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A Director of the Company since December 1997 Mr. Gerlach is chairman of the M&A Committee and a member of both the Audit and Compensation committees of the Board of Directors. He is currently Senior Executive Professor of the graduate business program and Associate Professor of Finance at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield CT. Previously Mr. Gerlach was a Director in Bear Stearns' corporate finance department with responsibility for mergers and financial restructuring projects; President and Chief Operating Officer of Horn & Hardart; and Founder and President of Consumer Growth Capital. Mr. Gerlach also serves as a director for Uno Restaurant Co.; SAFE Inc.; Cycergie (a French company); Akona Corp.; and the Board of Regents at St. John's University in Collegeville MN; he is a member of an advisory board for Drexel University's College of Business & Administration. | 