Salvatore J. Bucchere has served as an independent Director of Alfa since October 2001. Mr. Bucchere holds a bachelors degree in business administration in Accounting from St. Johns University in New York. From 1965 to 1968 he was employed as a management consultant with Arthur Young & Co. and Main LaFrentz
& Co. in New York. From 1968 to 1971, Mr. Bucchere taught accounting and law at Bishop Ford High School in Brooklyn. From 1971 to 1977, he served as the Vice President and Secretary of Centennial Industries, Inc., as a director of its Biddle Purchasing Co. subsidiary and as president of its Jabro Automotive Co. subsidiary. During this time, he was one of the founders, with Mr. Drohan, of Biddle International Sales Co. From 1977 to 1979, he was a Vice President and Director of Rif International Corp. From 1979 to 1982, he was Executive Vice President of Custom Carburetor Co. and from 1982 until 2003 he was the Chairman of the Board and controlling shareholder of Columbia Products Co., a manufacturer and distributor of rebuilt carburetors and automotive parts in the eastern United States. Mr. Bucchere is presently active as a marketing consultant in
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