Board of Directors Biographical Information

as of December 31, 2009

Andrew J. McKenna

Non-Executive Chairman of McDonald’s Corporation since April 2004 and also Chairman of Schwarz Supply Source, an international distributor of paper packaging and allied products and also a printer, producer and converter of paper products. Mr. McKenna serves as a director of Aon Corporation, Chicago Bears Football Club, Inc. and Skyline Corporation. He has served over the years on many civic, community and philanthropic boards and currently serves as a trustee of the Museum of Science and Industry and the University of Notre Dame and as a director of The American Ireland Fund, the Big Shoulders Fund of the Archdiocese of Chicago, Children’s Memorial Hospital of Chicago, The Ireland Economic Advisory Board, the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the United Way of Metropolitan Chicago among others. Mr. McKenna is also the Founding Chairman of Chicago Metropolis 2020. Director since 1991. Class of 2012.

Susan E. Arnold

Former President - Global Business Units of The Procter & Gamble Company from 2007 until March 2009 when she retired from that post. Prior to that time, Vice Chair of P&G Beauty and Health since 2006; Vice Chair of P&G Beauty since 2004. Director of The Walt Disney Company. Director since 2008. Class of 2011.

 

Robert A. Eckert

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Mattel, Inc., a designer, manufacturer and marketer of family products, since May 2000. Director since 2003. Class of 2012.

 

Enrique Hernandez, Jr.

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Inter-Con Security Systems, Inc., a provider of high-end security and facility support services to government, utilities and industrial customers. Non-executive Chairman of Nordstrom, Inc., and Director of Chevron Corporation and Wells Fargo & Company. Director since 1996. Class of 2012.

 

Jeanne P. Jackson

President of Direct to Consumer for NIKE, Inc., a designer, marketer and distributor of athletic footwear, equipment and accessories, since March 2009. Formerly Chief Executive Officer of Walmart.com, a subsidiary of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., from March 2000 to January 2002. Director since 1999. Class of 2012.

 

Richard H. Lenny

Former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Hershey Company, manufacturer, distributor and marketer of chocolate and non-chocolate candy, snacks and candy-related products, from January 2002 until his retirement in December 2007. Director of ConAgra Foods, Inc. and Discover Financial Services. Director since 2005. Class of 2011.

 

Walter E. Massey

Retired as President of Morehouse College since June 2007, a post to which he was named in 1995. Non-executive Chairman of Bank of America Corporation. Director since 1998. Class of 2010.

 

Cary D. McMillan

Chief Executive Officer of True Partners Consulting, LLC, a professional services firm providing tax and other financial services, since December 2005. From October 2001 to May 2004, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Sara Lee Branded Apparel and from January 2000 to May 2004, Executive Vice President of Sara Lee Corporation, a branded consumer packaged goods company. Director of American Eagle Outfitters and Hewitt Associates, Inc. Director since 2003. Class of 2011.

 

Sheila A. Penrose

Non-executive Chairman of Jones Lang LaSalle, a real estate services and money management firm, since January 2005. From October 2000 to December 2007, she was President of the Penrose Group, a provider of strategic advisory services on financial and organization strategies. Director since 2006. Class of 2011.

 

John W. Rogers, Jr.

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ariel Investments, LLC, a privately held institutional money management firm, which he founded in 1983. Director of Aon Corporation and Exelon Corporation, and a trustee of Ariel Investment Trust. Director since 2003. Class of 2010.

 

James A. Skinner

Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, a post to which he was elected in November 2004 and he has also served as a Director since that time.  Vice Chairman from January 2003 to November 2004. Mr. Skinner has been with the Company for 37 years and has held various management positions during that time. Director of Illinois Tool Works Inc. and Walgreen Co. Class of 2011.

 

Roger W. Stone

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation, formerly Stone Arcade Acquisition Corporation, since April 2005. Mr. Stone was Manager of Stone-Kaplan Investments, LLC from July 2004 to January 2007 and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Box USA Group, Inc., corrugated box manufacturer, from 2000 to 2004. Non-executive Chairman of Stone Tan China Acquisition Corporation. Director since 1989. Class of 2010.

 

Miles D. White

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Abbott Laboratories, a pharmaceuticals and biotechnology company, since 1999. Mr. White joined Abbott in 1984.  Director since April 2009. Class of 2010.

 

Communications with the Board of Directors

Interested persons wishing to communicate directly with the Board of Directors or the non-management directors, individually or as a group, may do so by sending written communications addressed to them to the following address.
 
McDonald's Corporation
P.O. Box 4953
Oak Brook, IL 60522-4953