Northwestern University

Managing Partner at Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership; Operational Manager for ZGF Los Angeles; Led architectural design teams for leading-edge research institutions such as Cornell University, Northwestern University, University of Southern California, University of Chicago and Children's Hospital Los Angeles; Board Member of the USC Architectural Guild.

Jeff Coney serves as Northwestern University's Director of New Business Initiatives and leads the day to day operation of the Illinois Technology Enterprise Center (ITEC) in Evanston. In this capacity, he oversees the delivery of a variety of technology commercialization services to both Northwestern faculty and other Chicagoland early stage technology companies. These services include assistance with new company creation, business strategies, business plans, markets assessments, grant applications and access to capital. To date, the Center has provided this assistance to approximately 200 entrepreneurs. Prior to joining the University, Coney spent 14 years as a local software entrepreneur. He co founded Facility Management Systems, Inc., a local software company, which was sold in 1996. He has also had prior employment with Niku Corporation, Metropolitan Structures, The City of Chicago and Arthur Andersen. Mr. Coney holds BA and MBA degrees from Northwestern and is a CPA. In 2003, he was named to I Street's Top 100 in Chicago Technology and he has also been active in both the Mayor's Council of Technology Advisors and the Midwest Research Universities' Network.

Abimbola O. Bukoye, holds a Juris Doctorate from Chicago-Kent College of Law and is a Technical Specialist at the firm of McCracken & Frank, LLP. Mr. Bukoye was an Associate Editor of the Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property Law and holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Louisiana State University. Daniel L. Delaney, a private equity Vice President with Glencoe Capital, is a graduate of California Polytechnic State University and is pursuing his MBA at the University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business. Bruce Doblin, MD, MPH, is board certified in Internal Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Medicine. He served for many years as the Founding Medical Director of Interfaith House and is currently in private practice as a general internist and palliative care specialist. Dr. Doblin has written many articles for medical journals and often presents to physician audiences on the subject of Hospice and Palliative Care. He is on the teaching faculty of Northwestern University, the University of Illinois, and the University of Chicago.

Dr. Mancini is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University and Head of the Division of Pediatric Dermatology at Children's Memorial Hospital. He received his baccalaureate degree and his M.D. from the University of Arizona; completed his internship, residency and fellowship in pediatric dermatology at Stanford University Medical Center. He is co-author of the new Hurwitz edition, along with Dr. Amy Paller and is Secretary Treasurer of our Society for Pediatric Dermatology. Dr. Mancini is the recipient of many awards, as well as serving on several editorial boards, the author of many books, book chapters, abstracts, monographs and peer-reviewed articles.

Blair Gifford is both the Former Director of the Center for Global Health and the Director of the Management Area at the University of Colorado. He is also an Associate Professor of Health Management in the Business School, and an Associate Professor of Clinical Science in the Graduate School at the University of Colorado, Denver and Health Sciences Center. Dr. Gifford's twenty years of health research and teaching have focused on various issues regarding access to healthcare domestically and internationally. His current research interests include hospital leadership and the development of international health services markets for western health services providers. Among various assignments for the Center for Global Health at the University of Colorado, Dr. Gifford represents the Network for Healthcare Management's current interest in developing health management training in Asia. The Network is a consortium of 16 of the top 25 ranked health administration programs in the U.S. The Network has various research initiatives and it operates the highest rated and oldest standing Executive MBA/Health program in the U.S. Faculty in the Executive MBA/Health program come from the Network's member universities, including: UCLA, Northwestern University, New York University, Toronto University, and the Universities of: Washington, Pennsylvania, Southern California, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Arizona State, North Carolina, Ohio State, and Colorado. Dr. Gifford has held teaching and research positions at Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, and the American Hospital Association. Dr. Gifford has a B.A. in economics from the University of California at Santa Cruz and an M.A. and Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Chicago.

Carl Hampton is a licensed clinical social worker at The Family Institute at Northwestern University. He is Director of Family Institute Community Outreach Programs, and is also Coordinator of The Family Institue Community Programs at Evanston Township High School and Weissbourd-Holmes Family Focus. He received his bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Wisconsin in 1981 and a master of social work from the Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1985. Mr. Hampton treats adolescents, individuals, couples and families. He has a special interest in working with families around cultural issues. He is also a trained mediator who specializes in family and commercial disputes.

