ALEXANDRIA, Minn.-Rural Cellular Corp. elected two new members to its board of directors.
James V. Continenza and Jacques Leduc were elected to the board at the company’s 2005 annual shareholders meeting by holders of the company’s 11.375-percent senior exchangeable preferred stock.
Continenza most recently was president, chief executive officer and a director of Teligent Inc. until June 2004. Before that he worked for Arch Wireless Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc., and he served on the board of Microcell Telecommunications Inc. He currently serves on the boards of Maxim Crane Works Inc. and USA Mobility Inc.
Leduc was chief financial officer of Microcell until 2004.
In addition, Marvin C. Nicolai announced his retirement from the board. He has been a director since 1995.
