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Lance R. Odden joined our Board in July 2007, after serving as an advisor to our Board since 2003. Mr. Odden is presently a managing director of New Providence Asset Management Corporation, an investment management firm serving not for profit organizations and high net worth individuals. Mr. Odden joined New Providence in 2005 and also serves as chair of New Providence's Governance Advisory Board. Since 2001, Mr. Odden has also served as an advisor to Warburg Pincus, a private equity investment firm. Mr. Odden retired as Head Master of The Taft School, a private educational institution, in June 2001, after serving in that capacity since 1972.
Mr. Odden presently serves as lead director of Irwin Financial Corporation, a bank holding company, and as a trustee of the Berkshire School, a co-educational boarding school. Previously, he served as chair of A Better Chance, president of The New England Association of Schools and Colleges, president of the Headmasters' Association and the Connecticut Association of Independent Schools, and member of the board and executive committee of the National Association of Independent Schools. He holds a BA from Princeton University and an MA from the University of Wisconsin. | 