Carol Ryan is a consultant in The Family Institute at Northwestern University's Family Business Program. She holds a Master of Science with highest honors in Organizational Development from the Loyola School of Business, a Master of Science in Marital and Family Therapy from Northwestern University, and a Juris Doctorate from Creighton University. Ms. Ryan is a certified mediator, a member of the Family Firm Institute (FFI), Organizational Development Network (ODN), and The Family Institute Alumni Board. In addition to these accreditations, Ms. Ryan is licensed to use the Management Resource Group (MRG) Assessment tools for Leadership and Personal Development. Having worked in her own family's manufacturing business as well as other family-owned enterprises, Ms. Ryan knows the unique challenges that a family business encounters and how to address and integrate two systems, family and business. In addition, she has helped organizations in a number of other key areas, from strategic planning and goal setting to sales force development. Ms. Ryan has spent fifteen years in sales and marketing in both the international and domestic markets. She has extensive experience in training both process and content skills. Ms. Ryan offers expertise in strategic planning, leadership development, executive coaching, as well as team building and facilitation.

Dan Gill is a licensed clinical professional counselor at The Family Institute at Northwestern University. He received his Master of Science in Marital and Family Therapy from Northwestern University with clinical training at The Family Institute's Bette D. Harris Family and Child Clinic. Mr. Gill was previously an affiliate therapist at The Family Institute, and has prior experience serving families formed by foster parenting and adoption.

Elected to Deere & Company Board of Directors, 2002 Dipak Jain was named dean of the Kellogg School of Management in 2001. He joined the Kellogg School of Management faculty in 1986 as an associate professor and became an associate dean in 1996. In 1994 he was named the school's Sandy and Morton Goldman Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies and professor of marketing. In addition to his teaching at Kellogg, Jain has served as a visiting professor at the Koblenz Business School, Germany; Nijenrode University, the Netherlands; Chulalongkorn University, Thailand; IIT Delhi, India; Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong; and Tel Aviv University, Israel. Besides Deere & Company, he is a member of the board of directors for Hartmarx Corporation, Northern Trust Corporation, and Reliance Industries Limited, India. Jain received a bachelor's degree in statistics, and a master's in mathematical statistics from Guwahati University, India. He received a master's degree in operations research and a doctorate in marketing from the University of Texas at Dallas. John Deere (Deere & Company - NYSE: DE) is the world's leading provider of advanced products and services for agriculture and forestry and a major provider of advanced products and services for construction, lawn and turf care, landscaping and irrigation. John Deere also provides financial services worldwide and manufactures and markets engines used in heavy equipment. Since it was founded in 1837, the company has extended its heritage of integrity, quality, commitment and innovation around the globe.

Ellen Sachs Alter is a licensed clinical psychologist at The Family Institute at Northwestern University.

Gary Hill is the Director of Clinical Services at The Family Institute at Northwestern University. He is a licensed clinical psychologist, a licensed marital and family therapist and a certified supervisor alcohol and other drug abuse counselor. Dr. Hill is also a clinical lecturer in Northwestern University's Master of Science in Marital and Family Therapy Program. He has post-doctoral training in systems therapy and extensive experience treating children, families and couples. Dr. Hill has an extensive business background, having been a senior manager for two national behavioral managed care companies, and has management training from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Dr. Greg Portland is an orthopaedic surgeon board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. His practice focuses on pathologic conditions of the knee and shoulder. Additional interests include fracture care throughout the whole body, elbow injuries, and sports related damage. Greg Portland, MD grew up in upstate New York in Rochester, NY. During his youth, he spent three years living in Guadalajara, Mexico. Following high school, he attended Dartmouth College graduating Phi Beta Kappa and with honors in his major, Chinese Language and Culture. He attended the University of Virginia Medical School where he was an Augustine Todd Scholarship recipient. He subsequently completed his internship and Orthopaedic Surgery residency at Northwestern University based out of Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Additional rotations were at Evanston Hospital, Lutheran General Hospital, Children's Memorial Hospital, and Cook Country hospital. Dr. Portland traveled to Adelaide, Australia for a Sports Medicine fellowship focusing on shoulder and knee surgery. Particular focuses of the fellowship included arthroscopic shoulder and knee reconstructive procedures, total shoulder replacements, and reconstructive procedures for knee cartilage repair and replacement. Dr. Portland returned from Australia in 2001 to join the Suburban Orthopaedic Associates branch of Illinois Bone and Joint Institute. His offices are in Glenview and Wilmette, Illinois. He operates at Evanston Hospital, Glenbrook Hospital, and Rush North Shore Hospital. He is on faculty for Northwestern University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery as a Clinical Instructor. His interest in Sports Medicine stemmed from his love of sports lettering in basketball and baseball in high school, and playing rugby in college and medical school. He assisted in providing care and coverage for many of the professional teams in Chicago during his residency. During fellowship, he assisted in the care of professional Australian rules football and Olympic athletes. Currently, he is assistant team physician for Northwestern University and primary physician for Glenbrook North High School football. He is the orthopaedic consultant for the Chicago Griffins Rugby Club. Dr. Portland has published in the orthopaedic literature. In addition, he has presented research at regional, national, and international meetings on both Sports related topics and shoulder replacement surgery. He is a member of the Arthroscopy Association of North America, and a candidate member for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery.

