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Board of Directors

JEFFREY M. PEEK

Jeffrey M. Peek is Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of CIT Group Inc.  In 2003, Mr. Peek joined CIT as President and Chief Operating Officer. Previously, Mr. Peek was Vice Chairman of Credit Suisse First Boston LLC (“CSFB”) and was responsible for the firm's Financial Services Division, including Credit Suisse Asset Management, Pershing and Private Client Services. 

GARY C. BUTLER

Mr. Butler is President and Chief Operating Officer of Automatic Data Processing, Inc.  He has held positions of increasing responsibility during his 29-year career at Automatic Data Processing, one of the world's largest computing services firms in the world.

WILLIAM M. FREEMAN

Mr. Freeman has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Arbinet-thexchange, Inc. since November 2007.   

SUSAN LYNE

Ms. Lyne is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. 

MARIANNE MILLER PARRS

Ms. Parrs has served as Executive Vice President of International Paper Company since 1999, with current responsibilities for Information Technology Global Sourcing, Global Supply Chain-Deliver, a major supply chain project, Investor Relations and IP Realty.

JAMES S. MCDONALD

Mr. McDonald has served since 2001 as President and Chief Executive Officer of Rockefeller & Co., a firm that provides investment management and financial counseling services.

TIMOTHY M. RING

Mr. Ring has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of C.R. Bard, Inc. since August 2003, having been Group President from April 1997 to August 2003, Group Vice President From December 1993 to April 1997; and Corporate Vice President-Human Resources from June 1992 to December 1993.

VICE ADMIRAL JOHN RYAN

Mr. Ryan has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Center for Creative Leadership since May 2007.  He is the former Commander of the Fleet Air Mediterranean and Commander of the Patrol Wings for the U.S. Pacific Fleet.

SEYMOUR STERNBERG

Mr. Sternberg has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of New York Life Insurance Company since April 1, 1997.

PETER J. TOBIN

Mr. Tobin served as special assistant to the President of St. John's University from September 2003 until his retirement on May 31, 2005.

LOIS M. VAN DEUSEN

Ms. Van Deusen is the Managing Partner of McCarter & English, LLP, a regional law firm based in Newark, New Jersey, and is the first woman to hold the position of Managing Partner in a major New Jersey law firm.