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Mr. Mitchem has been the Director of Corporate Relations, Northern Arizona University since October 1998. Mr. Mitchem has also served as Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity, Valley of the Sun, from April 1996 to October 1998, and prior to that time was an independent management consultant for privatization and financial services projects. Mr. Mitchem was also a director of FFCA from 1996 until its sale to GECC in 2001. From March 1994 to December 1995, Mr. Mitchem worked in Moscow, serving as a consultant to establish Russian Privatization Centers. From July 1992 to February 1994, he was managing director of a joint venture between a national accounting firm and a private business entity that provided accounting services to the Resolution Trust Corporation and also managed the Denver, Colorado, financial processing center of the Resolution Trust Corporation. From 1954 to June 1993, he was employed by the international accounting firm of Arthur Andersen, where he became a partner in 1967 and retired as a senior partner in June 1993. From 1959 to 1992, Mr. Mitchem served as committee chairman, officer or director of local, state or national certified public accountant organizations. For seven years, he represented the State of Arizona on the governing counsel of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Mitchem is a past chairman of the Arizona Society of Certified Public Accountants, and has served that organization, among other things, as chairman of the Professional Ethics committee, Auditing Standards committee and Accounting Principles committee. Mr. Mitchem is a Life Member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Arizona Society of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Mitchem received the degree of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Accounting Major) from the University of Nebraska. | 