Glenn H. Gopman, 51, a Certified Public Accountant, has served as an Independent Director of the Company since October 1995, and has served as Chairman and/or as a member of various committees during that time. As of April 2007, he became Chairman of the Compensation and Independent Committees, and a member of the Audit Committee. Since 2003, Mr. Gopman has owned and operated an independent certified public accounting practice. Until 2002, he was a partner in the public accounting firm of Rachlin Cohen & Holtz LLP. Prior to that, Mr. Gopman was a principal stockholder in the public accounting firm of Thaw, Gopman and Associates, P.A. He is a member of the American and Florida Institutes of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Gopman is also an officer and director of two non-profit organizations: The Hebrew Free Loan Association of South Florida, Inc. and the International Association of Hebrew Free Loans. Mr. Gopman presently serves as Miami-Dade County School Board appointee to the Citizen�s Oversight Committee on School Facilities Planning. |