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Michael has served as a member of our board of directors since 2005. Mr. Jackson is a founding partner of Housatonic Partners, a venture capital firm, which was organized in 1994. He also founded Ironwood Manufacturing Fund, a private equity fund, and Ironwood Partners, a private equity investment banking firm, which were organized in 2003. Prior to that he was a partner and managing director at Lehman Brothers where he remained an advisory director until 2004. Mr. Jackson is a director of VoX Communications Corp., an operator of radio stations, The Hampshire Group, Limited, a diversified apparel company, South Florida Media Group, a newspaper publisher, Primary Steel, LLC, a steel distribution business, and NASG, a manufacturer of safety glass. He holds a B.A. in English from Dartmouth College, an M.A. in International Affairs from the School for Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins, and an M.B.A. from the New York University Graduate School of Business. | 