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Robert H. Hanson was an investment banker with Merrill Lynch, Pierce Fenner & Smith in New York from 1965 to 1989, since 1972 as a Vice President, specializing in providing corporate finance services to the regulated utilities and telecommunications industries. In 1990 he relocated to Cody, Wyoming, where he was employed by Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. as an Account Executive, and later by D.A. Davidson & Co., as Vice President and Office Manager of that firm's Cody office. In 1993 he joined GST Telecommunications, Inc., initially as Senior Vice President-Corporate Development, and subsequently as Chief Financial Officer, retiring from those positions in 1999. Mr. Hanson is a member of the Wyoming Telecommunications Council and current Vice Chairman of the Cody Economic Development Council. In addition, he is a director and trustee of two national conservation organizations, for which he has the responsibility of financial and investment management. Mr. Hanson is a graduate of Yale University. He is chair of the Finance Committee. | 