"William Conway was named Chairman of the Board for Nextel Communications, Inc. in February of 2001.

Mr. Conway is a founding partner and Managing Director of the Carlyle Group , a Washington, D.C.-based, private merchant bank. He has served on the Nextel Board of Directors since early 1997. Prior to founding the Carlyle Group, Mr. Conway served as a Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MCI Communications Corporation. He also spent nearly ten years with the First National Bank of Chicago in their corporate finance and commercial lending operations."