Windstream Holdings, Inc. announced nine appointments to its new Board of Directors (“Board”) that will govern the Company upon emergence from restructuring as a privately-held company. Tony Thomas also will continue leading Windstream as President and Chief Executive Officer and will serve as a member of the Board. The Company expects to emerge from restructuring later this summer. David Brown: Mr. Brown is a Managing Director of Oaktree Capital Management. Previously, Brown was a Principal at Glendon Capital Management (formerly Barclays Capital). Prior thereto, he was a vice president with Citigroup Global Markets and also a Managing Director with Archview Investment Group. He first joined Oaktree in 2003, after having spent two years at Goldman, Sachs & Co. as an analyst in the Mergers & Strategic Advisory Group. Randy Dunbar: Mr. Dunbar most recently served as President of Zayo’s Global Transport Segment. He had P&L responsibility for various fiber-based businesses that included product, engineering, architecture, service delivery and NCC/Support functions. Previously, Dunbar was Vice President of Wholesale and Strategic Partnerships at Clearwire Corporation and SVP, Enterprise Business Unit at Level 3 Communications. Bruce Kenny: Mr. Kenny is an Operating Executive at Evergreen Coast Capital where he assists portfolio companies in product, technology, cloud operations, IT systems and services. He has over 30 years of experience in technology product companies. Kenny has operated across various sectors of the enterprise software industry, including ERP, CRM, Information Management, Analytics, and eCommerce. Prior to Evergreen, Kenny was Vice President, Product Development and Hosted Operations at Viewpoint Construction Software, a Bain Capital portfolio company. He was previously CTO and EVP Products at Webtrends, a Francisco Partners portfolio company. He has also had stints with Infopia, an e-commerce platform, and Pivotal Corp., a customer relationship management software company. He currently sits on the boards of Travelport, Quest Software and ASG Technologies and is an observer at Athenahealth and Gigamon. William LaPerch: Mr. LaPerch was President and Chief Executive Officer of AboveNet, a publicly traded provider of high bandwidth fiber-optic connectivity solutions, where he managed the company through its Chapter 11 reorganization. He has more than 30 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. LaPerch is a current Windstream board member and member of the Digital Realty Trust board. W. Robert Mudge: Mr. Mudge most recently served as Executive Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at Verizon. He was responsible for the design and construction of Verizon's national fiber build and network densification, as well as the planning, acquisition and integration of XO communications into Verizon. Previously, Mudge was Executive Vice President of Network Operations at Verizon. Before that, he was President of Consumer and Mass Business Markets at Verizon where he oversaw approximately $30 billion in annual revenues and 35,000 employees. Mudge currently serves on the Board of Directors of UniTek Global Services. Paul H. Sunu: Mr. Sunu was the former Chief Executive Officer of FairPoint Communications until its merger with Consolidated Communications in 2017. Prior to FairPoint, Sunu was the Chief Financial Officer of Hargray Communications, Hawaiian Telcom Communications and Madison River Communications. He is the former Chairman of the Board of Electric Lightwave and has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Madison River Communications, Hawaiian Telcom Communications and Centennial Communications. Tony Thomas: Mr. Thomas has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Windstream since his appointment in December 2014. Thomas served as the Chief Financial Officer for Windstream from August 2009 through September 2014. Thomas joined Windstream as controller following the spinoff from Alltel Corp. He held a variety of financial and operational leadership roles at Alltel after joining the company when it merged with 360 Communications in 1998. Thomas is a current Windstream board member. Anand Vadapalli: Mr. Vadapalli currently serves as Operating Partner at SDC Capital Partners LLC, and Director at Premera Blue Cross where he also chairs the Audit Committee. Previously Vadapalli served as the President and CEO of Alaska Communications as well as Chairman of the Board for USTelecom. His sector experience includes prior service in various capacities at Valor Telecom, Network Telephone, Cincinnati Bell /Broadwing. Michael Watchorn: Mr. Watchorn is a Principal of Seapoint Capital Management, LLC, a privately held family office investment and consulting firm. Previously, Watchorn served as a Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager in both the Global Corporate Credit and Distressed Credit groups of Pacific Investment Management Company, the latter of which he founded in 2009. Prior to that he served as a Managing Director and High Yield Bond Portfolio Manager at Oaktree Capital Management (and its predecessor unit at Trust Company of the West), where he directed analysts’ research efforts and reviewed the analyses produced in support of portfolio activities. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and has served as a Visiting Lecturer of Economics at Claremont McKenna College. Watchorn currently serves on the board of directors of Westmoreland Mining Holdings LLC. Johannes Weber: Mr. Weber is a Portfolio Manager in the New York office of Elliott Management Corporation, a New York-based investment fund with approximately $40 billionin assets under management. He is responsible for certain public and private equity and credit investments across multiple industries.