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Maxine Clark has been our Chief Executive Bear since our inception in 1997 our President from our inception in 1997 to April 2004 and has served as Chairman of our Board of Directors since our conversion to a corporation in April 2000. She was initially elected to our Board of Directors pursuant to the terms of a stockholders’ agreement which terminated upon the closing of the Company’s initial public offering in 2004. Ms. Clark was re-elected at our 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Prior to founding Build-A-Bear Workshop Ms. Clark was the President of Payless ShoeSource Inc. from November 1992 until January 1996. Before joining Payless Ms. Clark spent over 19 years in various divisions of The May Department Stores Company in areas including merchandise development merchandise planning merchandise research marketing and product development. Ms. Clark is a member of the Board of Directors of The J.C. Penney Company Inc. and Chairman of its Governance Committee. She also serves on the Board of Trustees of the International Council of Shopping Centers and Washington University in St. Louis and on the Board of Directors of Barnes Jewish Hospital. Ms. Clark is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the St. Louis Chapter of Teach for America. She is also a member of the Committee of 200 an organization for women entrepreneurs around the world. Ms. Clark has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia. | 