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Ms. Littell has served as a director of the Company since 1999. She previously served as a director of the Company in 1997. From January 1995 through January 1998, and again since September 1999, she has been the President of Littell Group Inc., a consulting firm headquartered in Virginia, specializing in healthcare reimbursement strategy for medical technology companies. During the period from February 1998 through August 1999, Ms. Littell served as Senior Health Policy Advisor to the Health Industry Manufacturers Association ("HIMA"), where she advised the association's membership and executive management on health care financing developments affecting the medical technology industry. Between 1992 and 1994, Ms. Littell was Executive Director of the Health Care Technology Institute, a privately funded organization where she oversaw the development of research related to the impact on the economy of the medical technology industry. From 1989 through 1991, she served as Vice President of Payment and Policy of HIMA. | 