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David R. Jessick, 54. Mr. Jessick has served as one of our directors since February 2005 and is a member of our Board’s Audit committee and our Board’s Nominating and Corporate Governance committee. He served as a consultant to the chief executive and senior financial staff at Rite Aid Corporation where he previously served as a Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer from July 2002 to February 2005. Mr. Jessick served as Rite Aid’s Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer from December 1999 to June 2002. Prior to that, from February 1997 to June 1999, Mr. Jessick was the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations for Fred Meyer, Inc. From 1979 to 1996, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Thrifty Payless Holdings, Inc. Mr. Jessick began his career as a Certified Public Accountant for Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. He is currently non-executive Chairman of Pathmark Stores, Inc. (member of the Audit committee), a director of Big 5 Sporting Goods, Inc. (member of the Audit committee), a director of WKI Holding Company, Inc. (chairman of the Audit and the Compensation committees), and Dollar Financial Corp. (chairman of the Audit committee). | 