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Mr. Hailey has served as a director since March 2001 and is a member of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Governance and Nominating Committee. Since 1994, Mr. Hailey has been Vice President of the Investment Banking Division of Taglich Brothers, Inc., a New York-based full service brokerage firm that specializes in private equity placements for small public companies. Prior to joining Taglich Brothers, Mr. Hailey spent five years with Weatherly Financial Group, a small private equity firm that specialized in sponsoring leveraged buyouts. Mr. Hailey received a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from Eastern New Mexico University and an MBA in Finance from the University of Texas. Mr. Hailey is the Chairman of the Board of Orchids Paper Company. | 