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Patrick W. Gross has been a director of CEC since December 2005. Mr. Gross was the founder and former principal executive officer of American Management Systems (AMS), a business and technology consulting firm, and founder and chairman of The Lovell Group. During his 32-year tenure at AMS, the company grew to $1 billion in revenue with more than 7,000 professionals throughout North America and Europe. He is co-founder and former chairman of the World Affairs Council of Washington, D.C., and currently serves as co-chairman of the Trustees Research and Policy Committee of the Committee for Economic Development (CED). HE IS VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL FOR EXCELLENCE IN GOVERNMENT. In addition, he served as vice chairman of Youth for Understanding International Exchange and serves on the board of the All Kinds of Minds Institute, a non-profit organization assisting students who struggle with learning. Mr. Gross is a director of Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE), LIQUIDITY SERVICES, INC. and Mobius Management Systems, Inc. He attended Cornell University and received a BES from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Mr. Gross also earned an MSE from the University of Michigan, and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. | 