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Jose A. Villamil became one of our directors on June 30, 2004. Mr. Villamil has over 25 years of experience as a private business economist and as a senior policymaker of both the federal and State of Florida governments. Mr. Villamil is the Chief Executive Officer of The Washington Economics Group, Inc., serving in such position from 1993 to 1998 and from 2000 to the present. From 1999 to 2000, he was Director for Tourism, Trade and Economic Development of Florida. Mr. Villamil is also Chairperson of the Governor’s Council of Economic Advisors and a member of the board of directors of Enterprise Florida, Inc. Since April 2003, Mr. Villamil has been director of CommerceBank, N.A. and CommerceBank Holding Corp. Most recently, Mr. Villamil was appointed to President George W. Bush’s Transition Advisory Committee on U.S. Commercial and Trade Policies. From 1989-1993, Mr. Villamil served as Chief Economist and later as Undersecretary for Economic Affairs at the United States Department of Commerce. | 