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Mr. Spencer, a Certified Public Accountant, has been a director since November 2003. He retired as audit partner from Ernst & Young in 2000 after more than 38 years serving as coordinating partner on clients, both large and small, principally in the life sciences, healthcare, manufacturing and technology industries. He has significant expertise in coordinating services to publicly held companies, including involvement in more than 200 registration statements and over 25 initial public offerings. Since 2000, Mr. Spencer has been self-employed as a financial consultant and professional director. He served as president and a director of the Business and Technology Alliance (B&TA). He was a co-founder and is treasurer of the Atlanta Venture Forum. In addition, he is a co-founder of the Technology Hall of Fame of Georgia. Mr. Spencer is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors, and he serves as a member of the Board of Directors of AC Therapeutics, Inc., Banyan Biomarkers, Inc., GeneEx, Inc, the Georgia Biomedical Partnership, Inc., and GeoVax Labs, Inc., a public company where Mr. Spencer is Chair of the Audit Committee. He holds a BS from Syracuse University, and he earned an MBA from Babson College. He also completed the Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program. | 