell founded Dance Theatre of Harlem with his mentor and ballet instructor Karel Shook.

As a professional dance company and a school of the allied arts, the continued expansion of Dance The.Hrc of Harlem iillo a multi-cultural institution attracts professional dancers and students from around the worlrl, Arthur Mitchell adds to the legacy every day as Dance Theatre of Harlem's Artistic Director. Mar--J3-!O2 1 1 : 34A P. 02

Honors & Awards Honorary Doctorate Degrees

2001 The Heinz Award 2001 Yale University 2000 Governor's Martin Luther 1996 Drown University King Award 19% The Julliard School 1997 Americans for (he Arts 1987 Foundation Award 1986 Princeton University 199(i John W, Gardner Leadership I9R6 Award I986 The New School for Social Research 1995 Mac Arthur Foundations "Genius" 1982 Long Island University Fellowship and Lifetime Achievement 1981 North Carolina School of the Arls Award from the School of American 1975 Columbia College Ballet, Inc. 1975 City College, City University of Now York 1994 National Medal of the Arts, (he highest honor awarded Awards of Distinction by the President of [he United States in the arts and humanities 1994 Barnard College 1994 Distinguished Service lo ihc Arts 1990 Adelphi University of the American Academy of Arts and 198S American Alliance for Health, Physical Letters Education, Recreation and Dunce 1994 Barnard Medal of Distinction 1984 New York State Board of Regents from 1983 New York State Alliance for Arts 1994 Council member, National Education Endowment for the Arts 1983 University of Detroit 1993 The Kennedy Center Honors, 1982 Boston University celebrating an extraordinary 1975 Dance Master of America lifetime of contributions to 1972 University of Cincinnati American culture through the performing arts 1993 Living Landmark, New York Selected Choreographic Works Landmark Conservancy 1993 Handel Medallion, New York J 998 South African Suite City's most prestigious award 1993 Bach Passacaglia (DTH) for the artistic contribution 1989 John Henry (DTH) 1993 Honorary Patron to the Markel 1986 Lucy (music video) Theatre Foundation in the 1984 Porgy and Bess South Africa (Metropolitan Opera) 1991 Appointed by President Clinton 1976 Spiritual Suite (DTH) lo the President's Commission on 1975 Manifestations (DTH) White House Fellowships 1971 Rhythmetron (DT11) 1988 Museum of the Kirov Ballet 1971 Fete Noire (DTH) induction of Dance Theatre of Harlem 1970 Tones (DTH) 1986 N.A.A.C.P. Image Awards of Fame induction 1980 Member of the first U.S.I.C.A. Dance Cultural Study Team to the People's Republic of China 1973 Member of New York State Council on the Arts 1967 Founded the National Ballet Company of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, requested by U.S. Int'l Assoc. 19fifj Invited to organize tlie American Negro Dance Co., which represented the U.S. at flic first World Festival of Negro Arls in Senegal 3-15-02; 4:49PM;2O FLOOR COPY CENTER ; 424 S5OO

GORDON J. DAVIS

PERSONAL

Residence 241 West #16-C New York, N.Y. 10024

Telephone (212) 424-8366 (Business) (212) 424-8500 (Fax - Business) E-Mail gdavis@llgm .com

Bom August 7, 1941 , Illinois

Parents Elizabeth Stubbs Davis - Mother (deceased) W. Allison Davis - Father (deceased). John Dewey Distinguished Professor of Education, University of Chicago. Commemorative U.S. Postage Stamp 1994

Spouse Peggy Cooper Davis John S. R, Shad Professor of Lawyering and Ethics School of Law

Daughter Elizabeth C. Davis - Actor Brown University, 1997 Actor, Performer, Educator

EDUCATION

Harvard Law School, J.D. 1967 Columbia University, 1963-64, M.A. candidate (Government) Williams College, A.B. 1963, L.L.D. 1982 (hon.) Francis W. Parker School 1959 (high school), Chicago Illinois

PRINCIPAL EMPLOYMENT 2001-Present Senior Partner LeBOEUF, LAMB, GREENE & MacRAE, L.L.P 125 West 55th Street, New York, N.Y. 10019

2001 President LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, INC.

1994-2000 Partner LeBOEUF, LAMB, GREENE & MacRAE, L.L.P.