Jack Vinson is a knowledge management consultant, which means that he helps organizations and people consider how they use their information to get work done. He is president of Knowledge Jolt, Inc and writes regularly at Knowledge Jolt with Jack. He's also an adjunct professor in Northwestern University's Learning and Organizational Change program, where he teaches a class on knowledge management. Prior to going independent, he was the knowledge manager for Pharmacia's biotechnology unit. And well before that, he did a PhD in chemical engineering with a focus on how artificial intelligence techniques apply to the world of chemical engineering.

Dr. Jeanne Herrick, associate, is a specialist in intercultural communication. After a career doing sales and marketing in the field of broadcasting for CBS, Dr. Herrick focused on the study of how people from different cultures and language backgrounds can develop effective strategies for clear and sensitive communication. She conducts ongoing research in the area, and is an expert on managing Latino employees. She has worked with clients as large as ExxonMobil, Commonwealth Edison and Helene Curtis as well as many smaller organizations. Using anthropological methods, she assesses a client's unique needs and then works with the client to develop customized organizational and training solutions to meet those needs. Jeanne is a full time member of the faculty of Northwestern University, where she teaches project management, teamwork, and presentations skills, as well as both business and technical writing. She is also a lecturer at the University of Illinois at Chicago where she teaches MBA courses in cultural diversity, project management, performance management and business communication. A published author, she has won awards for her writing, scholarship, and teaching. Jeanne received her Ph.D. in sociolinguistics from the University of Illinois at Chicago, after earning an M.A. from Northern Illinois University and a B.A. in journalism from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

Ji-Yeon Yuh is an assistant professor of history at Northwestern University, where she teaches Asian American history and Asian diasporas, and serves as Director of Asian American Studies. She is also co-founder of the Alliance of Scholars Concerned about Korea, an organization advocating peace on the Korean peninsula.

John Ardizzone is a licensed clinical psychologist at The Family Institute at Northwestern University.

John W. Madigan is the retired chairman and CEO of Tribune Company. Tribune is a media industry leader with operations in 25 major markets throughout the United States. He was elected chief executive officer of Tribune in May 1995. He also served as chairman from 1996 through December 2003. He was elected to the Tribune board of directors in 1975, the same year he joined the company as vice president/chief financial officer. Madigan began his business career as a financial analyst with Duff & Phelps Inc. in Chicago and later became a manager at Arthur Andersen & Co. He was an investment banker with both Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis and Salomon Brothers. Madigan is a director of the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, Boise Cascade and Gilead Sciences; an advisor to Madison Dearborn Partners; and a past chairman of The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. He also serves as a trustee of Northwestern University, Rush University Medical Center and The Paley Center for Media in New York. A Chicago-area native, born June 7, 1937, Madigan holds bachelor's and master's degrees in business administration from the University of Michigan.

United States national. Member of the Board of Directors and of the Nomination and Compensation Committee since May 2008. Her term of office ends on the day of the 2009 General Meeting of Shareholders. Until 2005, Judith Sprieser was the Chief Executive Officer of the US technology software and services company Transora, Inc. She previously held various senior executive positions at Sara Lee Corporation until May 2000, having joined the company in 1987. Judith Sprieser currently serves as a non-executive director of Allstate Insurance Company, USG Corporation, Reckitt Benckiser, Royal Ahold and Intercontinental Exchange. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University, from which she earned a Master of Business Administration degree.

Kimberly Langston is a licensed clinical social worker at The Family Institute at Northwestern University and is the co-coordinator of the Jenner-Payton and the Oakton-Chute Family Institute Community Outreach Program sites.

