Randy Eakin, age 45, serves as a Director on the Board of Buckeye Ventures, Inc. He is currently Chief Financial Officer for Mini-Skool’s Early Learning Centers. He was most recently Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Swope Community Enterprises, a holding company with member companies operating in the healthcare, real estate development and urban planning industries. Swope had over $300 million of annual revenues and more than 500 employees. Prior to Swope, Mr. Eakin served at the Director level at P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Inc., a national publicly held multi-unit restaurant company operating two concepts in the Asian niche with annualized revenues of $775 million and over 16,500 employees. Certain of his duties at P.F. Chang's included matters of corporate finance, including the establishment of formal processes and infrastructure for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. Mr. Eakin's background also includes high level positions at Sprint Nextel Corporation and PriceWaterhouseCoopers with extensive experience in the areas of auditing, risk management and corporate financial planning and analysis. |