Gervaise Wilhelm, age 63. Ms. Wilhelm has been a director of the Company since February 2000 and has served on the audit and compensation committee for the past two years. Since 2005, she has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Closys Corporation, which develops, tests and manufactures arterial sealing devices. She also is the managing director of Endomedical Technologies, a developer of endoscope barrier sheathing products, and has been affiliated with Endomedical Technologies since 1998. Ms. Wilhelm served as the Chief Executive Officer of Paradigm Diagnostics, a food safety monitoring company from 2001 to 2005 and also served as a director. She is currently a director of Closys Corporation and Endomedical Technologies. |