1983-1994 Partner, LORD DAY & LORD, BARRETT SMITH 3-15-O2; 4:49PM;2O FLOOR COPY CENTER ;424 S5OO

GORDON J. DAVIS

1978-1983 NEW YORK CITY COMMISSIONER OF PARKS AND RECREATION Ex officio boards, Lincoln Center, Metropolitan Museum, American Museum of Natural History, (co-founder), etc.

1973-1978 Associate Attorney, POLETTIFREIDIN PRASHKER FELDM AN AND GARTNER COMMISSIONER, NEW YORK CITY PLANNING COMMISSION (part-time) New York Magazine Company, Director (1975-1977)

1967-1972 OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, CITY OF NEW YORK, Assistant to the Budget Director Assistant, Special Assistant, Mayor John V. Lindsay

BOARD MEMBERSHIPS

Con Edison (198 8-) Phoenix Home Life Mutual Insurance Co. Inc. (1985 -) Dreyfus Co. mutual fund boards (1994 -) Dreyfus Co. (1984-1992)

Jazz at Lincoln Center (Founding Chairman) (1996-) New York Public Theater/Shakespeare Festival (Vice President) (1990-) New York Public Library (1993 -) Studio Museum of Harlem (1983 -) Municipal Arts Society (1983 -) Dance Theater of Harlem (Vice President) (1984-1999) Chess-In-The-Schools (1998 -) Aaron Diamond Aids Research Center (counsel, pro bono) (1988-)

HONORS

Honorary Doctor of Laws degree, Williams College; Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Bard College; the Harlem School of the Arts Founders Medal; the Parks Council's Annual Award; the Medal of the City of New York for Exceptional Service; the Citizens Housing and Planning Council's Award for Excellence; the Williams College Bicentennial Medal for Distinguished Achievement; the Dance Theatre of Harlem's Karol Shook Founders Award; Centra] Park Conservancy's Frederick Law Olmstead Medal; the Citizen's Committee of New York's Chapin Award for the Arts; Jazz at Lincoln Center Award for Leadership.

BAR ASSOCIATION

Illinois Bar (1968-) New York Bar (1973-) intl MAR. 20. 2002 9:42AM NY NO, 7779 P. 2age1of1

CREDIT FIRST SUISSE BOSTON

Adebayo O. Ogunlesi is Global Head of of Credit Suisse First Boston, based in New York. He is a member of the Executive Board of CSFB.

Since joining the Firm in 1983, Mr. Ogunlesi has advised clients on strategic transactions and financings in a broad range of industries, including oil and natural gas, petrochemicals, power generation, mining, natural resources and infrastructure. He has worked on transactions in North and South America, the , , the Middle East and .Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Ogunlesi was an attorney in the corporate practice group of the New York law firm of Mr. Adebayo O. Ogunlesi Cravath, Swaine & Moore. From 1980-81 he served as a law clerk to Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Global Head of InvGsimem Banking Court.

Mr. Ogunlesi received his B.A., with first class honors, from Oxford University, his J.D., magna cum lauds, from , and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar Association. He was a lecturer at Harvard Law School and the Yale School of Organization and Management, wh&re he taught a course on transnational investment projects in emerging countries.

x7/snyc116l2.app.csfb.neVcorporate/mdbios/print1/print1.cfm?Record=-728051287 3/20/2002 SHAHARA AHMAD-LLEWELLYN Biographical Summary

Business: (212)877-2856 Home: 300 Central Park West Contact: Ms. Catherine Husak Apt 17D Special Assistant New York, NY 10024

Shahara Ahmad-Llewellyn is currently Vice Chairman of The Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Inc., a privately held corporation and the fourth largest Coke botder in the United States. She is also die Chairman and CEO of ProcurEase, LLC, a technology company focused on die real industry.

