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Steven B. Fink was elected to our board of directors in March 1999 and was appointed as Chairman of our board in February 2004. Mr. Fink has been the Chief Executive Officer of Lawrence Investments LLC a technology and biotechnology private equity investment firm that is controlled by Lawrence J. Ellison since May 2000. Mr. Fink also serves as a Vice Chairman of Knowledge Universe (now Mounte LLC) a private company focused on building leading companies in areas relating to education technology and career management and the improvement of individual and corporate performance a position he has held since 1996. From 1981 to 1986 Mr. Fink served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the board of directors of Anthony Manufacturing Company a specialty glass and conductive coatings manufacturer. He currently serves as Vice Chairman of Heron International a European real estate development company and as a member of the board of Spring Group plc an information technology services company in the United Kingdom and is a director of Nextera Enterprises a producer and marketer of personal care products Nobel Learning Communities Inc. a non-sectarian for-profit provider of education and educational services for the pre-elementary through 12th grade market and C-COR Incorporated a provider of operations support software and technical services. Mr. Fink also serves on the board of directors of privately held companies. Mr. Fink has a B.S. from the University of California Los Angeles and a J.D. and an L.L.M. from New York University. Mr. Fink has served as the Chairman of our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee since April 2004 as a member of our Compensation Committee since April 2005 and as the Chairman of our Strategy Committee since March 2006. | 