J Watts - Dillards Independent Director

Mr. J. C. Watts, Jr. is Independent Director of the Company. He has served as a Director of the Company since August 2009 and previously served on the Board from 2003 until 2008 as a member of the Audit Committee. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Paycom Software, Inc. He formerly served on the Boards of Directors of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporationrationration, Clear Channel Communications, Inc., CSX Corporationrationration, ITC Holdings Corporationration, and Terex Corporationrationration. At all times during the past five years, Mr. Watts has served as the Chairman of the J.C. Watts Companies, which provides both consulting and advocacy services. The J.C. Watts Companies are not subsidiaries or other affiliates of the Company. Mr. Watts served in the U.S. Congress from the fourth district of Oklahoma from 19952003. In 1998, he was elected Chairman of the Republican Conference in the U.S. House of Representatives. He served for eight years on the House Armed Services Committee. He authored legislation to create the House Select Committee on Homeland Security, a committee on which he later served. He also served on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee as well as the House Banking Committee. He led two congressional trade missions to Africa. Mr. Watts coauthored the American Community Renewal and New Markets Act and authored the Community Solutions Act of 2001. He also crafted legislation with Congressman John Lewis to establish the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture. He has served as an analyst on television news programs nationally and internationally. Mr. Watts led a U.S. delegation to Vienna, Austria, at the request of President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell, to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Conference on Racism, Discrimination and Xenophobia and accompanied President Bush on his historic trip to Africa. since 2009.