Ms. Ahmad-Llewellyn is the Founder and immediate past President of H.A.V.A. Inc., H.A.V.A Inc. is a home health care company, with annual revenues of $30,000,000 providing services to over 1,100 patients each day and living wage employment to 1,300 women.

Ms. Ahmad-Llewellyn was appointed to the Board of Directors of "America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth", (formerly The President's Summit for America's Future) in 1997 by General Colin Powell, Chairman and currently serves as its Vice Chairman.

Ms. Ahmad-Llewellyn was appointed by President Clinton to the Board of Governors of die International USO and continues to serve.

Ms. Ahmad-Llewellyn has previously served as Chairperson of the Small Business Administration (SBA) District Advisory Council for Region II. She was appointed to the White House Conference on Small Business by former President and served as a Presidential appointee to the Conference.

Ms. Ahmad-Llewellyn is a National Vice Chair of the WLF (Women's Leadership Forum). Ms. Ahmad-Llewellyn is a Director and Vice Chair of the National Constitution Center.

Ms. Ahmad-Llewellyn currently serves in a leadership position on several boards. She is a Founding member of the Board of The New 42nd Street Corporation (The New Victory Theater on 42nd Street) and a member of the Executive Committee. She is Board Member of Channel 13 in New York (WNET TV, is the largest PBS station in America). She is a Founding Board member of Jazz at Lincoln Center and Chair of the Development Committee. She is Co-Chair of the Board of Directors of die Northside Center for Child Development.

A native of Philadelphia, PA, Ms. Ahmad-Llewellyn holds a BS degree in Business Administration from Temple University and is married to J. Bruce Llewellyn, Chairman and CEO of Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Inc. They have a 23-year-old daughter.

A:biosal,res2.22.02 J. Bruce Llewellyn Biographical Summary

Business: (212)698-7860 Home: 300 Central Park West Contact: Ms. Debra White Apt. 17D New York, NY 10024

J. Bruce Llewellyn is the Chairman and CEO of Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc., a privately held corporation and the fourth largest Coke bottler in the United States.

Mr. Llewellyn has distinguished himself as an entrepreneur, public official and role model in the American business community. Mr. Llewellyn's extraordinary leadership skill, vision and service in civic, state and national affairs has been acknowledged by his peers, conferring upon him ten honorary doctorate degrees.

Mr. Llewellyn was born in Harlem, New York, of immigrant Jamaican parents. He attended City University of New York where he earned his Bachelor's degree. He received his juris doctorate from New York Law School in 1960. He also earned an MBA degree from Columbia University, and a degree in public administration from New York University.

In 1969, Mr. Llewellyn bought Fedco Foods Corporation, a South Bronx chain often supermarkets with gross sales of $18,000,000 annually. By 1984, when he sold Fedco, it had become the nation's largest minority-owned retail business with twenty-nine supermarkets, 900 employees and grossing $100,000,000 annually. During this period, he also oversaw the reorganization of Freedom National Bank while, serving as its Chairman.

In 1977, President Carter appointed Mr. Llewellyn as President of The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). Mr. Llewellyn was confirmed, by the U.S. Senate with, the rank of Ambassador-at-Large and served from 1977 thought 1981.

In 1983, Mr. Llewellyn purchased The Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company. In 1988, Mr. Llewellyn acquired the Coca-Cola bottling operations in Wilmington, Delaware and still remains Chairman and the majority stockholder. In 1986, Mr. Llewellyn became the principal stockholder and Chairman of WKBW, the ABC network affiliate in Buffalo, New York. From 1989 though 1994, he served as Chairman of Garden State Cablevision, Inc., one of the largest cable systems in the country.

Mr. Llewellyn has served and serves on the Board of Directors of a spectrum of business, include Chase, Coors and Essence Communications, just to name a few. He also serves on the Board of several voluntary organizations including New York Medical College, the Board of Visitors at Columbia University School of Journalism, the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and The United Negro College Fund.

Mr. Llewellyn is a founder and former chairman of " 100 Black Men."

