Cotton Bowl Athletic Association

“FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 2: W. Mike Baggett - Related to Carl Baggett (Father) and Ramsey Woodall (Father in Law) William A. Blase, Jr. - Works at AT&T with Holly Reed, Andy Geisse, Jose Gutierrez, Chris Roy, Jamie Barton, John Stankey and Lori Lee Jos Gutirrez - Works at AT&T with Holly Reed, Andy Geisse, Bill Blase, Chris Roy, Jamie Barton, Lori Lee, and John Stankey J. Stephen Jones - Works with Bruce Hardy and Jeff Stroud -- also several Directors purchase suites and game tickets from the Dallas Cowboys Organization which he is a contoling member. Also, the Jones family owns 100% of AT&T Stadium- the site of the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic Holly Reed - Works at AT&T with Bill Blaise, Andy Geisse, Jose Gutierrez, Lori Lee, Chris Roy, Jamie Barton and John Stankey John Field Scovell - Related to King Scovell (Father) Courtney Slater - Related to John Crawford (Daughter) & Betty Crawford (Daughter) - Works with Jeff Montgomery & Ryan Hefton John T. Stuart III - Related to Melissa Macatee (Father) - Mike Sweet - Business Relationship with AT&T Stadium through Ben E. Keith Del Williams - Works with Mike Berry at Hillwood Ramsay Woodall Related to Mike Baggett (Son-in-law) Chris Roy - Works at AT&T with Holly Reed, Andy Geisse, Jose Gutierrez, Lori Lee, Bill Blase, Jamie Barton and John Stankey J.J. Gomez - employee of PlainsCapital Bank Jeff Williams provides engineering services for Bob Kembil and John David Moritz Bob Kembel has business relationship with John David Moritz Jamie Barton - Works at AT&T with Holly Reed, Andy Geisse, Jose Gutierrez, Bill Blase, Chris Roy and John Stankey Alan White - Chairman PlainsCapital Bank Lori Lee - Works at AT&T with Holly Reed, Jamie Barton, Andy Geisse, Jose Gutierrez, Bill Blase, Chris Roy and John Stankey Tommy Bain & Thomas Bain -- Father and Son Seth Klugherz -- Employee of Goodyear - the Game's Title Sponsor Scott Rogers - Employee of Goodyear -- the Game Title Sposnor”

“FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 11B: The tax return is provided to the audit committee for review. It is then forwarded to the executive committee for review and approval. The organization provides a copy of this form 990 to all board members before filing the form.”

“FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 12c: The Organization produces a bi-annual survey requiring all employees, board members, committee members and key volunteers to inform on conflicts. Any reported conflicts are reported to the board of directors for review and action, where appropriate. In addition, those same people have the obligation to update the conflict of interest statements during the year.”

“Form 990, part vi, line 15: compensation is analyzed yearly. The association engaged ernst & young to conduct a total compensation analysis in november 2016. The executive committee used the total compensation analysis and the football bowl association annual salary survey. The executive committee recommends salaries and any increase/bonus to the board of directors. All compensation recommendations are approved/disapproved by the board of directors at the cotton bowl athletic associations april board meeting.”

“FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 19: The organization's financial statements, the Form 990, the articles of incorporation and other governing documents are made available to the public upon request.”