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William E. Bindley is the Board's lead independent trustee. He has been Chairman of Bindley Capital Partners LLC a private equity investment firm headquartered in Indianapolis Indiana since 2001. Since 1992 he has also been Chairman and the founder of Priority Healthcare Corporation a Nasdaq-listed national provider of bio-pharmaceuticals and complex therapies for chronic disease states headquartered in Lake Mary Florida. Mr. Bindley also served as Chief Executive Officer of Priority Healthcare from July 1994 to May 1997 and President from May 1996 to July 1996. Mr. Bindley was the Chairman President CEO and founder of Bindley Western Industries Inc. a national pharmaceutical distributor and nuclear pharmacy operator that was a New York Stock Exchange Fortune 200 company at the time of its merger into Cardinal Health in February 2001. He serves on the Boards of Priority Healthcare Corporation and Shoe Carnival Inc. a Nasdaq-listed company. He previously served on the Boards of Cardinal Health and Key Banks NA (Cleveland Ohio). He received both a B.S. degree in Industrial Economics and a Doctor of Management (H.C.) from Purdue University. He also completed the Wholesale Management Program at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. He is currently Vice Chairman of the United States Ski and Snowboard Association and serves on the Board of the Purdue Research Foundation and the President's Advisory at Purdue. | 