President Clinton appointed Mr. Llewellyn as a member of the President's Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiation (ACTPN), the Board of the Fund for Large Enterprises in Russia (FLER) and Chairman of the Unites States Small Business Administration Advisory Council on Small Business. MflR.25.2002 10:09fiM PRESIDENTS OFFICE NO.400 P.I

THE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AND ART

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

COOPES YORK, NT IOOQ3*7ISO

T H1.3 F 311.353. George Campbell Jr,, Ph-D. www.cooper.edu

George Campbell s President of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. Founded in 1859, Cooper Union is one of America's ol it, most distinguished and most selective institutions of higher education. Perennially ranke i among the nation's top three specialized collegess:, it offers degrees in architecture, engin< ering and fine arts. All admitted Students receive a : till tuition scholarship. Its External Programs Departmeent offers a rich array of Adult Education curses, exhibitions, performing arts prog_,r ims and lectures. The world famous Great Hall has beeji a stage for American presidents from Abraham Lincoln to Bill Clinton and provided a forum fbr major social reform movements of the lbth and 20th centuries.

For eleven years, pjrior to his current appointment, Dr. Cam >t ell was president and CEO of NACME, Inc., a n« m-profit corporation focused on enginee iri,g education and science and technology policy. Before coming to NACME, Dr. Campbell spent twelve years at AT&T Bell Laboratories, wheie he held various R&D and managementpositions and, for seven years, served as a U.S. delegate o the International Telecommunications Union. Earlier in his career, Dr. Campbell served c the faculties of an ^kumbi International College in Zambia, He has published papers in mathematical physics, energy physics, satellite systems, digital communica ions, science and technology policy and icience education. He is co-editor of Access Denied: Ra ce, Ethnicity and the Scientific Enterpris Oxford University Press, July, 2000.

Dr. Campbell currently serves on the Board of Directors of snsolidated Edison, Inc., one of the nation's largest inv iStor-owned energy companies. He's aTttstee of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Montefiore Medical Center and the New York Ha Df Science. He has served on a number of science and technology policy bodies, including Morella Commission of the U.S. Congress, the National Petroleum Council, me U.S. Secreta ry of Energy Advisory Board, several National Research Council Committees and as chair of the sfew York City Chancellor's Task Force on Science Education.

Dr. Campbell earn d a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Sy-accusi e University and a B.S. in physics from Drexel Unive rsity. He's also a graduate of the Executi Management Program at Yale . University. As an ndergraduate, he was a Simon Guggenh Scholar and earned membership in Sigma Pi Sigma, the national physics honor society. Amon •: Campbell's other awards are the 1993 George Arens Pioneer Medal in Physics, the Polytecl die University Distinguished Service Award for Science and Technology and an honorary doctor te in Science from Drexel University, On behalf of N AC VIE, he received a U.S. Presidential Awa d for Excellence in 1996 and the U.S. Department:ofLalor's EPIC Award in 1998. He's a Fellow both the American Association for the Advancement f Science and the New York Academy o 'Sciences and a member of the President's Circle if the National Academy of Science.

Married for 32 yealrs to Dr. Maiy Schmidt Campbell, dean of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Dr. Campbell and his wife have three sons and live in Manhattan. Russell Simmons Chairman & CEO

Russell Simmons is a master visionary who has long shaped the cutting edge of hip-hop - America's most compelling cultural explosion of the latter 2()lh century. Mis vision stems from his early retili/ation of two key points: first, hip-hop's appeal could cut across geographic, race and class boundaries; second, hip-hop would evolve from a musical form into a lifestyle expression, a culture onto itself.

Over the course of the last fifteen years, Russell used these rcali/.ations to bring hip-hop to every facet of media and pop culture: in music with the immensely successful Dcf Jam Recordings; in film with Simmons/Lathan/Brillstein/Grey (SLBG) and Def Pictures; in television with HBO's "The Dcf Comedy Jam" and "One World Music Beat"; in the fashion industry with the red-hot Phat Farm clothing line; and in maga/ine publishing with "One World11 Maga/inc.

