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Robert S. Sher has been a director since April 2007 when he was appointed by the Board to fill a vacancy. Since his appointment he has served as the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of each of the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee. Since 2004 Mr. Sher a certified public accountant has been the President and principal of Robert S. Sher & Associates a real estate and business consulting firm. Since 2004 Mr. Sher has served on the boards of directors and the audit committees of the general partners of Uniprop Manufactured Housing Communities Income Fund and Uniprop Manufactured Housing Communities Income Fund II each of which is a publicly-traded limited partnership that owns and operates manufactured housing communities. From 1970 to 2004 Mr. Sher served as the Chief Financial Officer of Schostak Brothers & Co. Inc. a full-service real estate company located in southeast Michigan providing management development leasing office industrial and marketing services. During his tenure with Schostak Brothers Mr. Sher also served as Vice Chairman of the Board and Executive Vice President. Prior to Schostak Brothers Mr. Sher practiced public accountancy with an accounting firm for six years and was a partner when he left the firm. He served as a member of the AICPA Life Insurance Trust from 1999 to 2002 and as its Chairman from 2002 to 2005. He is currently the Treasurer of the AICPA Foundation. Mr. Sher is also a member of the Michigan State Board of Accountancy which is responsible for the certification and licensure of certified public accountants in Michigan. He also serves on the boards the finance committees and the audit committees of various charitable and community organizations. | 