Larry co-authored with Drs. Kaplan and Cooper " Implementing Activity-Based Cost Management 'Moving from Analysis to Action", authored "Performance Measurement: The Balanced Scorecard Approach", was former Editor-in-Chief of Warren Gorham & Lamont's Corporate Finance Network and Journal of Cost Management, and member of editorial advisory board of Journal of Strategic Performance Measures. He is an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University's Graduate Business School, teaching Strategy Management and is a guest lecturer at Northwestern University's J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management.

Marina Eovaldi is a licensed clinical psychologist and licensed marraige and family therapist at The Family Institute at Northwestern Univeristy. She is a clinical lecturer in Northwestern University's Master of Science in Marital and Family Therapy Program.

Mark R. Neaman has served as a member of our Board of Directors since 2004. Since 1992 Mr. Neaman has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Corporation, a $1 billion integrated provider of healthcare services that includes three hospitals, a 500-physician multi-specialty group practice, a $100 million foundation, a research institute and is an academic affiliate of Northwestern University, where he holds a faculty position as a Senior Fellow. From 1984 to 1991, Mr. Neaman served as Evanston Northwestern's Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Neaman serves on the board of directors of several private healthcare entities and charitable and educational organizations. Mr. Neaman received a B.S. in Business Administration and an M.S. in Business and Healthcare Administration from The Ohio State University.

Dr. Nicholson is a licensed clinical psychologist at The Family Institute at Northwestern University and is also Associate Director of Community Outreach Programs.

Mr. White joined Abbott in 1984, was named chief executive officer in 1998 and became chairman of the board in 1999. In addition to his responsibilities at Abbott, Mr. White serves on the board of directors of Motorola, Inc. He is chairman of the board of trustees of The Field Museum, and sits on the boards of The Museum of Science and Industry, The Joffrey Ballet, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago. He serves as a trustee on the boards of Northwestern University, and the Culver Educational Foundation. In addition he is a member of the International Advisory Council of the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University, The Stanford Graduate School of Business Advisory Council, and vice chairman of the Chicago 2016 board of directors. Mr. White earned both a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and a master's degree in business administration from Stanford University.

Dr. Penny Hirsch, principal, has been a faculty member in Northwestern University's Writing Program since 1978 and, along with Barbara Shwom, was a founding member of Shwom and Hirsch: Management Communication Consultants in 1986. Her teaching assignments at Northwestern have included management communication, technical writing, engineering design and communication, and advanced expository writing. In her work with industry, Penny serves as facilitator, trainer, communication coach, and program developer. Penny currently heads a communication initiative for a multi-institution National Science Foundation research grant that aims to improve teaching and learning in biomedical engineering. Penny is a member of the Association for Business Communication and the American Society for Engineering Education. She is a frequent presenter at national conventions and an editorial board member of several professional journals. Penny received her Ph.D. and M.A. in English from Northwestern University; she did her undergraduate work at Wellesley College and the University of Michigan.

Before Chicago Specialty Gardens became reality, Phil spent 15 years in the field of marketing and integrated communications following his college business education. This education and working background are still the primary strengths he brings to the company, where his roles include general management; formulating the company's strategic direction; marketing; supplier development and public outreach. He also designs and directs installation of the company's landscape lighting and micro-irrigation efforts. In the early 1990s Phil began exploring alternative career options and started Wild Garden Specialty & Seasonal Foods, a venture to market organic traditional Japanese shiitake mushrooms to Chicago's finest restaurants through a joint project with the Minnesota Forest Resource Center. While Wild Garden was short-lived, it proved valuable experience in the genesis of Chicago Specialty Gardens, which was conceived to design and install themed gardens for Chicago clients: shade gardens, fragrance gardens, color gardens, butterfly gardens, etc. This original concept led to an overall specialization theme within the company, and has led the company to focus on innovative garden design approaches, materials, methods, technologies and niche markets. The company has recently established the CSG Rooftop Garden Division to focus its efforts in this important new category, and will be articulating all aspects of rooftop living through THE ROOFTOP LIVING LIFESTYLE and THE ROOFTOP LIVING COLLECTION. As the outlines of Chicago Specialty Gardens were developing, Phil was completing courses in urban forestry (through Openlands Project); garden design; soil, tree, shrub and perennial culture and usage (at the Chicago Botanic Garden), and the Master Gardener program (through UIC Extension Service). Phil continues his education through courses in business management, design and industry-specific seminars and courses. He is an adjunct professor at Northwestern University's School of Continuing Studies teaching Growing Your Business for aspiring green industry professionals. Phil's outside interests include distance running, vegetable gardening, cooking, poker, reading, billiards, and music of many varieties. He can be spotted at the South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas each spring as well as assorted music venues throughout Chicago.

