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Mr. Celestini joined Inspire in June 2007 as Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer. Mr. Celestini previously served as General Counsel and Vice President, Corporate Compliance, of Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. from 2001 until 2006. Prior to that, he worked for five years in the legal department of GlaxoWellcome in Research Triangle Park, NC, where he focused on pharmaceutical product licensing and sales/marketing compliance. From 1989 to 1996, Mr. Celestini worked in the private law firms of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice in Winston-Salem, NC, and Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton in Raleigh, NC, concentrating in securities, corporate finance and governance, mergers and acquisitions and intellectual property matters. Mr. Celestini earned a B.A. in Political Science from Virginia Tech in 1985 and a J.D. from Wake Forest University Law School in 1989. | 