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Vice President of Marketing at Kenner Products, a division of Hasbro, Inc., from 1985 to 1991. From 1981 to
1985, Mr. Perez served in various marketing positions at the Quaker Oats Company. He has a B.A. from
University of Notre Dame and an M.B.A from University of Michigan.
Jeffrey Berg was elected to our board of directors in July 2002. Since 1985, Mr. Berg has been Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer of International Creative Management, Inc., a talent and literary agency representing
clients in the field of publishing, motion pictures, television, music, theater and news and public affairs. He is
currently on the board of directors of Oracle Corporation, an enterprise software company, and of the American
Film Institute, and serves on the board of visitors of The Anderson School of Management at the University of
California, Los Angeles. In the past, Mr. Berg was co-chair of the California Information Technology Council, a
member of the California Entertainment Commission and the President of the Executive Board of the College of
Letters and Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. He has also lectured on management and finance
in the arts at The London School of Economics. In 1991, he was awarded the Cavaliere Ufficiale of the Order of
Merit of the Republic of Italy. Mr. Berg earned a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Master
of Liberal Arts from the University of Southern California. Mr. Berg has served as a member of our Audit
Committee and a member of our Compensation Committee since July 2002, and as a member of our Nominating
and Corporate Governance Committee since April 2004.
Stanley E. Maron was elected to our board of directors in September 1997. Since 1994, he has served as a
senior partner in the law firm of Maron & Sandler, a Professional Corporation, which he co-founded. He
specializes in corporate and tax law. Prior to forming Maron & Sandler, he was a senior partner in the Los
Angeles law firm of Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger, serving the firm from 1975 to 1994. Mr. Maron
received a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley and a J.D. from the University of California, Los
Angeles. Mr. Maron currently serves as a director of Nextera Enterprises, Inc. and also serves as an officer and
director of privately held companies affiliated with Knowledge Universe.
E. Stanton McKee, Jr. was appointed to our board of directors in November 2003. Until retiring in 2002,
Mr. McKee was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial and Administrative Officer of Electronic Arts
Inc., the world’s largest developer and publisher of interactive entertainment. Mr. McKee joined Electronic Arts
Inc. in 1989 and served as Chief Financial and Administrative Officer for over 13 years. Mr. McKee holds B.A
and M.B.A. degrees from Stanford University. Mr. McKee has served as the Chairman of our Audit Committee
since November 2003.
Barry Munitz was elected to our board of directors in July 2002. Since 1998, Dr. Munitz has served as
President and Chief Executive Officer of The J. Paul Getty Trust, which includes the Art Museums, Research
Institute, Conservation Institute, Grant Program, educational initiatives and a large endowment portfolio. From
1991 to 1998, Dr. Munitz was Chancellor of the California State University, the largest senior university system
in the United States, and he is currently a professor of English at its Los Angeles campus. He is a member of the
board of trustees of Princeton University, the board of directors of SLM Corporation, a provider of student loans
more commonly known as “Sallie Mae,” and the board of directors of KB Homes, a leading U.S. and European
residential builder. Dr. Munitz also is a member of the executive committee of Southern California’s public
television station, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the visiting
committees of Harvard University’s and Princeton University’s art museums. In the past, he was Chairman of the
American Council on Education, Chairman of the California Education Round Table, Academic Vice President
at the University of Illinois system and Chancellor of the University of Houston. He also served as Vice Chair of
the Commission on National Investment in Higher Education. Dr. Munitz earned a B.A. from Brooklyn College
and has an M.A. and Ph.D. from Princeton University. Dr. Munitz has served as the Chairman of our
Compensation Committee since July 2002.
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