Rebecca is excited to be back for her eighth summer at TPAS. Since working on last year's TPAS production of Beauty and the Beast, she has been busy freelancing as a lighting designer in Chicago, IL and working as Northwestern University's Assistant Lighting and Sound Supervisor. Her favorite lighting designs include Chicago for Pheasant Run Dinner Theatre, New Anatomies with Foreground Theatre Company and Cyber Serenade with Stage Left Theatre Company (all Chicago-land). Rebecca received her BFA in Theatrical Production Arts from Ithaca College in New York.

Dr. Richardson is a licensed clinical social worker and a staff psychotherapist at The Family Institute at Northwestern University. In addition, he is a clinical lecturer in Northwestern University's Master of Science in Marital and Family Therapy Program.

Richard J. Hoskins chairs Schiff Hardins Intellectual Property Group. He is an accomplished intellectual property, antitrust, and trade regulation lawyer. Mr. Hoskins has litigated and tried to victory a large number of complex jury and non-jury cases in federal courts around the country, involving patent infringement, antitrust violations, trade secrets, and unfair competition. His experience also includes significant appellate work in criminal, intellectual property, and antitrust cases, as well as advice and counsel on a wide variety of antitrust issues, including horizontal and vertical distribution of goods, price discrimination, predatory pricing, mergers and acquisitions, tying arrangements, boycotts, monopolization, competitor collaboration and communication, and alleged criminal conspiracies in restraint of trade. Mr. Hoskins is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Northwestern University, where he teaches in the fields of antitrust law, civil procedure, intellectual property, and regulatory law. He is also a former Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Criminal Division.

ROBERT A. HARRIS: Robert A. Harris is Professor of Conducting and Director of Choral Organizations at the School of Music at Northwestern University, where he has been since 1977. He is active as a guest conductor, choral clinician, and adjudicator, both nationally and in the Republic of China, South Korea, Hong Kong, and in South Africa where he presented conducting masterclasses, workshops, and lectures throughout the country. Dr. Harris earned his Ph.D. in composition and theory from Michigan State University and has undertaken graduate and post-doctoral studies in composition and conducting at the Eastman School of Music and the Aspen Music School. His choral compositions can be found in the catalogues of several leading publishers and have been performed throughout the country as well as abroad. He has also been active as a church musician. He served as Director of Music and Choirmaster at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Wilmette, Illinois, before retiring from that position in June 2004. Mr. Harris serves on the Board of Chorus America.

Shayna Goldstein is a licensed marriage and family therapist at The Family Institute at Northwestern University, and is also the program director for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Program for Individuals, Couples and Families. Ms. Goldstein is a clinical lecturer in Northwestern University's Master of Science in Marital and Family Therapy Program. She received her Master of Science in Marital and Family Therapy from Northwestern University. Her clinical training was based at The Family Institute's Bette D. Harris Family and Child Clinic. She then completed two years of advanced training as a Family Institute Postgraduate Clinical Fellow. In addition, she is a clinical member of The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.

Sherene S. Fakhran has her BS in Biology and MS in Public Health from Northwestern University. She is currently a resident physician at Northwestern University Hospitals, practicing internal medicine. She is currently the director of the IMAN Health Clinic, and has affiliations with the Islamic Medical Association, Curriculum Committee of MPH program, and the American Medical Women Association.

Thomas C. Theobald, 67, has been an Anixter Director since 1995. Since 2004 Theobald has been Senior Advisor of Chicago Growth Partners. He previously was a Managing Director of William Blair Capital Partners, L.L.C. from 1994 to 2004. From 1987 to 1994, Theobald was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Continental Bank Corporation. He is also Chairman of Columbia Mutual Funds and is a Director for Jones, Lang, LaSalle Incorporated; AM BAC Financial Group and Ventas Inc. Matthew Zell, 38, joined the Anixter board in 2001. He has been Managing Director since 2001 of Equity Group Investments, L.L.C., an investment company. From 1990 to 2001, Zell was President of Prometheus Technologies, Inc., and its predecessor, an information technology consulting firm. Zell is the son of board Chairman Samuel Zell.

