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Mr. Novak, age 58, has served as a director of the Company since September 2003. Mr. Novak is a member of Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, P.L.C., a full service law firm, since 1999. Mr. Novak is the Founder and Owner of Novak Companies, Inc., a diversified group of companies in real estate development, financing, management, equity financing and participation in private and public companies. Mr. Novak also founded and owned Robert J. Novak & Associates, Ltd., a law firm, from 1987 to 1999. Mr. Novak was also a Founder, Director and Officer of Medical Safety Products, Inc., a medical product developer, from 1987 to 2001. Mr. Novak earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in political science and economics from Drake University in 1967 and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Arizona in 1971. | 