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Mr. Parker has served as a director since November 2007. Mr. Parker is the President CEO and an owner of GP&W Inc. d/b/a Center Oil Company of St. Louis Missouri. Mr. Parker founded Center Oil in 1986 to market gasoline and other petroleum products. In fiscal 2006 Center Oil had $5.4 billion in sales through a national network of 10 distribution terminals. Prior to founding Center Oil Mr. Parker worked for 5 years with Koch Industries in Wichita Kansas. In addition he served 10 years as Executive Vice President of Apex Oil in St. Louis Missouri. During his tenure with Apex Mr. Parker directed all light oil operations for Apex and its subsidiary Clark Oil & Refining Corporation. Mr. Parker is also the founder of Center Ethanol Company LLC which is constructing a 54 million gallon ethanol plant with rail and barge access on the Mississippi River located in Sauget Illinois. Mr. Parker is a member of the board of directors of publicly-traded Reliance Bancshares of Frontenac MO. | 