Motley Rice LLC

Mary Schiavo, age 52, has served continuously as a director of the Company since 1998 and is a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee. Ms. Schiavo has been a partner in the law firm of Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, since October 2003. From 2002 to October 2003, Ms. Schiavo was an attorney with Baum, Hedlund, Aristei, Guilford & Schiavo, P.C., a law firm in Los Angeles, California. From 1997 to 2002, Ms. Schiavo served as a professor at The Ohio State University and as a consultant for NBC News. Ms. Schiavo served as Inspector General for the U. S. Department of Transportation from 1990 to 1996.

Jan Gilbert has spent her legal career assisting those who cannot speak for themselves due to age or illness. Since joining Motley Rice in 2006, she continues that advocacy through asbestos bankruptcy litigation and management of claims processing. Jan is one of the attorneys responsible for analyzing complex bankruptcy documents and advising clients and co-counsel lawyers on the claims facilities and asbestos personal injury trusts established by the bankruptcy courts for the benefit of asbestos victims. Prior to her work at Motley Rice, Jan directed the estate department at a New-York based law firm, where she was responsible for the finance management and administration of multi-million dollar estates and trusts. She provided investment and tax analysis to ensure compliance with federal regulations and reviewed documentation for proper bank and accounting statements. Jan currently utilizes this background to provide legal research for complex securities fraud and shareholder derivative cases with the Motley Rice securities litigation team. Jan currently serves as the Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Seminar Committee Chair for the South Carolina Bar. She previously served on several educational and ethics committees with the Nassau County Bar Association of New York, serving as a dean and board member developing programming when Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) was instituted in New York. Jan taught courses on legal ethics, legal research and real estate as an adjunct professor at Long Island University. She also served on the executive council of the New York State Conference of Bar Leaders and as a delegate to New York State Chief Judge Judith Kayea s Institute of Professionalism in the Law.

Jim Hughes began his career as a professor, teaching philosophy at the University of Kentucky, Ohio State University, Vassar College and the University of South Carolina. As one who enjoyed the trials of teaching, Hughes decided that joining the legal profession might inspire and further challenge him. As an attorney with Motley Rice LLC, he is dedicated to presenting the strongest legal arguments possible against defendants in court to bring cases to trial or resolution. While attending the University of South Carolina School of Law, Hughes clerked for the South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense and a major South Carolina defense firm. These experiences, combined with the counsel of friends and mentors in the field, persuaded him to practice plaintiffs' law. He joined Motley Rice attorneys in 1993 and was named Senior Counsel in 2007. Hughes focuses primarily on securities fraud class action litigation, including the representation of clients seeking appointment as lead plaintiff and the motion and discovery practice after appointment. A Minnesota native, Hughes earned a B.A. from the University of Minnesota followed by a M.A. and Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has spoken at several national conferences on silica topics, such as "Emerging Issues in Silica Litigation," "The Current State of Silica Litigation," "Silica Litigation: The Killing Dust" and "Is Silica the Next Asbestos? The Plaintiff's Perspective." Hughes's law review article, "Informing South Carolina Capital Juries About Parole," was cited in 2000 by Justice John Paul Stevens of the United States Supreme Court in his dissenting opinion in Ramdass v. Angelone, 530 U.S. 156 (2000). He is licensed to practice in South Carolina.

As Associate General Counsel at Motley Rice, Laura Khare manages the firma s legal matters, including employment issues, ethics, marketing, commercial contracts and legal defense. She advises the firma s nearly 65 attorneys on ethical matters as well as develops appropriate compliance and risk management measures for the firm. Laura joined Motley Rice in 2004 after several years as a civil rights attorney for the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Washington, D.C. She began her tenure as a political appointee for President William J. Clinton. Additionally, Laura served as Deputy Director of Research at the State Affairs Company, a consulting firm in Arlington, Virginia, and as a legal fellow for the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee. She began her career as a staff attorney at the South Carolina Court of Appeals. A South Carolina native, Laura was honored with the Charleston Regional Business Journala s Forty Under 40 award in 2008 in recognition of her professional achievements and contributions to the community. She is on the Board of Directors for the Dee Norton Lowcountry Childrena s Center and the Charleston County Board of Zoning Appeals. In her spare time, she enjoys participating on local and national political campaigns, including as a volunteer for multiple national Democratic conventions, most recently in 2008 as a member of the convention script writing team. Laura is a member of the American Association for Justice, Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers, South Carolina Association for Justice and South Carolina Women Lawyersa Association.

Lee Heath joined Motley Rice LLC as an associate in 2005, wishing to pursue her interest in environmental issues. Having always focused her efforts on environmental law, Heath worked for two years as a graduate assistant for the Institute of Public Affairs and Policy Studies in Charleston, South Carolina. While there, she co-authored Literature Review of Phosphorus Export Rates & Best Management Practices: LaPlatte River Watershed Project. Dec 1996. Heath went on to work for General Engineering Laboratories as Project Manager. She most recently worked as a law clerk for the Department of Health and Environmental Control, drafting complaints, interrogatories, prehearing statements, discovery requests, and motions. Having researched and written memoranda on environmental issues and assisted on cases before the South Carolina Board of Health and Environmental Control, Heath is a valuable addition to the Motley Rice team. As an associate, Heath's primary focus is serving the Securities & Consumer Fraud practice group, in which she focuses on complicated environmental litigation. Heath earned a B.S. in Marine Biology from the College of Charleston in 1995. In 1997, she earned a M.S. in Environmental Studies from the Medical University of South Carolina. She earned a J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 2005, where she was a member of the Southeastern Environmental Law Journal. She is licensed to practice in South Carolina and is a member of the American Bar Association.