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Donna M. Alvarado was elected to the Company’s Board of Directors in December 2003 and will be an independent director. Ms. Alvarado is the founder and managing director of Aguila International. Aguila is an international business-consulting firm specializing in human resources and leadership development that provides a consortium for businesses and non-profit organizations seeking to collaborate in the western hemisphere. Ms. Alvarado has held senior management positions in government in addition to her established career in the private business sector. She has served as deputy assistant secretary of defense U.S. Department of Defense; counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy; and staff member of the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control. Ms. Alvarado also was appointed by President Reagan and confirmed by the U.S. Senate as director of ACTION the federal domestic volunteer agency where she directed the activities of nearly 500 000 Americans serving as volunteers leading 500 employees and managing a $170 million budget. Ms. Alvarado currently serves as a Regent on the Ohio Board of Regents serves as a member of the Governor’s Commission on Higher Education and the Economy and Vice Chair of the Governor’s Workforce Policy Board in Ohio. Ms. Alvarado earned her postgraduate certificate in Financial Management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania completed doctoral coursework on Latin American Literature from the University of Oklahoma and earned both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Spanish from Ohio State University. | 