Thomas Hubbard is Associate Professor of Management and Strategy at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Prior to his appointment at Northwestern, Dr. Hubbard taught at Columbia University, the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, and at UCLA. Dr. Hubbard is Co-Editor of the Journal of Industrial Economics and is Associate Editor at several academic journals, including the American Economic Review. He is also a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Dr. Hubbard has authored or co-authored published articles in the fields of industrial organization, organizational economics, and the economics of technology that have appeared in major journals including the American Economic Review, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, and the Rand Journal of Economics. His research has investigated many aspects of the organization of service industries, especially issues related to industry structure and vertical integration. Dr. Hubbard has been retained by several firms as consultant or expert, particularly in the transportation industry, and has provided expert testimony in regulatory matters in the casino gaming industry.

Troy Henikoff is Amacai's President and responsible for its growth and strategic direction. Troy has built a series of successful, high growth businesses over the last 20 years. Most recently, Troy co-founded SurePayroll.com, an Internet based payroll service bureau focusing on companies with under 100 employees. Under his leadership as President, SurePayroll grew from an idea on paper to a nationally recognized payroll service bureau in less than three years. Today, SurePayroll is the #1 Internet payroll provider and the fifth largest payroll company in the country, managing billions of payroll dollars annually. In 2005 they were named No. 53 in Inc. magazine's 24th annual Inc. 500 ranking of the fastest-growing companies in the country. Prior to SurePayroll, Troy was at Jellyvision, Inc., recruited specifically to build a software development capability from scratch. Within 18 months, Troy managed to build a team and set of tools for quickly creating highly interactive multimedia experiences. Troy's team used these tools to build products like "You Don't Know Jack " for Jellyvision, and "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire " for Disney Interactive. Before Jellyvision, Troy founded Specialized Systems and Software, which focused on creating custom database applications. They quickly developed a national presence, with a client list that included several Fortune 500 companies. In 1992, Medline Industries purchased the business, and it became the Systemetrics Division of Medline Industries, the largest privately-held US manufacturer and distributor of medical products. Within five years, Systemetrics' software was installed in nearly 10 percent of the nation's hospitals. In addition to his "day job," Troy serves as an adjunct professor at Northwestern University, teaching entrepreneurship. He is also a board member at Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center and Kohl Children's Museum of Greater Chicago.

William Osborn is General Partner of Commons Capital LP, a "double bottom line" venture capital fund investing in private companies with significant growth potential whose products, services or corporate cultures promote a sustainable economy by delivering market solutions to social and environmental problems. The fund is an active investor in small companies in the environment, clean energy, healthcare and education markets. Mr. Osborn is also a special partner with Arete Corporation, a venture firm managing investments in the telecommunications, software and energy industries. Prior to that he was a principal at Venture Investment Management Company, LLC (VIMAC), a Boston group managing "angel" investments in early stage companies. There Mr. Osborn focused on renewable energy and healthcare opportunities. Mr. Osborn has been an entrepreneur in the environmental and energy field, founding and managing an electric vehicle distribution subsidiary for a major utility company and starting a green business development and consulting firm. Earlier he co-managed a venture capital fund for automaker BMW and was a management consultant with Arthur D. Little, where he led a consulting practice involved with new energy technologies. Before his consulting work, Mr. Osborn practiced law and managed a state government office promoting solar energy. He also was a staff attorney at Ralph Nader's Center for the Study of Responsive Law, where he authored The Paper Plantation, a book about the environmental and social impact of the pulp and paper industry on the state of Maine. Mr. Osborn sits or has been on the boards of several start-up and expansion-stage companies, including Evergreen Solar, Inc. (photovoltaic modules), World Power Technologies, Inc. (power quality instrumentation), Surgical Sealants, Inc. (surgical wound products), Fingerlakes Aquaculture LLC (recycled-water aquaculture), and Conservation Services Group (energy efficiency services). He is a founding Trustee of the Domini Social Equity Fund and a Board Member of Investors' Circle, where he has also chaired the Selection Committee that chooses companies to present to members for investment. He has also been President of the Brookline Foundation, a local education foundation raising private funds for public school teacher development. He has a BA from Princeton University and a JD from George Washington Law School.

