Board of Directors Rand V. Araskog Retired Chairman  and Chief Executive Officer,  ITT Corporation  Ramani Ayer  Chairman, President and  Chief Executive Officer, The Hartford Ronald E. Ferguson Retired Chairman and  Chief Executive Officer, General Re Corporation Donald R. Frahm Retired Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer,  The Hartford Edward J. Kelly III Chairman, President and  Chief Executive Officer,  Mercantile Bankshares Corp.  Paul G. Kirk, Jr. Of Counsel to Sullivan  & Worcester, law firm Thomas M. Marra Executive Vice President,  The Hartford; President  and Chief Operating  Officer, Life Operations Gail J. McGovern Professor of Management Practice, Harvard Business School Charles B. Strauss President and  Chief Executive Officer, Unilever United States, Inc. Robert W. Selander  President and  Chief Executive Officer, MasterCard International David K. Zwiener Executive Vice President,  The Hartford; President  and Chief Operating  Officer, Property &  Casualty Operations Gordon I. Ulmer Retired Chairman and  Chief Executive Officer,  the former Connecticut  Bank and Trust Company H. Patrick Swygert President, Howard University Thirty-four The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.