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Lydia M. Marshall has been a director of the Company since February 1997, and a director of Nationwide Life Insurance Company and Nationwide Life and Annuity Insurance Company since May 2002. Ms. Marshall has been a director of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company and Nationwide Corporation since October 2001, and also serves as a director of Scottsdale Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. She has been a director of Seagate Technology, a designer, manufacturer and marketer of hard disc drives, since April 2004. Previously, she was founder, Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Versura Inc., an Internet-based service provider to financial institutions, colleges and universities, from October 1999 to August 2004. She was Managing Director of Rockport Capital Incorporated, a provider of private equity funds for corporate ventures, from 1997 to October 1999, and Executive Vice President-Marketing of the Student Loan Marketing Association (Sallie Mae) from 1993 to 1997. Prior to that time, Ms. Marshall held several positions with Sallie Mae, a provider of funds for educational loans, and Citicorp, a provider of banking and financial services. | 