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Dennis H. Chookaszian has been a Director of CEC since October 2002. Mr. Chookaszian was formerly the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CNA Financial Corporation ("CNA"). During his 25-year career with CNA, Mr. Chookaszian held several management positions at the business unit and corporate levels. In 1992, he was named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CNA Insurance Companies and in 1999 he became Chairman of the executive committee of CNA. Mr. Chookaszian retired from CNA in 2001. From 1999 until 2001, Mr. Chookaszian served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of mPower, Inc., a financial advice provider focused on the management of 401(k) plans online. Mr. Chookaszian is a director of Marshall & Swift, L.P., a database software company, Sapient Corporation, a business and technology consultancy, Insweb Corporation, an on-line insurance provider and was recently nominated subject to shareholder approval, to serve as a director of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. Mr. Chookaszian received certification as a public accountant in 1971. | 