Mr. Fitzgibbons has been a member of the Board of Directors since December 1997 and was elected as the Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors in June, 2004. Mr. Fitzgibbons is a Partner and a Director of Stonington Partners, Inc. (Stonington), and a Partner and a Director of Stonington Partners, Inc., II (Stonington II), positions that he has held since 1993. He served as a Director of Merrill Lynch Capital Partners, Inc. (MLCP), a private investment firm associated with Merrill Lynch & Co. (ML&C), from 1988 to May 2001 and a Consultant to MLCP from 1994 to December 2000. He was a Partner of MLCP from 1993 to 1994 and Executive Vice President of MLCP from 1988 to 1993. Mr. Fitzgibbons was also a Managing Director of the Investment Banking Division of ML&C from 1978 to July 1994. |