Mr. Tansill was appointed as Lead Director of the Company's Board of Directors in December 2004, and has served as a Director of the Company since October 2003. Mr. Tansill is a private investor and financial consultant and has been associated with Cove Harbor Partners, LLC since 2000. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Niagara Corporation. From 1986 to 1994, Mr. Tansill was a Managing Director of Kidder Peabody, Inc. and served on the Board of Directors of Kidder Peabody Group, Inc. In 1994, he became a Managing Director of PaineWebber Incorporated and subsequently served as an Advisory Director there and from 2000 to 2002 as an Advisor to UBS Warburg. Mr. Tansill received a B.A. in Economics from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut and an M.B.A. from Harvard University. |