Mr. Cunningham has served as a director of our company since January 2006 and as Chairman of the Audit Committee since January 8, 2006. Mr. Cunningham founded and has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Mortgage Acceptance Corporation since 1992. Liberty Mortgage Acceptance Corporation is a nationwide commercial mortgage lender. From March 1985 to 1992, Mr. Cunningham was the Chief Executive Officer of his own mortgage banking firm. Mr. Cunningham was the Chief Operating Officer of Colwell Financial Corporation, which serviced over $5 billion and employed over 1,500 people, and was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Granite Financial Corporation, which was the first company to securitize subprime residential mortgages. Earlier, Mr. Cunningham practiced as a CPA in the Boston office of Coopers & Lybrand for six years. Mr. Cunningham received a B.S. in Accounting from Boston College in 1969. |