Jerre L. Stead joined the Brightpoint, Inc. Board of Directors on June 1, 2000 and currently serves as the Company’s Lead Independent Director. He is also a member of the Company’s Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and Compensation and Human Resources Committee. From 1996 until his June 1, 2000 retirement, Mr. Stead was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ingram Micro Inc., a leading distributor of computers and peripherals. Mr. Stead has also held the position of Chief Executive Officer at Square D Co., AT&T Global Information Solutions (NCR Corporation) and Legent Corporation. Since 2006, Mr. Stead has served as Chairman of the Board and CEO for IHS, one of the leading global providers of critical technical information, decision-support tools, and related services to customers in the energy, defense, aerospace, construction, electronics, and automotive industries. Mr. Stead is currently a Director of Armstrong Holdings, Inc., Conexant Systems, Mobility Electronics, Inc. and TBG Group. In addition, he held numerous positions during a 21-year career at Honeywell. He is also Chairman of the Board for the Center of Ethics and Values at Garret Seminary at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

C.A. Lance Piccolo has been a member of NovaMed's Board of Directors since 2000. Mr. Piccolo was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Caremark International, Inc. from 1992 through 1996, following its spin-off from Baxter International, Inc. Mr. Piccolo continues to serve as Vice Chairman of Caremark Rx, Inc. (NYSE: CMX), a leading prescription benefits management firm. Over Mr. Piccolo's distinguished 25-year career at Baxter, he progressed through a series of sales, operating and executive positions, including Executive Vice President for over five years. He was responsible for Baxter's alternate site operations and oversaw its development into one of the industry leaders. He was also a member of Baxter's Board of Directors from 1988 through 1992. Since 1996, Mr. Piccolo has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of HealthPic Consultants, Inc., a strategic health care consulting firm. Additionally, he serves on the Board of Directors of Crompton Corporation (NYSE: CK), Physician Dynamics, Inc., Benchmark Medical, Inc., Wind Point Partners, National Nephrology Associates, Inc., MedAssets Advisory Board and Lake Forest Hospital Foundation. He is also a member of the board of trustees of the University of Chicago Hospitals and the Advisory Board of Northwestern University, Kellogg Graduate School of Management.

D. Cameron Findlay is executive vice president and general counsel of Aon Corporation. As the company’s chief legal officer and a member of Aon’s senior management team, Findlay leads Aon’s Global Law Department and manages myriad legal, regulatory and government relations matters for Aon and its business units throughout the world. Before joining Aon, Findlay served from 2001 to 2003 as the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor in the administration of President George W. Bush. In that capacity, he acted as the number-two official and chief operating officer of a cabinet department with a $70 billion budget, several operating agencies and 17,000 employees. Findlay was responsible for formulating the department’s budget, overseeing major policy initiatives, representing the department before Congress and the public, and implementing the President's Management Agenda at DOL. While in government, Findlay also served as President Bush’s appointee to the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the Congressional-Executive Commission on China. Before his service at the Department of Labor, Findlay was a partner at Sidley Austin LLP, one of the world’s largest law firms. From 1989 to 1992, he served in the administration of President George H.W. Bush, both at the White House as Deputy Assistant to the President and Counselor to the Chief of Staff and at the Department of Transportation as Counselor to the Secretary of Transportation. Prior to that, Findlay served as a law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and for Judge Stephen F. Williams of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Findlay has been active with many civic and professional organizations. He serves on the Boards of Northwestern University, the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, the Chicago Shakespeare Theater and the Children’s Home and Aid Society. Under his leadership, the Aon Law Department received an “Employer of Choice” Award from the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. Findlay received his bachelor’s degree summa cum laude from Northwestern University, his master’s degree with first-class honours from Oxford University, which he attended as a Marshall Scholar, and his law degree magna cum laude from Harvard Law School.

