Board of Directors

Richard C. Breeden  3*,4
Chairman of the Board, H&R Block, Inc.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Breeden Capital Management LLC
Greenwich, CT 

Mr. Breeden was elected a Director in September 2007 and then elected Chairman of the Board in November 2007. A former Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, he leads an investment fund that is a major investor in the Company.
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Alan M. Bennett
Retired Chief Financial Officer
Aetna, Inc.
Hartford, CT 

Mr. Bennett served as Interim CEO of H&R Block, Inc. from November 2007 through July 2008. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Aetna, Inc.
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Thomas M. Bloch  3
Educator
Kansas City, MO

Mr. Bloch has served since January 2000 as President of the University Academy, an urban college preparatory charter school that he co-founded in Kansas City, Missouri and as an educator with the University Academy from August 2000 to June 2006.
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Robert A. Gerard  2,3
General Partner and Investment Manager
GFP, LP
New York, NY 

Mr. Gerard is the General Partner and Investment Manager of GFP, LP, a private investment partnership. Since 2004, he has been Chairman of the management committee and Chief Executive Officer of Royal Street Communications, LLC.
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Len J. Lauer  1,3*
Executive Vice President and Group President
Qualcomm Inc.
San Diego, CA

Mr. Lauer has served as Executive Vice President and Group President of Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, California, since December 2006. Mr. Lauer previously served as Chief Operating Officer of Sprint Nextel Corp. from August 2005.
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David Baker Lewis  1*,4
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Lewis & Munday
Detroit, MI

Mr. Lewis is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lewis & Munday, a Detroit-based law firm with offices in Washington, D.C. and Seattle.
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Tom D. Seip  1,2*
Private Investor
Easton, MD

Mr. Seip currently serves as managing partner of Seip Investments LP and the managing member of Way Too Much Stuff LLC and Ridgefield Farm LLC, private investment vehicles.
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L. Edward Shaw Jr.  1,2
Senior Managing Director
Breeden & Co.
Greenwich, CT

Mr. Shaw has served since 2006 as Senior Managing Director of Breeden & Co., and formerly served as General Counsel of Aetna Inc. (1999 to 2003) and Chase Manhattan Bank (1983 to 1996).
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Russell P. Smyth
President and Chief Executive Officer
H&R Block, Inc.
Kansas City, MO 

Mr. Smyth was appointed as the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, and as a director of the Company, effective August 1, 2008.
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Christianna Wood  
Chief Executive Officer
Capital Z Asset Management
New York, NY

Ms. Wood has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Capital Z Asset Management since March 2008. For five years prior to that, Ms. Wood was the Senior Investment Officer for the Global Equity unit of the California Public Employees' Retirement System.
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Footnotes indicate Board Committees. Asterisk indicate Committee Chairpersons.

1. Audit Committee
2. Compensation Committee
3. Finance Committee
4. Governance and Nominating Committee