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Nicole S. Williams, has served as a member of our Board of Directors since 2002. Ms. Williams recently retired as the Chief Financial Officer of Abraxis BioScience Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, and President of Abraxis Pharmaceutical Products, a division of Abraxis BioScience Inc., positions she assumed in 2006. Ms. Williams was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of American Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, from 2002 to 2006. From 1999 to 2002, Ms. Williams was founder and President of the Nicklin Capital Group, Inc., a firm that managed investments for and provided consulting to a number of technology start-ups in the Chicago area, specializing in the health care industry since 1999. From 1992 to 1999, Ms. Williams was the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of R.P. Scherer Corporation in Troy, Michigan. From 1987 to 1992, Ms. Williams was with SPSS, Inc., in Chicago, Illinois. She was Executive Vice President, Worldwide Operations, Chief Financial Officer and Director of SPSS, Inc. from 1990 to 1992. Prior to 1987 she held various financial positions in several manufacturing companies in Chicago. She also serves as a director of Arryx, Inc. She serves on the board of Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, and on the Board of the Chicago Horticultural Society. Ms. Williams received her Demi-License es Science Politique from the University of Geneva, Switzerland, her License es Science Politique from the Graduate Institute of International Affairs, University of Geneva, Switzerland and her M.B.A. from the Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago.
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