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Mr. Turel has served as a Director since November of 1994. Mr. Turel is president of Turel Enterprises, a real estate management company managing its own properties. Prior to his current activities, Mr. Turel was part owner and the CEO of Columbia Turel, Inc., (formerly Columbia Bookkeeping, Inc.) a position he held from 1974 to 2001. Prior to the sale of the company to Fiducial, one of Europe's largest accounting firms; Columbia had 26,000 annual tax clients including 4,000 small business clients. Additionally, Mr. Turel successfully operated as majority owner of two cable TV companies during the 80s and 90s which were eventually sold to several public corporations. Mr. Turel is a pilot, was a former delegate to the White House Conference on Small Business and held positions on several state and local government committees. | 