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Barry M. Smith was appointed to the board on December 17, 2004. Mr. Smith replaced Mark L. Hilson, Managing Director for Onex Corporation, who resigned in December 2004. Mr. Smith is the founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bon Travay, S.A., a charitable organization dedicated to health care and educational efforts in Third World countries. Prior to founding Bon Travay, he founded and served as Chairman, President and CEO of Vista Care Services, a national provider of hospice services, from 1996 to 2003. Earlier in his career, Mr. Smith served as Chairman and CEO of Value Rx, Inc., then one of the country’s largest pharmacy benefit management companies, and, prior to that, served as Vice President of Operations for PCS Health Systems, also a pharmacy benefit management firm. Mr. Smith serves as the Chairman of RG Capital, a financial services company, and as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of B&J Associates, Inc. and B&J Investments, LLC. He also serves as Chairman of Eatza Pizza, Inc., a privately-held family restaurant chain, and as Chairman of iNation, Inc., a software development and services company serving financial service providers. Mr. Smith is a member of the board of the Institute of Mental Health Research, a public and private partnership sponsored by the University of Arizona, Arizona State University, the State of Arizona and Barrows Neurological Institute. Mr. Smith also serves on the boards of the Ambassador’s Council of Freedom From Hunger, a leading worldwide micro-credit provider to poverty-stricken women in Third World countries, and VistaCare Foundation, an organization dedicated to advancing end of life care issues. Mr. Smith also serves on the board of directors of Inpatient Consultants, Inc., the nation’s largest provider of hospitalist services delivering patient care in acute care hospitals. | 