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Lauren Krueger is a vice president in the D. E. Shaw group's credit-related opportunities unit. Ms. Krueger has served as chief restructuring officer for FAO Schwarz Inc., and is deeply involved with several of the D. E. Shaw group's other private equity holdings. Prior to joining the D. E. Shaw group in 2003, Ms. Krueger was an associate in the restructuring group at Lazard LLC (formerly Lazard Freres & Co. LLC), where she worked on a number of high profile restructurings. Before that, she worked as an analyst in JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s investment management group. Ms. Krueger also serves on the boards of directors of The Boyds Collection, Ltd. and Russ Berrie & Company, Inc. Ms. Krueger received her M.B.A. from Columbia University, where she was a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma honor society, and her A.B. from Princeton University. | 