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Carlos P. Salas has served as a member of our Board of Directors since August 2005. He is a principal of Dolphin Advisors, L.L.C., which manages a private-equity investment fund focused on middle-market opportunities. Before joining Dolphin Advisors, Mr. Salas led corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions advisory assignments for middle-market clients as an investment banker with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette ("DLJ") in Los Angeles, and later with Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation ("CSFB") when the latter acquired DLJ.
Prior to joining DLJ in 1999, Mr. Salas practiced law with Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton in New York, advising financial sponsors and corporate clients in connection with financings and cross-border mergers and acquisitions transactions. Mr. Salas received his J.D. from The University of Chicago and his B.A. in Philosophy from New York. Mr. Salas also serves on the boards of Williams Controls, Inc. and Tengasco, Inc. | 