Mr. Douglas Y. Bech has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Raintree Resorts International, Inc. since August 1997. From 1994 to 1997, Mr. Bech was a partner in the law firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P. of Houston, Texas. Since 1994, he has also been a managing director of Raintree Capital Company, L.L.C., a merchant banking firm. From 1993 to 1994, Mr. Bech was a partner of Gardere & Wynne, L.L.P. of Houston, Texas. Mr. Bech is a member of the Board of Directors of Pride Refining, Inc., the general partner of Pride Companies, L.P., a products pipeline and crude gathering company; and eFax.com, Inc., an Internet document communications company. He was appointed a director of the Company in 1993. |