Today Russell continues the evolution of hip-hop by launching major ventures in the fields of advertising (dRush) and the internet (360hiphop.com). dRush, Russell's advertising agency, is a new joint venture with the Deutsch ad agency. hailed the partnership us the vehicle by which "Madison Avenue is hooking up with the hip-hop nation," dRush is the nation's first ad agency to both create and market the cutting-edge American youth culture in top demand by "Fortune 50(r advertisers worldwide. By drawing upon the creative resources of Rush Communications in music, television, fashion, film, and talent management, and the proven marketing and advertising expertise of national powerhouse Deutsch, dRush has the unique ability both to create and strategically market the latest trends in youth culture. The agency's clients include Coca-Cola and HBO.

Ilusseil Simmons envisions his forthcoming internet venture, 360hiphop.com, as "the home for hip-hop on the internet.'1'' "360h.iphop.com will give us a chance to leverage all my relationships and all my ventures in one place," he says. The ultimate destination point on the Internet for all things hip-hop, 360hiphop.com will feature music, news and politics, lifestyle and culture, as well as e-commerce. Equally important to Russell will be the social and political role 360hiphop.com will play as "a. free forum for the hip-hop community.'"' The new site, which has generated considerable excitement in the music, internet, and financial community, will launch in June 2000.

42-year-old Russell Simmons is a native New Yorker who came of age in the late Seventies, just as hip-hop was being born in the city's African-American neighborhoods. He immediately understood that hip-hop represented a creative explosion on par with earlier African-American artlbrms such as jazz, swing, gospel, blues, rhythm & blues, rock V roll, soul, and funk. An early believer in the universal appeal of hip-hop, Russell introduced rap to New York's downtown taste-makers. - more - Russell Siittmons Bio Page 2

While still a sStudcnt at CCNY Russell saw his first rap show in 1977, and soon began promoting his own shows, managing artists, and producing records. By the early Eighties the rosier of his Rush Artist Management included such hit-making rappers as , Kurtis Blow, and :Run-DMC. Over the years Rush would help mold the careers of chart-topping artists, including Will Smith, LL Cool J, Public Enemy and the Bcastie Boys.

In 19K4 Russell co-founded , which quickly developed into rap's premier label. Today, the label continues to hold the leading spot in the market with 1999 revenues of $250 million. Russell's approach to the marketing of the label reflects his background in artist management: "We don't make records, we build artists." Def Jam's roster began with LL Cool J, the Beastic Boys, Slick Rick, and Public Enemy. Today its stars include Juy-Z, DMX, Method Man, and Montel! Jordan. Def Jam went into business with Columbia Records/Sony Music in 1985. In 995 Polygram Music bought out Sony's half-interest in Def Jam. Today, Island/Def Jam is wholly owned by Polygram's successor, The Universal Music Group. Russell Simmons retains the title of Chairman, Def Jam Records.

Russell's interest in the "hip-hopitlcation" of American media also included a number of ground-breaking films. In 1985, he was engaged as the associate producer of Warner Bros/ "Krush Groove,1' a movie about a hip-hop impresario very much like himself. ""Krush Groove" was only the beginning of a string of profitable movies in which he was involved, including: Tougher Than Leather" (1988), "Gridlock" (.1997), "How to Be a Player" (1997), "The Nutty Professor" (1996) starring Hddie Murphy, and two films directed by Abel Ferrera, "The Funeral" (3996) and "The Addiction," (1996).

In 1991 Russell began producing "Def Comedy Jam" for HBO. The show, which ran for seven years, helped revolutionize the American comedy industry some of today's hottest comedians, including Martin Lawrence, Chris Tucker, Steve Harvey, Jamie Foxx, DL Hughlcy and Bill Bellamy, among others. Today Russell's SLBG produces "One World," a nationally syndicated weekly television show designed as a hip-hop "Entertainment Tonight" and hosted by Kimora Lee Simmons, the former supermodel who became Russell's wife. The show was a natural outgrowth of One World magazine, Russell's bi-monthly survey of hip-hop culture, launched i:n 1996.

In 1992 Russell founded Phat Farm, a sportswear brand that capitalized on the enormous fashion influence wielded by hip-hop teens, Dubbed "the Gap of hip-hop" by New York Magu/ine, Phat Farm has recently entered into licensing deals for bags, boots, leather, lingerie, and underwear. After years of steady growth, the line projects sales of $300 million in the year 2000.

