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Proposal 1: Election of Directors
AFLAC INCORPORATED
2017 PROXY STATEMENT
15
AGE
68
DIRECTOR SINCE
1995
COMMITTEES
Corporate
Governance
(Chair)
Executive
Sustainability
Barbara K. Rimer, DrPH
Dean and Alumni Distinguished Professor, Gillings School of
Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Dr. Rimer has been dean of the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public
Health since 2005, and alumni distinguished professor since 2003. Previously, she was
director of the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences at the National Cancer
Institute. She is a former director of Cancer Control Research and professor of community
and family medicine at the Duke University School of Medicine. She was elected to the
Institute of Medicine in 2008.
SKILLS AND RECOGNITION
At the Gillings School of Public Health, Dr. Rimer works
to improve public health, promote individual well-being,
and eliminate health inequities across North Carolina
and around the world. In 2012, Dr. Rimer was appointed
Chairman of the President’s Cancer Panel and has been
reappointed twice since then. Her insight and leadership
with respect to the public health sector are extremely
relevant to the Company’s business and operations.
OTHER BOARD OR LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
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Chair, President’s Cancer Panel
(since 2012)
INDEPENDENT
AGE
70
DIRECTOR SINCE
2012
COMMITTEES
Audit and Risk*
Corporate
Governance
*Financial Expert
Melvin T. Stith
Dean Emeritus of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at
Syracuse University
Dr. Stith is dean emeritus of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse
University, having served as dean from 2005 until 2013. Prior to assuming this role, Dr. Stith
was the dean emeritus and the Jim Moran Professor of Business Administration at Florida
State University for thirteen years. He has been a professor of marketing and business since
1977 following his service as a captain in the U.S. Army Military Intelligence Command.
SKILLS AND RECOGNITION
Dr. Stith’s financial acumen and his leadership skills in
consensus building, risk management, and executive
management add an important dimension to the
composition of our Board.
OTHER BOARD OR LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
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Synovus Financial Corp. (since 1998)
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Flowers Foods, Inc. (since 2004)
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Jim Moran Foundation (since 2000)
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Dr. Stith also previously served on
the boards of Correctional Services
Corporation, JM Family Enterprises
Youth Automotive Training Center, the
Keebler Company, United Telephone
of Florida, and Rexall Sundown.
Daniel P. Amos is the father of Paul S. Amos II. No other family relationships exist among any other executive
officers or Directors.
INDEPENDENT