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Ms. Kravit, age 56, is nominated to join our Board on April 23, 2008, subject to shareholders’ approval. Ms. Kravit is an international business executive with over 25 years of experience in establishing and directing significant China-based operations engaged in the international trading of industrial raw materials. Ms. Kravit co-founded Tethys Research LLC, a biotechnology start-up company, and has acted as its Chief Executive Officer since 2000. Ms. Kravit is also President and a Director of FONZ, the organization which manages commercial and educational activities for Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park. In addition, she is a Director of The Eisenhower Institute, and a member of the Board of Governors of the Washington Foreign Law Society. Ms. Kravit holds a BA in East Asian Studies from Vassar College, and a MA in East Asian Studies from Harvard University. | 