Founder of Astra Capital Management LLC and Velocitas Partners LLC, William E. Kennard presently occupies the position of Independent Chairman for AT&T, Inc. and Non-Executive Chairman for Velocitas Partners LLC. He is also Member-Operating Executive Board at Staple Street Capital Group LLC and on the board of 10 other companies. Mr. Kennard previously occupied the position of Ambassador-United States at European Union, Trustee at Yale Corp., Chairman of Federal Communications Commission, Managing Director at The Carlyle Group LP (Corporate Private Equity) and Partner at Verner Lipfert Barnhard McPherson & Hand. William E. Kennard received an undergraduate degree from Stanford University and a graduate degree from Yale Law School.