Nancy H. Handel has been a director of the Company since November 2005. Ms. Handel is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Applied Materials Inc. a major supplier of equipment and services to the global semiconductor industry. Named CFO in October 2004 she has been an executive with Applied Materials since 1985 serving in a variety of key financial leadership positions at the company including four years as Deputy Chief Financial Officer Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer and 13 years as Treasurer. Prior to joining Applied Materials she held financial management positions at Raychem Corporation Crown Zellerbach Corporation and The Aviation Group. She currently serves on the Board of the American Leadership Forum of Silicon Valley a nonprofit organization that brings senior level leaders together to build philanthropy public service and community in Silicon Valley. Ms. Handel received a B.S. in Economics from Purdue University and an M.B.A. from The Ohio State University and is a graduate of the Stanford Executive Program. |