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Mr. Gade joined the Board in May 2005. Since 2004, Mr. Gade has been an Executive in Residence at the University of North Texas as a professor of marketing and retailing. A founding partner of Challance Group, LLP, Mr. Gade has thirty years of marketing and management experience, most recently serving as senior executive for the southwest region of Home Depot, Inc. from 2003-2004. From 2000 to 2003, Mr. Gade served as Senior Vice President, Merchandising, Marketing and Business Development for 7-Eleven, Inc. Prior to that time, Mr. Gade spent five years with Associates First Capital Corporation as Executive Vice President, Strategic Marketing and Development. Mr. Gade earned a Masters Degree in Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science from Ohio State University.
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