SHEILA P. BURKE has served as a Director of WellPoint since April 1997 and is a Member of the Audit Committee. She is Executive Dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and also currently serves as a Director on the Board of Chubb Corp. and as a Trustee of the Boards of Marymount University and the University of San Francisco. She has previously served as a senior advisor to the Dole for President Campaign and Chief of Staff for the Office of the Republican Leader of the United States Senate.
	LEONARD D. SCHAEFFER has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of WellPoint Health Networks Inc. since 1992. He also has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors since 1989 and Chief Executive Officer of Blue Cross of California since 1986. Previously he served as President of Group Health, Inc., an HMO in the midwestern U.S.; Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Student Loan Marketing Association and Administrator of the Federal Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA). Mr. Schaeffer also serves as Chairman of the Board of the National Health Foundation and the National Institute for Health Care Management.
				STEPHEN L. DAVENPORT has served as a Director of WellPoint since May 1996 and is the Chairperson of the Compensation Committee. He has previously served as a Director of Blue Cross of California, President of D/A Financial Group and as a Senior Vice President of Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company.
	W. TOLIVER BESSON has served as a Director of WellPoint since May 1996 and is a Member of the Audit Committee and Nominating & Governance Committee. He is a partner at the law firm of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker and also serves as a Member of the Management Committee of Cross Country Ventures. He has also served as a Director of Blue Cross of California, and as a Member of the Board of Governors of the California State Bar.
				JULIE A. HILL has served as a Director of WellPoint since March 1994 and is the Chairperson of the Nominating & Governance Committee and a Member of the Compensation Committee. She is a Partner with Hiram-Hill Development, a real estate development firm.
	ROGER E. BIRK has served as a Director of WellPoint since April 1993 and is the Chairperson of the Audit Committee. He has previously served as President of the Federal National Mortgage Association, and as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated. He also currently serves as a Director of Penske Transportation, Federal National Mortgage Association, Mutual of America Capital Corp., and Golden Bear Golf, Inc.
				ELIZABETH A. SANDERS has served as a Director of WellPoint since May 1996 and is a Member of the Audit Committee. She is Principal of the Sanders Partnership, a consultant to executive management, a writer and a speaker, and currently also serves as a Director of H.F. Ahmanson & Company, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Wolverine Worldwide, Inc. and the Advantica Restaurant Group, Inc. She previously served as Corporate Vice President, Nordstrom, Inc. and was a Founder and Director of the National Bank of Southern California.