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Gail Deegan has served as a director since May 2011. From February 1996 until her retirement in
September 2001, Ms. Deegan served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Houghton Mifflin
Company, a publishing company. From February 1995 to February 1996, Ms. Deegan was senior vice president
of regulatory and government affairs for NYNEX New England, and from November 1991 to January 1995, was
vice president and chief financial officer of New England Telephone. From 1988 to January 1990, Ms. Deegan
was senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer of Eastern Enterprises, and from February 1990 to
May 1991, was senior vice president, chief financial officer and chief administrative officer. Ms. Deegan is a
director of EMC Corporation and a former director of TJX Companies, Inc. Ms. Deegan holds a bachelor’s
degree in elementary education from The College of Saint Rose, a master’s degree in History from Ohio State
University, and an MBA from Simmons College School of Management. Ms. Deegan brings to the board of
directors her extensive experience with financial accounting matters for complex organizations and oversight of
the financial reporting process of public companies.
Deborah G. Ellinger has served as a director since November 2011. She is currently the President of
Ellinger Enterprises, a consulting firm that provides advice and due diligence on private equity investments.
Deborah is the former president of Restoration Hardware and Chief Executive Officer of Wellness Pet Food. She
was previously an executive vice president of CVS Pharmacy, a senior vice president of Staples, a partner at The
Boston Consulting Group, and began her career with Mellon Financial Corporation. Her assignments have taken
her all over the world, and she has lived or worked in Europe, Asia, and America. Ms. Ellinger serves on the
Board of Directors of Sealy Corporation, National Life Group, and Renew Life. She qualified as a
Barrister-at-Law in London, as a member of the Inner Temple, and holds an MA and BA in Law and
Mathematics from the University of Cambridge in England. Ms. Ellinger brings to the board her extensive
experience in international retail and consumer products.
Jacques S. Gansler, Ph.D. has served as a director since July 2004. Dr. Gansler has been a professor at the
University of Maryland, where he leads the school’s Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise, since
January 2001. From November 1997 until January 2001, Dr. Gansler served as the Under Secretary of Defense
for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics for the U.S. federal government. Dr. Gansler also serves on the board
of directors of TTM Technologies, Inc. and TASC, Inc. Dr. Gansler holds a B.E. in electrical engineering from
Yale University, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University, an M.A. in Political Economy
from New School for Social Research, and a Ph.D. in Economics from American University. Dr. Gansler brings
to the board of directors his experience working with the federal government and in the defense industry.
Andrea Geisser has served as a director since March 2004. Mr. Geisser is currently a senior advisor to
Zephyr Management Inc., a global private equity firm that specializes in emerging markets (Africa, India) and a
member of the investment committee of some of those funds. From 1995 to 2005, Mr. Geisser was a managing
director of Fenway Partners. Prior to founding Fenway Partners, Mr. Geisser was a managing director of Butler
Capital Corporation. Prior to that, he was a managing director of Onex Investment Corporation, a Canadian
management buyout company. From 1974 to 1986, he was a senior officer of Exor America. Mr. Geisser has
been a board member and audit committee member of several private companies. Mr. Geisser holds a bachelor’s
degree from Bocconi University in Milan, Italy and a P.M.D. from Harvard Business School. Mr. Geisser brings
to the board of directors his extensive experience regarding the management of companies, as well as his
financial expertise.
George C. McNamee has served as a director since August 1999. Currently a private investor,
Mr. McNamee served as a managing partner of FA Technology Ventures, an information and energy technology
venture capital firm from 2000 until 2011. He serves as chairman of the board of directors of Plug Power Inc., a
leading fuel cell developer, and is a director of several private companies, a member of the Yale Development
Board and a Trustee of the Albany Academies and The American Friends of Eton College. Mr. McNamee
previously served on the board of directors of Broadpoint (now Gleacher) Securities as well as serving from 1984
to 2007 as chairman of its predecessor First Albany Companies and was also a board member of the New York
Stock Exchange Inc., MapInfo, Home Shopping Network and the Meta Group. He received his Bachelor of Arts
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