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Tom Gerke
Chief Executive Officer
EMBARQ
Tom Gerke is Chief Executive Officer of Embarq Corporation (NYSE: EQ). This NYSE-listed company has approximately 18,000 employees and operates in 18 states offering voice, data, high speed internet, wireless and entertainment services to more than 5 million customers.
Before being named by the company’s Board of Directors as CEO in March of 2008, Gerke briefly held the title of interim CEO. He also served as General Counsel – Law and External Affairs.
In his previous position as EMBARQ’s General Counsel, Gerke was responsible for the oversight of the company’s legal and governmental affairs initiatives, corporate governance and legal support to the EMBARQ board of directors. In January 2007, he assumed responsibility for EMBARQ’s Wholesale Markets business unit while continuing to lead the legal, regulatory and external affairs functions.
Gerke joined Sprint Nextel in 1994 where he held a variety of leadership roles including executive vice president and general counsel. He held other senior management positions in the law department, including assistant vice president of Corporate Transactions, vice president of General Business and Technology, and Corporate Secretary for Sprint. In addition, he served as vice president of Business Development, Strategic Planning and Alliances for Sprint’s Global Markets Group.
Before joining Sprint, Gerke was a partner with the law firm of Smith, Gill, Fisher & Butts in Kansas City.
Gerke holds a Master’s of Business Administration degree from Rockhurst University in Kansas City and a law degree from the University of Missouri in Kansas City. He serves on the Board of Trustees of Rockhurst University and as a Commissioner on the Local Investment Commission (LINC) of Kansas City.