Cost Plus Inc.

Mr. Feld was appointed Chief Executive Officer and President of Cost Plus, Inc. in October 2005. From August 1999 until October 2005, Mr. Feld was President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of PCA International, Inc., the largest North American operator of portrait studios focused on serving the discount retail market. From November 1998 to June 1999, Mr. Feld was President and Chief Operating Officer of Vista Eyecare, Inc., a specialty eyecare retailer. He joined Vista Eyecare as a result of its acquisition of New West Eyeworks, Inc., where he had been serving as President and a director since May 1991 and as Chief Executive Officer and a Director since February 1994. From 1987 to May 1991, Mr. Feld was with Frame-n-Lens Optical, Inc., where he served as its president prior to joining New West. Prior to that, he served in various senior management positions at Pearle Health Services for 10 years and, for a number of years, he served as an acquisition and turnaround specialist for optical retail groups acquired by Pearle. PCA International filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the federal Bankruptcy Code in August 2006.

Ms. Baughman was named the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer in August 2007. Ms. Baughman joined the Company in February 1996 as Manager of Merchandise Planning. She was promoted to Director of Financial Planning in June 1999 and then to Vice President of Financial Planning, Treasurer and Corporate Secretary in August 2001. In October 2006, she was promoted to Senior Vice President of Financial Operations. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Baughman served in various financial positions for The Nature Company and The Gap, Inc., and in investment banking as a financial analyst for Dillon Read & Co., Inc.

Ms. Fujii was named the Company’s Executive Vice President, Human Resources in July 2005. Ms. Fujii joined the Company in May 1991 and served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources from February 1998 to May 2005. From October 1994 to February 1998, Ms. Fujii served as Vice President, Human Resources. From May 1991 to October 1994, Ms. Fujii served as the Company’s Director of Human Resources. From September 1975 to May 1991, she was employed by Macy’s California in various operations and human resources management positions, ultimately serving as Vice President, Human Resources at Macy’s Union Square store in San Francisco.

Mr. Allen joined the Company in December 1988 as a Regional Manager, later was promoted to Director of Store Operations and in 1998 became Vice President, Real Estate and Store Development. In March 2002, Mr. Allen was promoted to Senior Vice President, Store Operations. In November 2004, Mr. Allen was promoted to Executive Vice President, Store Operations with responsibility for Store Operations, Development and Real Estate. Prior to coming to Cost Plus World Market, he was a District Manager for Liquor Barn, a discount beverage retailer, from 1986 to 1988. From 1981 to 1985, he was a store manager for Safeway Corporation, a food grocery chain.

Jack comes to our Beer and Wine Department here at Cedar Hills Crossing after working in the wine department at Cost Plus and after owning his own wine store. For six and a half years he operated Santiam, his wine shop in Salem but was living the entire time in Portland. The commute finally got to him, and he sold the business.

FREDRIC ROBERTS is a Photographer who resides in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles. He is represented by the Stephen Cohen Gallery in Los Angeles, California, the Andrew Smith Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico and Hamburg Kennedy Photographs in New York. His photographs are in the collections of Stanford University and the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego. In December 2003, he was a winner in two categories of the International Photography Awards. The awards include 1st Place for Photojournalism/Photo Essay, 1st Place for Fine Art/Landscape and 3rd Place for Photojournalism/PhotoEssay. In 2004, he was awarded 2nd Place in the Travel/Tourism category. His first book, HUMANITAS Volume One, was a finalist for Foreward Magazine's 2005 Book Of The Year Award in the Photography category. Mr. Roberts is a member of the Board of Advisors of the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops and the Santa Fe Center for Photography in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Center for Photographic Arts in Carmel, California. He is a member of the Patron's Circle of the Museum of Photographic Arts and a member of the President's Circle and Photographic Arts Council of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. In 2000, Mr. Roberts retired from the finance industry after more than 30 years as an investment banker. In 1980, he established F.M. Roberts & Company, a Los Angeles based investment banking company. He served as 1993 Chairman of the Board of Governors of the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), which then owned and operated The Nasdaq Stock Market. From 1994 to 1996, he was a member of the Nasdaq Board of Directors and its Executive Committee. He has also been the Chairman of the NASD's Corporate Financing and Strategic Planning Committees and the Nasdaq Marketing Committee, as well as a member of the National Nominating, Rate Formulation and Listing Qualifications Committees. He is the Chairman of the Board of Cost Plus, Inc., a leading specialty retailer of casual home furnishings and entertaining products. He is also a Director of Limited Too, a specialty retailer of apparel, lifestyle and personal care products for fashion-aware young girls ages seven to fourteen years. Mr. Roberts is a graduate of Yale University and The Hill School and is an active member of the business and cultural communities in Los Angeles. He is a member of the Board of Directors and a member of the Executive, Finance, Development, Community Cultural Programming and Nominating Committees of the Los Angeles Music Center. He is also Chairman Emeritus of the Music Center's Fraternity of Friends and Founding Chairman of the Spotlight Awards Scholarship Program. He has been a frequent lecturer for the John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management at the University of California Los Angeles and the Young Presidents' Organization. He has written several articles on corporate finance for Chief Executive Magazine. He is Cellar Master of the Los Angeles chapter of the Commanderie de Bordeaux and former president of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.