Michael E. Herman Mr. Herman is currently serving as general partner of the Herman Family Trading Company. From January 1992 to December 2000, Mr. Herman was President of the Kansas City Royals Baseball Club. From January 1990 to December 1999, he was Chairman of the Finance and Investment Committee of the Kauffman Foundation and was its President from January 1985 to December 1990. From October 1974 to December 1990, Mr. Herman was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Marion Laboratories. Mr. Herman is a director of Santarus, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, Cerner Corporation, a health care information technology company, and also is a Trustee of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. Mr. Herman also served as a director of Janus Capital and Eloquent, Inc. until March of 2003. Additionally, Mr. Herman previously served on the Board of Directors of Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Circon, Inc., Marion Labs, Nordic Labs and Tanabe-Marion Labs, Inc. Mr. Herman earned his Bachelors of Science degree in Metallurgical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and his MBA from the University of Chicago. |