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Director since: 1977.
Alcoa Board Committees: Compensation and Benefits Committee Executive Committee Governance and Nominating Committee (chair).
Principal occupation: Consultant The Study Group a nonprofit institution assisting development in South Africa since 1996; Chairman September 11 Fund since 2001.
Recent business experience: Mr. Thomas was President and Chief Executive Officer of The Ford Foundation from 1979 until 1996. He was president and chief executive officer of Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation (a nonprofit community development corporation) from 1967-1977. He served as Deputy Police Commissioner in Charge of Legal Matters for the New York City Police Department for two years starting in 1965. He was named Assistant US Attorney for the Southern District of New York in 1964 and he served as attorney for the Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency in 1963.
Other directorships: Citigroup Inc. Lucent Technologies Inc. and PepsiCo Inc. | 