JAMES L. DOLAN Chairman, Madison Square Garden President and Chief Executive Officer, Cablevision Systems Corporation

As chairman of Madison Square Garden, James L. Dolan presides over MSG's many entities, including its world-famous arena complex, professional sports teams, regional sports and entertainment networks, and historic showplaces such as New York's Radio City Music Hall and Beacon Theatre, and The Chicago Theatre. Mr. Dolan also serves as president and chief executive officer of Cablevision Systems Corporation, one of the nation's leading media and entertainment companies, and MSG's corporate parent.

In his leadership role at MSG, Mr. Dolan is responsible for the company's overall growth strategy and oversees all of its operations. He serves as governor to the National Basketball Association and the National Hockey League on behalf of the New York Knicks and Rangers.

Most recently, Mr. Dolan drove the expansion of MSG's portfolio of world-class live entertainment venues. The newest additions include the Beacon Theatre, one of the original art-deco showplaces still in existence in New York City, and The Chicago Theatre, built in 1921 as one of the country's most opulent motion picture houses. Among his most significant accomplishments as MSG chairman, Mr. Dolan spearheaded a multimillion-dollar restoration of Radio City Music Hall, returning the national landmark to its original splendor.

Dedicated to helping those in need, Mr. Dolan is the force behind MSG's response to local and national tragedies. He took a lead role in organizing the star-studded October 2001 "The Concert For New York City," which generated more than $35 million in aid for September 11th victims and heroes, and the unprecedented September 2005 "From The Big Apple to The Big Easy," same-night dual benefit concerts at MSG and Radio City that raised nearly $9 million for Hurricane Katrina relief. Mr. Dolan also strongly supports MSG's ongoing commitment to the community, particularly "Garden of Dreams," the non-profit charity that partners with the Garden to help children in crisis throughout the New York metropolitan area.

As Cablevision president and chief executive officer, Mr. Dolan oversees the company's comprehensive portfolio of residential and business telecommunications services, which includes iO: Interactive Optimum digital video, Optimum Online high-speed Internet access, Optimum Voice digital voice-over-cable and Optimum Lightpath, the company's integrated business communications division. Rainbow Media's national and regional television programming networks, comprised of AMC, IFC, WE tv and News 12 Networks, also fall under his purview. In addition, Mr. Dolan is responsible for overseeing Cablevision's other entertainment businesses, including Clearview Cinemas, one of the tri-state area's leading motion picture exhibitors.

Prior to assuming his present posts at Cablevision and MSG, in the early 1990s, Mr. Dolan served as chief executive officer of Rainbow Programming Holdings, Inc. (now Rainbow Media Holdings LLC). He oversaw all facets of the business, which today operates a wide range of compelling program networks reaching hundreds of millions of households in the United States and abroad. Mr. Dolan began his career with Cablevision in the 1970s and served in a variety of executive positions prior to Rainbow.

Mr. Dolan is a member of Cablevision Systems Corporation's board of directors and serves on its executive committee. He is an honorary board member of Cable Positive, the cable industry's AIDS action organization, and is a member of the board of directors of The Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research, an organization he helped found in 1998. The Lustgarten Foundation is the nation's largest private not-for-profit advocate in the fight against pancreatic cancer.

An avid musician, Mr. Dolan enjoys sailing and resides on Long Island with his wife, Kristin.

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