Kirk C. Doyle  - Chairman of the Board
SureWest Communications and its subsidiaries
Kirk Doyle joined the board in August 2000. He succeeded his father, the late Thomas E. Doyle, as chairman in 2003. He is an ex-officio member of the Nominating and Governance Committee. Kirk has also worked in the real estate business for over 30 years and has owned and operated Kirk Doyle Realty for more than 25 years. Additionally, he serves as chairman of Granite Community Bank and serves on the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Board of Directors. As chairman of the annual JDRF Golf Tournament, Kirk helps raise nearly $100,000 a year for JDRF through the event.

A former president of the Roseville Kiwanis Club, Kirk has also served as director of the Roseville Chamber of Commerce. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration from California State University, Sacramento.

Steven C. Oldham  - President and Chief Executive Officer
Steve Oldham became president and CEO of SureWest Communications on January 1, 2006.

Oldham joined SureWest’s Board of Directors in January 2004 and was elected chair of the Audit Committee, serving from June 2004 through December 2005.

Immediately prior to joining SureWest, Oldham served as a senior advisor to The Brattle Group, which provides consulting services and expert testimony on economic, finance, regulatory and strategic issues. He previously served 27 years with Sierra Pacific Resources in many capacities including senior vice president for strategic planning and transmission services. He retired in 2002 as the company’s senior vice president, energy services.

Oldham earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting in 1976 from the University of Utah after spending three years in the United States Army Security Agency. He currently serves as vice chairman for the United States Telecom Association, whose 18 members represent over 800 companies across the U.S. Oldham is past president of the Board of Directors of the WARC, an organization providing services to developmentally disabled adults in Northern Nevada.

Guy R. Gibson  - Board Member
Guy Gibson joined the Board in 2003 and is a member of the Compensation and Nominating and Governance Committees. A lifelong resident of Roseville, California, he is a partner in the Roseville law firm of Gibson & Gibson. Gibson has been very active in community affairs, having served on the Roseville City School District Board of Education and two different city commissions, in addition to serving as president of the Roseville Chamber of Commerce in 1998.

Bob D. Kittredge  - Board Member
Bob Kittredge joined the Board in 2005 and is chair of the Audit Committee. In 2004, after 35 years of service, he retired from PricewaterhouseCoopers, most recently serving as managing partner of the Sacramento, California office where he oversaw the practices in accounting, auditing, taxation and consulting. Kittredge is a member of both the American Institute and California Society of Certified Public Accountants, and is a past president of the Sacramento Chapter of the California Society of CPAs. In addition to his professional activities, he has served as the president or board member for numerous charitable and not-for-profit organizations in the Sacramento region.

John R. Roberts III  - Board Member
John Roberts joined the Board in 1993, and is chair of the Compensation Committee and a member of its Audit Committee, and is a Board member of the SureWest Political Action Committee. He is executive director of The Natomas Basin Conservancy, and was formerly the CEO of the Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and the Sacramento Area Commerce and Trade Organization (SACTO).

Timothy D. Taron  - Board Member
Timothy Taron joined the Board in November 2000. He is chair of SureWest's Nominating and Governance Committee, a member of the Compensation Committee and president of the Political Action Committee Board. He has served in leadership positions in numerous non-profit community organizations, including as a member of the board of directors and president of the Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce. He is a senior partner in the Sacramento law firm of Hefner, Stark & Marois, LLP.

Roger J. Valine  - Board Member
Roger Valine joined the Board in 2004. He is a member of the Audit and Nominating and Governance Committees and is a Board member of the SureWest Political Action Committee. He served as president and CEO of Vision Service Plan (VSP), headquartered in Sacramento, California, from 1992 to 2006. Mr. Valine joined VSP in 1973 and worked his way up the executive ranks, ultimately serving as vice president of sales, senior vice president and then president of VSP subsidiaries. He also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of DaVita Inc. and American Specialty Health.