COMPANY

Founded 1922 by George J. Mecherle.

Official Website:
http://www.statefarm.com/

Industry:
Insurance

Ticker:
(mutual)

Corporate headquarters:
Bloomington, IL

Sales:
$59B (2006)

Employees:
80,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Michael C. Davidson	Business	?		Chief Marketing Officer of State Farm
Roger S. Joslin	Business	c. 1936		Former Vice Chair, State Farm Auto Insurance
Edward B. Rust, Jr.	Business	3-Aug-1950		CEO of State Farm Insurance
James E. Rutrough	Business	c. 1949		Chief Administrative Officer of State Farm
Michael L. Tipsord	Business	c. 1959		Vice Chairman and CFO of State Farm
Vincent J. Trosino	Business	c. 1940		President of State Farm Insurance, 1998-2006

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Gerald M. Czarnecki	Business	c. 1941		Deltennium Group
Michael C. Davidson	Business	?		Chief Marketing Officer of State Farm
Christopher DeMuth	Activist	5-Aug-1946		American Enterprise Institute
W. H. Knight	Educator	c. 1954		Law Professor, University of Washington
Judith A. Muhlberg	Business	c. 1952		Public relations consultant, Gagen MacDonald
Susan M. Phillips	Educator	23-Jan-1944		Dean, GWU School of Business
Jerry I. Porras	Business	c. 1938		Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford
Edward B. Rust, Jr.	Business	3-Aug-1950		CEO of State Farm Insurance
James E. Rutrough	Business	c. 1949		Chief Administrative Officer of State Farm
Paul T. Stecko	Business	c. 1945		CEO of Packaging Corporation of America
Pamela B. Strobel	Attorney	c. 1953		Former CAO, Exelon
Michael L. Tipsord	Business	c. 1959		Vice Chairman and CFO of State Farm
John D. Zeglis	Business	1947		CEO of AT&T Wireless, 1999-2004

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Wendy Gramm	Business	9-Jan-1945		Phil Gramm's wife, ex-Enron board member
Paul L. Joskow	Economist	c. 1946		Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Roger S. Joslin	Business	c. 1936		Former Vice Chair, State Farm Auto Insurance
Vincent J. Trosino	Business	c. 1940		President of State Farm Insurance, 1998-2006
James Q. Wilson	Scholar	27-May-1931	2-Mar-2012	The Moral Sense

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Cedric the Entertainer	Comic	24-Apr-1964		The Steve Harvey Show

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
LeBron James	Basketball	30-Dec-1984		King James

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