John Stanton is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Western Wireless. He began his career in the telecommunications industry at Ernst and Whinney Telecommunications Group as a consultant with a primary focus on the cellular and long-distance business.

In 1983, Mr. Stanton joined McCaw Communications as Vice President responsible for instituting McCaw's original entry into the cellular business. Mr. Stanton served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of McCaw Cellular from 1985 to 1988, during which time the company acquired more than 100 businesses and increased its revenues more than $100 million. From 1988-1991 Stanton served as McCaw's Vice Chairman, and he served as a Director of McCaw and LIN Broadcasting until 1994.

In 1988 John Stanton and Theresa Gillespie formed Stanton Communications which invested in businesses in various segments of the communications industry, including cellular, paging, telephone answering, alarm monitoring, voice mail, radio broadcasting and private cable television. Internationally, Stanton Communications was involved in private television in the Soviet Union and cellular service in Hong Kong.

Mr. Stanton founded and became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Northwest Cellular in 1992, which was the nation's eighth-largest independent cellular company. Mr. Stanton was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors for General Cellular Corporation in 1992, when Stanton Communications and Hellman and Friedman acquired a controlling interest in the company. In July 1994, Mr. Stanton and partners merged Pacific Northwest Cellular and General Cellular Corporation to form Western Wireless Corporation.

Mr. Stanton served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of VoiceStream Wireless, which was spun off from Western Wireless in May 1999, and sold to Deutsche Telecom in May 2001. He served as Chairman of Telocator, from 1986 to 1995 and is Chairman Emeritus of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association. In addition, he serves as a board member of Advanced Digital Information Corporation, Columbia Sportswear, Pacific Science Center and as a Trustee of Whitman College. A Seattle native, Mr. Stanton graduated from Whitman College with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. He received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Donald Guthrie joined Western Wireless in November, 1995. Previously, he was Senior Vice President and Treasurer of McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc. from 1986 and, subsequent to the change of control to McCaw in 1990, Senior Vice President – Finance of LIN Broadcasting Corporation. He was intensively involved in the capital formation process at each organization which involved raising senior and subordinated debt and equity, both privately and publicly.
 
Mr. Guthrie has an undergraduate degree in Economics and Statistics from the University of California, Berkeley and an MBA degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Theresa E. Gillespie has been the Executive Vice President - Finance and Accounting of Western Wireless Corporation since May, 1999, having served as Senior Vice President of the company since February 1997. Ms. Gillespie was Chief Financial Officer of Western Wireless, and its predecessors, since its inception in 1991 until February of 1997. Ms. Gillespie has also been Chief Financial Officer of certain entities controlled by Mr. Stanton and Ms. Gillespie since 1988. From 1986 to 1987, Ms. Gillespie was Senior Vice President and Controller of McCaw. From 1975 to 1986 she was employed by a national public accounting firm.

Mikal J. Thomsen is a Founder and the current President and a Director of Western Wireless Corporation.

Mr. Thomsen was President and Chief Operating Officer of Pacific Northwest Cellular (MARKETS Cellular Limited Partnership) from its inception in 1991 until it became a part of Western Wireless Corporation in 1994.

From 1983 to 1991, Mr. Thomsen held various positions at McCaw Cellular, serving as General Manager of its International Division from 1990 to 1991 and as General Manager of its West Florida region from 1987 to 1990.

In addition to the Western Wireless Board of Directors, Mr. Thomsen is a member of the Board of Directors for the Cellular Telecommunication Industry Association (CTIA), the Seattle Supersonics, Winebid.com and is Chairman of the Washington State University Foundation Board of Governors.

A native of Tacoma, Washington, Mr. Thomsen holds a Bachelors Degree in Business (Finance) from Washington State University.

Eric B. Hertz joined Western Wireless as Chief Operating Officer in May 2002. He has been a part of the telecommunications industry for 25 years. For 17 of those years, Mr. Hertz has provided leadership to wireless companies, domestically and abroad.

Prior to his appointment with Western Wireless, Mr. Hertz led the expansion of fixed wireless local loop technology as West Region President of AT&T; Wireless.

From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Hertz led wireless cellular and data markets in Panam�, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Ecuador. As a part of Bell South's international management, he became the President and General Manager for the Ecuador operation in 1997. In 2000 he became Regional Chief Operating Officer for the Central America and Panam� regions.

From 1989 to 1997, Mr. Hertz managed wireless operations in Wisconsin and Illinois for McCaw Cellular Communications and Bell South. In the early 1980s he joined a small rural operator, Maine Cellular, as the general manager where he led all planning and development for the new cellular business. He was influential in the granting of the license for cellular service in Southern Maine. His career began in 1977 at AT&T; where he held various positions in sales, marketing management and operations management.

Mr. Hertz has served on the Board of Directors for the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA), the Ecuadorian-North American Chamber of Commerce and the Fulbright Educational Foundation - Ecuador. Mr. Hertz graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School.

M. Wayne Wisehart has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the Company since January 2003. Before joining the Company, Mr. Wisehart served as Chief Financial Officer for iNNERHOST, Inc., a Web hosting services company, from October 2000 through February 2002, and President and CEO for Teledirect International, Inc., a marketing automation software company, from February 1999 through October 2000. From April 1998 through August 1998, Mr. Wisehart served as President and CEO of Price Communications Wireless, Inc. From June 1982 through April 1998, Mr. Wisehart served as Chief Financial Officer for Palmer Communications, Inc. and its subsidiary, Palmer Wireless, Inc., and subsequently for Price Communications Wireless, Inc. after it acquired Palmer Wireless, Inc. in 1997.

Bradley J. Horwitz was Vice President - International Operations of AT&T; Wireless prior to the formation of Western Wireless International. From 1992 to 1995, he also served as Chief Operating Officer for SmarTone, a Hong Kong cellular operator.

Jerry Baker transferred to Western Wireless Corporation�s domestic operations as Sr. Vice President of Engineering and Technical Operations in January, 2001, after spending almost 4 years as Vice President of Engineering and Technology for Western Wireless International.

Prior to joining WWI in 1997, Mr. Baker was Chief Technical Officer for GTE Mobilnet�s California operations for 3 years. He spent 6 years in various senior technical management positions with US West Cellular between 1988 and 1994.

Mr. Baker was one of Mc Caw Cellular Communications� first technical staff members, joining McCaw in 1984 as Director of Engineering and Operations with responsibility to build a technical organization and McCaw�s first cellular networks.

Jeffrey A. Christianson has been Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Company since February 2000. From 1996 to January 2000, Mr. Christianson served as Senior Vice President, Business Development, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Wizards of the Coast, Inc. From 1993 to 1996, Mr. Christianson served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Heart Technology, Inc., a medical device company. Mr. Christianson is a member of the board of directors of The Humane Society for Seattle/King County and the Northwest Children's Fund, a Seattle-based non-profit community foundation.

Chip Kelly has been Senior Vice President since September 2000. Mr. Kelly started as General Manager in 1989 working for predecessor entities of Western Wireless, including Stanton Communications and Pacific Northwest Cellular. Over the years he has held a variety of positions in Sales and Marketing for the company.