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Desmond H. O’Connell, Jr. became a director of the company in January 2007. He has been independent management consultant and private investor since 1990. He was a Director of Serologicals Corporation from 1998 to 2006, serving also as Acting Chief Executive Officer for a year and subsequently as Chairman of the Board until Serologicals was sold in July 2006. Mr. O’Connell has served as a Director of Abiomed, Inc. since 1995 and is currently a member of its Audit Committee and Governance and Nominating Committee. During 1991, he served briefly as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Osteotech, Inc. Mr. O’Connell is a Trustee and Director of New Community Corporation in Newark, New Jersey. He holds an MBA from Harvard University Graduate School of Business and is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. | 