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Richard C. Rochon has been our Chairman since January 24, 2006 and a director of ours since 2004. Mr. Rochon is currently Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Royal Palm Capital Partners, a private investment and management firm. Previously, Mr. Rochon served for 14 years as President of Huizenga Holdings, Inc. a management and holding company owned by H. Wayne Huizenga. Mr. Rochon was a seventeen-year veteran of the Huizenga organization, joining in 1985 as Treasurer and promoted to President in 1988. Huizenga Holdings' investments included several publicly-held companies that became market leaders in their respective industries, including Blockbuster Entertainment Corporation, Republic Waste Industries, Inc., AutoNation, Inc., and Boca Resorts, Inc. Mr. Rochon has also served as sole director for many of Huizenga Holdings' portfolio companies and has served as Vice Chairman of Huizenga Holdings. Mr. Rochon also serves as Chairman of publicly-held Sunair Services Corporation and Coconut Palm Acquisition Corp. and director of Century Business Services, Inc. and Bancshares of Florida, Inc. From 1979 until 1985 Mr. Rochon was employed as a certified public accountant by the public accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand. L.L.P. Mr. Rochon received his B.S. in Accounting from Binghamton University (formerly State University of New York at Binghamton ) in 1979 and his Certified Public Accounting designation in 1981. | 