Ira D. Hall
Retired
Until his retirement in 2004, Ira Hall was president and CEO of Utendahl Capital Management (UCM), a fixed-income investment management firm that manages core fixed income, enhanced fixed income, and mortgage-backed security accounts for more than 40 pension and retirement funds, foundations, universities, and corporations. His responsibilities include the overall executive management of UCM and its investment performance, as well as leading the firm's overall corporate strategy and business development efforts.
Until 2001, Mr. Hall was treasurer of Texaco Inc. and head of the company's finance department. He was responsible for Texaco's worldwide banking and finance activities and served as financial manager of the company's pension and benefit plans. Previously, he was general manager of Alliance Management of Texaco Inc., with responsibility for Texaco's downstream ventures in the United States and Shell and Saudi Refining, Inc., and the Caltex joint venture with Chevron, operating in more than 60 countries in Asia-Pacific region, Africa, and the Middle East.
Prior to joining Texaco in 1998, Mr. Hall held a series of positions of increasing responsibility with IBM Corporation including director of international operations, treasurer of IBM U. S., controller of IBM World Trade Corporation, and chairman and CEO of IBM WTC Insurance Corporation. He was previously senior vice president, corporate finance, of the New York investment banking firm L. F. Rothschild, Unterberg, Towbin, Inc.
He graduated from Stanford University with a BS in electrical engineering and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Mr. Hall currently serves on the board of directors of Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc., Reynolds & Reynolds Company; Publishers Clearing House; TECO Energy, Inc., Imagistics International, Inc., and the Jackie Robinson Foundation. He is the chairman of the board of the Executive Leadership Council. He previously served on the board of trustees of Stanford University and on the distribution committee of the San Francisco Foundation. Mr. Hall also was a presidential appointee with confirmation by the United States Senate as governor of the United States Postal Service, where he chaired its audit committee. He also served as chairperson of the national advisory board to the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board, which included the Secretary of the Treasury and the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board.
