Ira Brind has served on our board of directors since December 2000. Mr. Brind has been the president and co-founder of Brind-Lindsay & Co., Inc., a private equity and venture capital firm, since 1987. From 1967 until 1983, Mr. Brind was the chief executive officer of Brind Leasing Corporation, a full service truck leasing company, which he sold to McDonnell Douglas. He was chief executive officer and president of McDonnell Douglas Truck Services, a truck leasing company, from 1983 until 1987. Mr. Brind is currently the chairman of the board of trustees of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, vice chairman of the Board of Trustees of University of the Arts, member of the Board of Trustees of the Wistar Institute, the Connelly Foundation, Thomas Jefferson University and the Jefferson Health System. Mr. Brind serves on the board of directors of several private companies. Mr. Brind holds a B.A. and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. |