American Shared Hospital Services

American Shared's founder, Dr. Bates has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since the company's incorporation. He is currently Emeritus Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Johns Hopkins University and a member of the Board of Trustees at the University of Rochester, the Board of Overseers of the University of California at San Francisco School of Nursing, and the Museum of African Diaspora. He is also a member of the State of California Commission for Jobs and Economic Growth, the Board of Directors of Salzburg Seminar, the Board of Directors of the Center for Accelerating Medical Solutions-Milken Institute, and the Brookings Institution. Additionally, he is a member of the Board of Directors of Copia and its Capital Campaign Chairman. Dr. Bates is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University and the University of Rochester School of Medicine.

Mr. Bates, Vice President of Sales and Business Development since January 2007, previously served as an American Shared Director from 2004 until January 2007. He was Managing Director, Institutional Fixed Income Sales of HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. from 2003 to 2006 and was Managing Director, Head of Asian Product for HSBC from 1999 to 2003. From 1993 through 1999, Mr. Bates held various positions with Merrill Lynch, last serving as Vice President, European Syndicate for Merrill Lynch International. He received his undergraduate degree from Brown University and an MBA from The Wharton Business School, and is the son of Board Member Dr. Ernest A. Bates.

Mr. Houck, Vice President and Controller, has been with American Shared in various positions since 1987. He joined the Company when it acquired Curacare, Inc., which specialized in diagnostic imaging, respiratory therapy, and biomedical services. Mr.Houck started with Curacare in 1986 as Assistant Controller after serving as Controller for a regional franchise restaurant operation, Controller for a sign manufacturing company, and General Accounting Manager for Denny's, Inc., an international restaurant operation. He is a graduate of California State University Fullerton and received a Certificate of Management Accounting in 1979.

Mr. Barnes is Corporate Secretary for American Shared and served as a Director from 1984 to 2004. He was formerly a Senior Partner of Manatt, Phelps, Rothenberg & Phillips and a Partner of Musick, Peeler & Garrett LLP, Wyman Bautzer Kuchel & Silbert, and Katten Muchin Zavis & Weitzman. From 1975 to 1979, he served as Commissioner of Corporations, the state regulatory agency responsible for administering laws regulating specified financial institutions, including credit unions, industrial loan companies, consumer finance lenders, and commercial finance lenders. He was a Director of Franchise Finance Corporation of America from 1994 to 2001 and currently is a Director of Spirit Finance Corporation and chairs its Nominating and Governance Committee. Mr. Barnes received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California in 1953 and a law degree from the UCLA Law School in 1959.

Olin Robison is President Emeritus of Middlebury College and President Emeritus of the Salzburg Seminar. In 1991 Dr. Robison assumed the presidency of the Salzburg Seminar, an international educational organization based at Schloss Leopoldskron in Salzburg, Austria. During his 14 year leadership higher education became a key area of the Seminar's work. The Universities Project brought over 800 higher education leaders from 50 countries to gatherings in Salzburg, and the Visiting Advisors Program sent more than 70 teams of European and North American academic leaders to universities in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Robison also led the Salzburg Seminar beyond its trans-Atlantic roots to develop a truly global reach for its work. Having retired from the Seminar presidency in 2005, Dr. Robison is currently serving on a visiting appointment in Theology at Oxford University. Previously, Robison was president of Middlebury College for 15 years, from 1975 to 1990. During Robison's tenure, the college changed dramatically, physically and otherwise. When he left office about 20 percent of the space on campus had been built during his tenure. Under Robison's leadership Middlebury adopted a need-blind admissions policy, meeting the demonstrated financial need of all admitted students. In addition, the College increased its commitment to attracting a student body that was more diverse racially, geographically and economically. The College's endowment grew from $32 million in 1975 to $217 million in 1989, faculty salaries improved dramatically, and the faculty/student ratio improved from 1:15 to 1:12. Dr. Robison is a graduate of Baylor University and Oxford University. He began his career in Washington, serving in the leadership of the Peace Corps and in the State Department. He subsequently held academic and administrative posts at Bowdoin College and Wesleyan University before assum