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Paul D. Lapides has served as a member of the Board of Directors since October 2005. Mr. Lapides is Director of the Corporate Governance Center at the Michael J. Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University, where he has been a professor of management and entrepreneurship since 1993. Mr. Lapides currently serves as a director of the boards of directors at Sun Communities Inc. (NYSE: SUI), where he chairs the audit committee, and The Board of Directors Network, Inc. Mr. Lapides is a member of the advisory board of the National Association of Corporate Directors and served on the NACD's Blue Ribbon Commission on audit committees in 1999. A certified public accountant, he is the author or co-author of more than 100 articles and seven books on management and directors' responsibilities. Mr. Lapides received a BS with honors in economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from New York University. | 