Mr. Perkins is the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Frontier Spinning Mills, Inc., a company that he founded in 1996. Prior to founding Frontier, Mr. Perkins served from 1993 to 1996 as President of the spun yarns division of the Company and was a member of the Board. Mr. Perkins has also served as a director of First Bancorp since 1996. He has currently been a director of the Company since August 2007, and is a member of the Company's Audit Committee and Compensation Committee. |