Mr. White has served as a director since July 2003. From 1983 until his retirement in July 2002 Mr. White was an investment banker. Most recently from 1996 until July 2002 Mr. White served as a member of the corporate finance department of Wells Fargo Securities. His duties included working on public and private offerings of equity private placements of equity merger and acquisitions and the rendering of fairness opinions. Mr. White's specialties were leisure industry sectors including casinos casino suppliers and restaurants. Mr. White received his BS in political science from the University of Utah and his law degree from Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco. Mr. White has been a member of the Board of Directors of The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated since 1992. |