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Esther Egozi Choukroun, 45, has served as an Independent Director of the Company since October 2000, and has served as Chairman and as a member of various committees during that time. As of April 2007, she became Chairman of the Nominating Committee, and member of the Audit and Independent Committees. Since January 2007, Ms. Egozi Choukroun has been the Chief Financial Officer of Flagler Investment, LLC, a real estate investment firm specializing in the acquisition and management of underperforming assets. In addition, she is the Managing Member of PIX Holdings, LLC, a real estate services company formed in January 2007. From 2002 through 2006, Ms. Egozi Choukroun was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PIX Group, a full service real estate company operating in Florida and Latin America. Ms. Egozi Choukroun was employed by Banque Nationale de Paris, Miami, from 1984 through 1996, and was Senior Vice President and Deputy General Manager from 1988 through 1996. From 1997 through 1999, she was Director of International Philanthropy at the Mount Sinai Medical Center Foundation, and through 2002 was Executive Director of the Women’s International Zionist Organization for Florida. Ms. Egozi Choukroun is also the Sisterhood Treasurer of The Sephardic Congregation of Florida-Temple Moses and serves as President of La Gorce Island Association, Inc., the homeowners association for La Gorce Island in Miami Beach, Florida. | 