CNI Inc.

Jorge J. Morales has served as a director since July 2001. He also has served as a director of each of North Pointe Insurance and North Pointe Financial since 1988 and a director of Home Pointe Insurance since February 2005. Since 1998 he has been the Chief Executive Officer of CNI, Inc. a company that manufactures and distributes trim for automobiles. He has also served as the President of two employee staffing organizations: MMS, Inc. since 1997, and HR Alliance, Inc. since 2003. Mr. Morales graduated with a B.A. degree in Accounting from Oakland University in 1979.

Richard J. Lindberg has served as a director since July 2001. He has also served as a director of each of two of our subsidiaries, North Pointe Insurance and North Pointe Financial since 2000 and a director of Home Pointe Insurance since February 2005. Since 1998 he has been the Vice President Sales/ Marketing of CNI, Inc., a company that manufactures and distributes trim for automobiles. Mr. Lindberg graduated with a B.A. degree from Northern Michigan University in 1970.

Joan has played a central role in establishing and expanding CNI since its founding in 1990. She served as interim Executive Director of the Coalition from November of 1996 to July of 1997, following the untimely death of founding Executive Director Paul Evan Peters. Joan is responsible for programs focusing on the use of networked information to transform institutions, including New Learning Communities, Working Together, and Assessing the Academic Networked Environment. Joan's active professional life includes membership in the Steering Committee of the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations, service on the board of the National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage, work as founding chair and member of the Association of College and Research Libraries New Directions in Teaching and Learning Discussion Group, and membership in the American Library Association. Prior to joining CNI in 1990, Joan worked at the American Council on Education, the National Institute on Postsecondary Governance and Finance, Cornell University's Mann Library, George Washington University, Georgetown University, and the State University of New York at Brockport. In 1999 Joan completed her doctoral degree in Education Policy, Planning, and Administration--with a focus on higher education--at the University of Maryland at College Park. She earned a master's degree in Library Science from the State University of New York at Geneseo, and also completed graduate work at George Washington University and Cornell University. She earned an A.B. with honors from Vassar College. Joan has written on a variety of topics, including collaboration between librarians and information technologists, networked information, end-user searching, and teaching and learning in the networked environment.

Jacqueline J. Eudell is the Office Manager of the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI). A joint project of the Association of Research Libraries and EDUCAUSE, CNI includes some 200 member organizations concerned with the use of information technology and networked information to enhance scholarship and intellectual productivity. Prior to joining CNI in 1995, Jackie held managerial and administrative positions at the United Mine Workers of America, the National Alliance of Business, and the American Association of University Women in Washington, DC. She received her B.S. from Howard University in Psychology and Secondary Education and completed graduate graduate coursework in Higher Education at Howard University and the University of Oslo in Norway.

Diane Goldenberg-Hart is the Communications Coordinator for the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI). A joint project of the Association of Research Libraries and EDUCAUSE, CNI includes some 200 member organizations concerned with the use of information technology and networked information to enhance scholarship and intellectual productivity. Diane develops and maintains the Coalition's web site, as well as writing and editing press releases, and materials related to the Coalition's Program Plan, workshops, conferences, and meetings. Additionally, Diane coordinates and publicizes fellowship and award competitions. Prior to joining CNI in 2004, Diane was Instructional Technologies Librarian at Yale University Divinity School Library. Diane holds a master's in Library and Information Science from the University of Texas at Austin, where she also completed a master's degree in French literature.

Sharon C. Adams is the Administrative Assistant of the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI). A joint project of the Association of Research Libraries and EDUCAUSE, CNI includes some 200 member organizations concerned with the use of information technology and networked information to enhance scholarship and intellectual productivity. Prior to joining CNI in 1996, Sharon held managerial and administrative positions at the United Association of Pawnbrokers and Jenkins Rental Properties, Inc., in Washington, DC. Sharon received her diploma for Office and Business Automation from General Communication, Inc., in Rockville, Maryland.