Durwood C. Settles, age 64, has served as Treasurer since June 2007 and Director of the Company since March 2001. Mr. Settles is a former Certified Public Accountant in individual practice since 1983. From 1973 to 1982, Mr. Settles was with Coopers & Lybrand in Washington, DC as a member of the audit staff and as Manager-Special Projects. During the period 1974 to 1986, Mr. Settles served as Controller or Treasurer of the various political campaign organizations of Congressman Richard A. Gephardt of Missouri, Governor Charles S. Robb of Virginia, and Congressman Joseph L. Fisher of Virginia. From 1970 to 1973, Mr. Settles was an owner and executive of a company that manufactured and sold Plexiglas furniture located in Kensington, Maryland. From 1966 to 1969, Mr. Settles was a promoter of popular music concerts in various cities in the Eastern and Southern United States. From 1964 to 1966, Mr. Settles was a Group Pension Management Assistant and Computer Files Service Supervisor with the Mutual of New York Life Insurance Company (MONY) in New York, New York. Mr. Settles received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1964 from Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina and completed accounting studies in 1973 at George Washington University, Washington, D.C. |