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Carolyn C. Howard 42 accepted appointment to the Board of Directors in July 2005 and is serving on the Company’s Audit Committee as the independent financial expert. Ms. Howard has been employed by Howard Interests since 1987 a venture capital firm of which she is a co-founder and manager. Prior to that Ms. Howard owned and managed a personnel and staffing firm and held a position in banking with a focus on Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac lending. Additionally she has held positions with securities firms trading and covering institutional accounts. In 1992 through 1997 she acted as CEO and COO of one of New Hampshire’s largest food service and bottled water companies. In 1997 she sold the company to Vermont Pure Springs Inc. a publicly traded company. Ms. Howard also sits on the board and chairs the audit committee of Video Display Corporation (VIDE) a publicly traded company. In February 2005 she was named Treasurer to the Jaffrey Gilmore Foundation a New Hampshire non-profit organization for the arts. | 