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Deborah A. Farrington has served as a Director of Collectors Universe Inc. since September 2003. She is the founder and Co-Chairman of StarVest Partners L.P. a $150 million private equity fund established in 1997 which invests primarily in emerging business services companies. From 1993 to 1997 Ms. Farrington was President and CEO of Victory Ventures LLC a New York-based private equity investment firm. Also during that period she was a founding investor and chairman of the board of Staffing Resources Inc. a diversified staffing company which grew from $17 million to $300 million in annual revenues while she served on its board. Ms. Farrington was Managing Director of Asian Oceanic Group a New York and Hong Kong based merchant bank from 1987 to 1993. She was with Merrill Lynch & Co Inc. from 1976 to 1987 where she held a variety of positions in investment banking management and securities analysis based in New York Hong Kong and Tokyo. Ms. Farrington serves on the boards of NetSuite Technologies Inc. P4 Performance Management Inc. and Fieldglass Inc. all of which are private companies. She is a graduate of Smith College and received an MBA from the Harvard Business School. She also serves on the board of the Harvard Business School Alumni Association. | 