TASK FORCE CHAIRMEN

		Arthur F. Ryan Chairman, Education and the Workforce Task Force Chairman & CEO, Prudential Financial, Inc.

Arthur F. Ryan is chairman and chief executive officer of Prudential Financial, Inc., one of the largest diversified financial institutions in the world.

Prior to joining Prudential in December 1994, Mr. Ryan had been president and chief operating officer of Chase Manhattan Bank since 1990. Mr. Ryan ran Chase's worldwide retail bank between 1984 and 1990.

Mr. Ryan was named Chairman of the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) in October 2003. Mr. Ryan is also co-chair of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, on the boards of trustees of New York Presbyterian Hospital, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., co-chair of the board of Achieve, Inc., an organization created by U.S. governors and business leaders to drive high academic standards for public schools in the U.S., and the Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy.

Mr. Ryan has a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics from Providence College and an honorary Doctor of Science degree from New Jersey Institute of Technology.