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Mr. Westerfield has served as a Director of West Marine and Audit Committee Chairman since 2000. Mr. Westerfield also serves as a Director and Audit Committee Chairman for Lifetime Brands Corporation, a director and audit committee member, formerly chair, of Gymboree Corporation and on the board of TL Administration Corporation (formerly named Twinlab Corporation, where he served both as a Director and Chairman 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. 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. | 