The last word? Leuvc it to , Russell's close friend, "Russell knows the market and he sees the future, and that's the ultimate businessperson," ###

=ai MARIO L. BAEZA Managing Director TCW Chairman & CEO TCW/Latin America Private Equity Partners, L.P. Prior to joining TCW in 1996, Mr. Baeza served as Chairman and CEO of Grupo Wasserstein PereUa, President o£ Wasserstein Perella International Limited, and as a member of Wasserstein Perella Group, Inc/s management committee. Before that, he was Associate and then Partner of the international law firm of Debevoise & Plimpton. While at Debevoise & Plimpton., Mr. Baeza founded and chaired successful businesses in telecommunications and new technology, ESOP leveraged buyouts and Latin America corporate finance and M&A. He is a member of the Boards of Directors of the Council on Foreign Relations, Jazz at Lincoln Center, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, The New York Philharmonic- Symphony Society and U.S. Cuba Trade and Economic Council, Inc. Mr. Baeza holds a B.A. with honors from Cornell University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

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John Morning 333 East 45th Street 212/687-1914 New York, NY 10017 212/687-2607 Fax

John Morning is a trustee of The City University of New York, the nation's third-largest public university system, having been appoint- ed by Gov. George Pataki in 1997. He has been active for over 30 years in leadership positions in higher education, banking, philan- thropy, the arts and historic preservation.

He also serves as a director of the Academy of Music, Dime Savings Bank of New York, Henry Street Settlement, Lincoln Center Theater, and the New York Landmarks Conservancy; and as a trustee of the Charles Stewart Matt Foundation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and a member of the Trustees Committee on Education at the Museum of Modern Art.

A former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, an honorary trustee of Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, and a trustee of Wilberforce University in Ohio, he has served as vice chair of the New York City Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission and been a recipient of the White House Presidential Recognition Award

A graduate of Pratt and graphic designer, he has specialized in pub- lications communicating the ideas and programs of leading cultural and philanthropic institutions.

July A, 2001

TOTflL P.04 MAR. 25. 2002 12:56PM ED LEWIS/C.REID ' " NO. 198 P. 2"

ESSENCcommunications partnerE* 1500 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10036 (212)642-0600 FAX (212) 921-5173 esserce.coi EDWARD LEWIS CHAIRMAN AND OF ESSENCE COMMUNICATIONS PARTNERS** AND PUBLISHER OF ESSENCE MAGAZINE

As publisher of ESSENCE magazine and chairman and chief executive officer of Essence Communications Partners., Edward Lewis heads one of the country's most successful and diverse African-American-owned communications companies. A cofounder of ESSENCE magazine, he has helped guide it from the conceptual stage to its unique position as today's leading lifestyle magazine for African-American women, with a circulation of 1,050,000 and a readership of more than 8 million. "Before ESSENCE magazine," declares Edward Lewis, "the Black woman's contribution to her race, her society and her country had not been examined. Unlike any other publication, ESSENCE has consistently addressed the intelligence, experience and beauty of Black women," The valuable lessons in leadership and teamwork that Lewis learned at DeWitt Clinton High School, where he was a New York All City fullback, have assisted him throughout his career. A football scholarship took him to the University of New Mexico, where he received a bachelor of arts and master of arts degrees in political science and international relations. Later he attended Harvard University Business School. Lewis began his career in the late 1960s at Fitst National City Bank in New York (now Citibank). At a conference he attended on Blacks in business, sponsored by a Wall Street brokerage firm, the concept of a fashion magazine for Black women was discussed. Lewis left the bank to become the financial manager and later the publisher of ESSENCE. The first issue was published in May 1970, In 1984 Lewis and his partner, Clarence O. Smith, current president of ECP, guided the company through diversification and expansion to create divisions focusing on television production, licensing and direct-mail marketing, -more-

*"/H OtiQbe}' 2000, Essence ComttatieatioHs, Inc., signed an agreement with Time Inc., c subsidiary of Time Warner Inc., to form a joint venture known as Essence Communications Partners. The majority avm&r of the joint venture is ESSENCE

