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Dr. Russ has served as a director of the Company since November 1996 and as Chairman of the Board from May 2000 to May 2001. Dr. Russ has served as Senior Vice Provost since October 2004 and as Dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Cincinnati from September 1994 to October 2004. Dr. Russ has also served as the marketing department head at both the University of Cincinnati and the University of North Carolina where he was the C. Knox Massey Professor of Business Administration. At the two schools he taught graduate and undergraduate courses ranging from advertising and marketing research to sales management and corporate strategy. Dr. Russ served on the Board of Directors of Cree Inc. from 1988 to 1992. He earned his Ph.D. in industrial administration at Carnegie-Mellon University. In Cincinnati Dr. Russ serves on the Executive Committee of the Economics Center for Education and Research. He is also on the Board of Kendle International (KNDL) where he chairs the Corporate Governance Committee and serves on the Compensation Committee. He is a member of the American Marketing Association the Association for Consumer Research and Leadership Cincinnati Class XX.
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