Nathan E. Fagre joined us as Senior Vice President General Counsel and Secretary in May 2000. From 1996 to 2000 Mr. Fagre was Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation in Los Angeles California the oil and gas operating subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation. From 1995 to 1996 Mr. Fagre held other positions in the legal department at Occidental. His previous legal experience included corporate and securities law practice with the law firms of Sullivan & Cromwell in New York and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher in Washington D.C. Mr. Fagre served on the board of Ralph Lauren Media L.L.C. as our representative from 2004 through 2007. In addition Mr. Fagre is a director member of the executive committee and chairman-elect of the Electronic Retailing Association a 500-member company industry association serving the television home shopping e-commerce infomercial and electronic direct-response industries. |