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Mr. Placenti has served as a member of our Board since November 2001. He currently serves as the Company's Lead Independent Director, Chairman of the Executive and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees, and as a member of the Compensation and Audit Committees of the Board. Mr. Placenti is a partner in the global law firm of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP. His practice emphasizes the representation of public companies in mergers, acquisitions, financings, and corporate governance. Prior to that, Mr. Placenti was a partner in the international law firm of Bryan Cave LLP, where he headed the firm's Phoenix Corporate Finance and Transaction Practice Groups and served as a Co-Leader of the firm's Transaction Client Service Group.
Mr. Placenti has been recognized in Leading Lawyers in America, Chambers USA, and other national publications as one of the country's leading practitioners in the Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Governance areas. Mr. Placenti earned his Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctorate from The Ohio State University. | 