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Bernard V. Foster has served as a director of the Holding Company since 1996. Mr. Foster is the owner and publisher of The Skanner News Group consisting of two newspapers, The Portland Skanner and the Seattle Skanner, and two radio stations KEUG 105.5FM and KAVJ 101.1FM. He is a former President of The West Coast Black Publishers Association, representing 22 newspapers in 18 markets throughout the western United States, and was a member of the State Banking Board from 1991 to 1994. He is currently Chairmen of the African American Alliance for Homeownership and serves as a director of the Taxi Cab Board for the City of Portland. Mr. Foster is actively involved in many community organizations and activities which serve the needs of the minority youth and disadvantaged of the Portland area, including sponsorship of the Northeast Neighborhood Fun Run, The Skanner Music Awards, Thanksgiving and Christmas food drives, the annual Minority Business Enterprise Awards, and the annual MLK Jr. Prayer Breakfast which provides scholarship funds to minority students in the field of journalism | 