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From 1984 to 1988, Essence Communications Inc. produced the award-winning weekly syndicated television program. Essence. Today the company produces The Essence Awards, a prime-time network television special. The Essence licensing division offers a line of fashion hosiery and eyewear, as well as, the Essence Collection by Butterick, a specially designed wardrobe of sewing fashions, and Essence Books for Children, a comprehensive line of cultural books aimed at African- American children ages 9 months to 9 years. Essence By Mail, a mail-order catalog, is designed to appeal to a broad-range of the African-American audience. Since 1989, thanks to a partnership between ECI (now ECP) and Imprint International, the catalog has also included Essence Art Reproductions., which markets fine art by African-American artists. In 1995, the first Essence Music Festival was held on July 4 in New Orleans at the Superdome. According to officials, the three-day, three-night festival has generated more than half a billion dollars for the city, with nearly 1 million persons attending over the past seven years. A strong advocate of community involvement, Le'wis contributes both personal time and financial support to a number of cMc, educational and arts organizations. He has set up eight scholarships at his alma mater, the University of New Mexico, in the departments of political science, journalism and communications and lectures to college and high-school students interested in business and publishing. For the last eight years, he has been a lecturer at the Stanford University School of Publishing. Lewis' awards and honors include the Ellis Island Medal of Honor; the Good Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America; the United Negro College Fund's Lifetime Achievement Award; the Dow Jones Our World News Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence; the Good Guy Award from the Democratic Women's Political Caucus; the American Advertising Federation Diversity Achievement Award; the Yates Ruffin Ridley Award for his contributions to the empowerment of African-American women from New York's Associated Black Charities; the Minority Businessman of the Year Award from the Interracial Council for Business Opportunity; and The Men Who Dare Award from the Black Women's Forum of Los Angeles. In 1994, Lewis and ECP president Clarence O. Smith were the recipients of the Entrepreneur of the Year Award for publishing from Ernst & Young, the country's leading irxtemational professional-services firm. -more- MAR.25.2002 12:57PM " ED LEWIS/C. REID" "' "" NO. 198 P, 4'

In 1995, the first Essence Music Festival was held on July 4 in New Orleans at the Superdome. According to officials, the three-day, three-night festival has generated more than half a billion dollars for the city, with nearly 1 million persons attending over the past seven years. Always looking for new ways to build and strengthen both ECP and the African- American community, Smith embarked on a ten-day fact-finding mission to Japan at the invitation of the Japan External Trade Organization. Representing ECP, Smith focused on opening a new dialogue between African-Americans and the Japanese; his work to dispel cultural misperceptions and stereotypes created new partnerships and strengthened bilateral relations between both groups. Smith has received numerous awards, among them the United Negro College Fund's Meritorious Service Award and several Communications Excellence of Black Audiences (CEBA) awards. In 1994, Smith and his partner, Edward Lewis, were the recipients of the Entrepreneur of the Year Award for publishing from Ernst & Young, the country's leading international professional-services firm, In 1995, Lewis and Smith received the National Association of Black Journalist's Award and the President's Award from the One Hundred Black Men of America, Inc., in recognition of ESSENCE'S twenty-fifth anniversary. In 1998 Smith was the recipient of the Joseph Papp Racial Haimony Award -from the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding. The foundation's mission is to promote Black-Jewish relations, reduce bigotry and promote reconciliation and understanding through dialogue between the leaders of ethnic communities. In 1999 Smith was the recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, awarded to outstanding American citizens from all walks of life who have distinguished themselves among their specific ethnic groups. Smith is a member of the board of directors of the Cosmetics, Toiletry and Fragrance Association (CTFA) and The National Business League and is a drrector-at-large for the Advertising Council. He is a trustee of TransAfrica Forum, a member of the American Management Association, the National Association of Market Developers and the Executive Committee of the Board of the American Advertising Federation. Smith resides in Riverdale, New York, with his wife. Elaine. The couple have two sons, Clarence, Jr., and Craig Michael.

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