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Edward M. Straw was named a director of Eddie Bauer Holdings, Inc. in June 2005. From March 2000 to February 2005, Mr. Straw served as President of Global Operations of the Estée Lauder Companies. He formerly served as senior vice president of global supply chain and manufacturing at Compaq Computer Corporation and as president of Ryder Integrated Logistics, Inc. Mr. Straw served in various positions in the U.S. Navy for over 30 years, including as vice admiral, director and chief executive officer of the Defense Logistics Agency. Mr. Straw currently serves as a director of MeadWestvaco Corporation. Mr. Straw received a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1961 and an MBA from the George Washington University in 1971.

Gerald Held, Ph.D., has served as a Director of the Company since his appointment in April 2005. Since 1999, Dr. Held has been Chief Executive Officer of Held Consulting Group, LLC where he is a strategic consultant to chief executive officers and senior executives of technology firms ranging from startups to large, publicly-traded organizations. From 2000 to 2001, Dr. Held was the acting Chief Executive Officer of Cantiga Systems. In 1998, Dr. Held was Chief Executive Officer-In-Residence at the venture capital firm of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. From 1993 to 1997, Dr. Held was Senior Vice President of Oracle s server product division, where he led Oracle s database business as well as the development of pioneering interactive multimedia technology that included some of the earliest e-commerce application trials. Prior to Oracle, Dr. Held spent eighteen years at Tandem Computers, Inc. Dr. Held is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Software Development Technologies, Inc. He is also a member of the Board of Directors and Vice Chairman of The Tech Museum of Innovation and a member of the Board of Trustees of Montalvo Arts Center. Dr. Held received a BS in electrical engineering from Purdue University and his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, in computer science, where he led the initial development of the INGRES relational database management system. Dr. Held also completed a Stanford Graduate School of Business Executive Education Program.