Jason P. Hood has been a Vice President of the Company since 2002 and its General Counsel and Secretary since 1998. He served the Company as Corporate Counsel in 1998. Mr. Hood was an attorney with Sedgwick Noble Lowndes, an international employee benefits consulting firm which was a division of Sedgwick, Inc., and is currently a part of Marsh & McClennan, Inc., from 1997 to 1998. He was an associate with the law firm of Glankler Brown, PLLC, from 1994 to 1997, where he concentrated his practice in employment law and general civil litigation. Mr. Hood is licensed to practice law in the State of Tennessee. Prior to starting his legal career, Mr. Hood held executive positions in strategic planning and human resources development with a multi-national specialty chemical company. |