Rayford Wilkins is a businessperson who has been at the helm of 5 different companies is on the board of Caterpillar, Inc. and 4 other companies. Mr. Wilkins previously was Chief Executive Officer-Diversified Businesses at AT&T, Inc. Chairman at Cingular Wireless LLC, Chief Executive Officer for Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. President & Chief Executive Officer for Nevada Bell Telephone Co. Chief Executive Officer for SBC Pacific Bell, President-Business Communications Services at Pacific Bell Telephone Co. and President-Marketing & Sales at SBC Communications, Inc. (which are all subsidiaries of AT&T, Inc.).

He received an undergraduate degree from The University of Texas at Austin.