Harold J. Meyerman has been a director of the Company since July 1999. Mr. Meyerman retired as a Managing Director of the Global Financial Institutions and Trade Group of The Chase Manhattan Bank ("Chase") in December 1998. His responsibilities at Chase included overseeing the asset management businesses. Before joining Chase, Mr. Meyerman was President and Chief Executive Officer of First Interstate Bank, Ltd., a unit of First Interstate Bancorp. Mr. Meyerman also serves on the Board of Directors of the Huntington Medical Research Institutes, on the Board of Trustees of the Palm Springs Desert Museum and as Chairman and a Director of Ansett Aircraft Spares and Services, Inc., a private corporation located in Sylmar, California. |