| THE RYLAND GROUP, INC. & SUBSIDIARIES Board of
Directors
R. Chad Dreier, 51
Chairman, president and chief executive officer of The Ryland Group, Inc. Board member
since 1993. Chairman of Loyola Marymount University. Director of the Greater Baltimore
Committee and the Baltimore Museum of Art.
James A. Flick Jr., 64
Board member since 1990. President, chief executive officer, and director of Dome
Corporation. Board member of Capital One Financial Corporation; FTI Consulting, Inc.;
Bethlehem Steel Credit Affiliates; and Youth Services International, Inc. Chairman of The
Living Classroom Foundation. Chairman of 2002 U.S. Senior Open Championship. Trustee of
the Johns Hopkins University. Director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the
National Aquarium in Baltimore. 1
Leslie M. Frécon, 45
Board member since 1998. President, L Frecon Enterprises. Formerly senior vice president,
corporate finance, General Mills, Inc. Director of The Resource Companies. Trustee of
Breck School, and the Minnesota Opera Company in Minneapolis. Member of FEI's National
Committee on Corporate Finance, and Minnesota Women's Economic Roundtable. 1,3
Robert J. Gaw, 65
Board member since 1967 and cofounder of the company. Retired as executive vice president
of The Ryland Group, Inc., and president of Ryland Mortgage Company in January 1996.
Director of The Columbia Bank; Howard Business Ventures; Mac-O-Cheek, Inc.; Columbia
Foundation; Howard County Conservancy; and Howard County Community Health Foundation. 1,3
Leonard M. Harlan, 62
Board member since 1984. President of Castle Harlan, Inc.; and Castle Harlan Partners II
G.P., Inc.; and Castle Harlan Partners III, G.P., Inc. Director of Matrix Global
Investments, Inc.; StackTech Systems Inc.; and AMR Services, Inc. Board of Overseers of
the Weill Cornell Medical College and Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences. Trustee
of the New York City Citizens' Budget Commission. 1,4
William L. Jews, 47
Board member since 1994. President and chief executive officer of CareFirst, Inc. Director
of National Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association, Crown Central Petroleum Corp., MuniMae,
and Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Member of Baltimore County Revenue Authority,
Maryland Health Care Foundation Board of Trustees, and Ecolab Inc. 2,4 |
William G. Kagler, 66
Board member since 1985. Retired chairman and chief executive officer of Skyline Chili,
Inc., and former president of The Kroger Company. Director of Fifth Third Bancorp and
Union Central Life Insurance Co. 2,4 Charlotte St. Martin, 53
Board member since 1996. Executive vice president of Loews Hotels. Director of Gibson
Greetings, Inc.; the Foundation of the American Society of Association Executives.
Secretary and treasurer of the New York Convention and Visitors Bureau. Chairman of the
Professional Convention Management Association Foundation. 1,2
John O. Wilson, 60
Board member since 1987. Chairman, Investment Policy Committee, SDR Capital Management
Group, San Francisco; and senior fellow, Berkeley Roundtable on International Economics
(BRIE), University of California-Berkeley. Director of Calpine Corporation; California
Council on Science and Technology; and Public Policy Institute of California. 3
Committees
1 Audit Committee
2 Compensation Committee
3 Finance Committee
4 Nominating and Governance Committee
In Memoriam
L.C. Heist
1931-1999
On behalf of the employees and the board of directors of Ryland, we gratefully
acknowledge the life and contributions of L.C. Heist, who passed away on January 19, 1999.
Known as "Whitey" to his friends and colleagues, he served on Ryland's board
since 1989. We will miss the value of his insight, guidance, and direction, which
contributed greatly to the growth and success of Ryland. Mr. Heist's career with Champion,
a forest products company with headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut, spanned 39 years. He
was named president and chief operating officer and elected to the board of directors of
Champion in 1987. He served in this capacity until his retirement in 1996. He is dearly
missed. |
