SUSAN NESS - Corporate Board Profile

TEGNA INC

Filing Date	Source Excerpt
2014-03-17	Susan Ness, 65, is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at John Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) ... She has been a Gannett director since 2011. ... The current members of each committee are as follows: Audit Committee - Susan Ness. ... The following table shows the compensation paid to our independent directors for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2013. Susan Ness: Total $170,833.
2015-03-16	Ms. Ness, 66, is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at John Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), and a principal of Susan Ness Strategies, a communications policy consulting firm, which she founded in 2002. ... She has served as a Gannett director since 2011. ... The Board of Directors conducts its business through meetings of the Board and its five committees: the Audit Committee, Executive Committee, Executive Compensation Committee, Nominating and Public Responsibility Committee, and Transformation Committee. The current members of each committee are as follows: Executive Committee: Susan Ness; Executive Compensation Committee: Susan Ness. ... The Company paid its directors the following for the 2014-2015 director compensation year: an annual retainer of $175,000, payable 50% in cash and 50% in the form of a long-term award of restricted shares with a grant date value equal to $87,500, granted on the first day of the compensation year; an additional annual retainer fee of $15,000 to committee chairs (other than the chair of the Executive Committee) and an additional annual retainer fee of $100,000 to the independent Chairman of the Board; travel accident insurance of $1,000,000; and a match from the Gannett Foundation of charitable gifts made by directors up to a maximum of $10,000 each year. The cash portion of a director's retainer fee is paid quarterly during the compensation year. However, directors may elect to receive the cash portion of their retainer fees in restricted shares valued at 110% of the applicable cash fee, based on the closing market value of the Company's stock on the grant date. Restricted shares received in lieu of the cash portion of a director's retainer fee vest at a rate of 1/4th of the shares per quarter after the grant date, receive dividends and are held by the Company for the benefit of the director until the director leaves the Board, at which time vested shares are delivered to the director. The equity portion of the retainer fee is granted to directors on the first day of the compensation year for directors. These awards of restricted shares vest at a rate of 1/36th of the shares per month, receive dividends or, if deferred, dividend equivalent rights. Once vested, these restricted shares shall be held by the Company for the benefit of the director until the director leaves the Board and shall be transferred to the director on that date. The following table shows the compensation paid to our independent directors for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2014. Ms. Ness received $87,500 in fees earned or paid in cash, $87,500 in stock awards, and $2,100 in all other compensation, totaling $177,100.
2016-03-18	Ms. Ness, 67, is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at John Hopkins University... She has served as a TEGNA director since 2011.
2017-03-17	Ms. Ness has served as a TEGNA director since 2011. The following table shows the compensation paid to our independent directors for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016. Susan Ness: Fees Earned or Paid in Cash $100,000, Stock Awards $125,000, All Other Compensation $3,398, Total $228,398.
2018-03-12	Ms. Ness, 69, is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies.
2019-03-11	Susan Ness Distinguished Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States & The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania Age: 70 Director since: 2011 ... Ms. Ness has extensive experience and expertise in global and domestic communications and media policy... She has served as a TEGNA director since 2011. ... The following table shows the compensation paid to our independent directors for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018... Susan Ness: Total $247,153.