Mario J. Gabelli has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since November 2001. Mr. Gabelli has served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer -Value Portfolios of GAMCO Investors Inc. ("GAMCO") and its predecessors since November 1976 (and in connection with those responsibilities, he serves as director or trustee and/or an officer of registered investment companies managed by subsidiaries of GAMCO). With regard to LICT Corporation, he has served as its Chairman since December 2004 (and also from September 1999 to December 2002), as our Vice Chairman from December 2002 to December 2004 and as Chief Executive Officer from September 1999 to November 2005. Mr. Gabelli serves as an Overseer of Columbia University Graduate School of Business; a Trustee of Boston College, Roger Williams University and the Winston Churchill Foundation. |