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Mr. Westerfield, 75, has served as a director of West Marine since 2000 and is a member of the Audit Committee. In 1992, Mr. Westerfield retired as an audit partner of Price Waterhouse LLP (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) after having been with the firm for 36 years and serving as an audit partner for 27 years. Mr. Westerfield served as a director of TL Administration Corporation (formerly known as Twinlab Corporation) from 1999 until August 2005 and as chairman of the audit committee of TL Administration Corporation from July 1999 until September 2003. In addition to serving on West Marine’s board, Mr. Westerfield currently serves both as a director and audit committee member of Gymboree Corporation and as director and audit committee chairman of Lifetime Brands, Inc, each of which is a publicly-held company. He also serves as a consultant in auditing disputes. Mr. Westerfield lived and worked for many years in the Caribbean, including Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, during which time he participated in extensive sailboat racing and cruising. His sailing activities have taken him throughout the Caribbean, the eastern United States and Bermuda, and include a trans-Atlantic crossing. A long standing New York Yacht Club member, Mr. Westerfield received the NYYC Cruising Award in 1988. Mr. Westerfield is a former commodore of Club Nautico de Puerto Rico, and was a racing participant and official of the Jersey Ocean Racing Club and the Atlantic Highlands Yacht Club, and a member of the U.S. Power Squadron. He also serves on the board of the Friends of Bermuda Maritime Museum. | 