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Deborah Sorell Stehr joined the Company in December 1998 as Vice President and General Counsel and was promoted to Senior Vice President in November 1999. She now serves as Senior Vice President of Business Affairs and Licensing. She has served as Secretary of the Company since June 1999 and sits on the Board of Directors of numerous of its subsidiaries. From September 1996 to December 1998 Ms. Sorell Stehr was Associate General Counsel with Nine West Group Inc. ("Nine West") a womens footwear corporation with sales approximating $2.0 billion where Ms. Sorell Stehr was primarily responsible for overseeing legal affairs relating to domestic and international contracts intellectual property licensing general corporate matters litigation and claims. Prior to joining Nine West Ms. Sorell Stehr practiced law for nine years at private law firms in New York City and Chicago in the areas of corporate law and commercial litigation. | 