David B. Speer is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ITW. Mr. Speer joined ITW in 1978 and has held various selling, marketing and general management responsibilities within the Construction Products organization. In 1984, he became General Manager of ITW's Buildex business and assumed additional responsibilities for the Ramset/Red Head business in 1987 and for the Canadian Construction Products businesses from 1988. In 1992, he became General Manager of the Paslode North American businesses. In September 1993, he became Group Vice President of the Construction Products organization, with responsibility for the global Buildex businesses, the Canadian Construction businesses and the Paslode North American businesses. In 1994, the Paslode European businesses were added to his responsibilities and in January 1995 the Asia Pacific Construction Products businesses. In September 1995, he became Executive Vice President of the global Construction Products businesses. In 1997, he added the additional responsibilities of ITW's Finishing Systems businesses globally. In 2003, Mr. Speer transferred responsibilities for the Finishing Systems businesses to another ITW Executive Vice President while assuming responsibility for the global Wilsonart businesses. In August 2004, he was named President of ITW. In August 2005, Mr. Speer was elected to the position of Chief Executive Officer and in May 2006 he assumed the additional responsibilities as Chairman. Mr. Speer graduated from Iowa State University in 1973, earning a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering. In 1977, he received a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from The Kellogg School of Business, Northwestern University. Mr. Speer is a member of the Board of Directors of Rockwell Automation and the Advisory Board of Northwestern University's Masters of Manufacturing and Management Program. He is on the Boards of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, the Executives' Club of Chicago, Rush Medical Center, the Museum of Science and Industry and the Economic Club of Chicago. Mr. Speer is also a member of The Commercial Club and The Business Council.

David serves as the Chief Administrative Officer for Chicago Public Schools, overseeing all of the educational support departments, including Finance, Budget, Operations, Human Resources, Technology, Security and Procurement. He was formerly President and Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago Board of Trade and is a former Vice Chairman and Director of Bank One Corporation. David also serves in the following capacities: Trustee of the Glenwood School for Boys; Trustee of the Museum of Science and Industry; Trustee and Treasurer of the board of The Art Institute of Chicago; and Member of the Board of Managers of the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago. He is a graduate of Harvard University and earned an MBA from The University of Chicago.

Douglas Breunlin is licensed both as a clinical social worker and a marriage and family therapist and is a certified mediator. Currently he is the director of the Family Business Program at The Family Institute at Northwestern University.

Fred W. Turek, PhD is director of the Center for Circadian Biology & Medicine at Northwestern University. A leading researcher of biological rhythms, Dr. Turek has served on scientific committees and panels of nearly a dozen organizations including the National Academy of Sciences, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) -- National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institute on Aging (NIA), and National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) National Center on Sleep Disorders Research (NCSDR). Dr. Turek earned his PhD in biological sciences from Stanford University in 1973.

Georgia Nelson joined Ball Corporation's board of directors in July of 2006. She is president and CEO of PTI Resources, LLC, an energy and environmental consulting firm. She is the former founding president of Midwest Generation EME, LLC, an Edison International company headquartered in Chicago. Midwest Generation is a large independent power generation company. In her 35 years at Edison International, Nelson also served as general manager of Edison Mission Energy Americas, was senior vice president of worldwide operations for Edison Mission Energy and held executive responsibilities for Edison Mission Marketing and Trading, Inc., a Boston-based energy marketing and trading subsidiary. She spent more than 25 years with Southern California Edison, a large U.S. electric utility, where she was also a senior executive. In addition to her directorship with Ball Corporation, Nelson serves as a director of Cummins Inc., Nicor Inc., and Tower Automotive, Inc. For the last two administrations she has been appointed by the Secretary of Energy to the Executive Committee of the National Coal Council, a federal advisory committee to the Department of Energy. She is currently chair of the council. She is a trustee of the Manufacturers Alliance and the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum and a director of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce. She serves on the advisory committee of the Center for Executive Women at Northwestern University and formerly served on the Women's Advisory Board of the JFK School of Government at Harvard University. She is a member of numerous organizations including The Commercial Club of Chicago, The Economic Club of Chicago and The Chicago Network. Ms. Nelson holds an MBA from the University of Southern California and a bachelor's degree from Pepperdine University, Malibu, Calif.

Mr. Emrich is the Chairman or Board member of several biotech and information technology companies based in Brazil and in the USA. He is also a member of the National Council for Science and Technology reporting to the President of Brazil. He is a member of APEX - a government-sponsored agency to further Brazilian exports - and a former Chairman of the Brazilian International Chamber of Commerce. He is a Board member of Dom Cabral Foundation - an executive business development organization linked to Kellogg's-Northwestern University and to INSEAD, in France. He is member of the INSEAD-Brazil Council and was a partner in the Miner Technology Group, sold to UOL (Universo OnLine) in 1999. Mr. Emrich serves as the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Russia in the state capital Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais.

Jose Alatorre has served as director of group services at Northwestern University Settlement since 1982. He is responsible for supervising the Settlement's Head Start and After School programs, the 21st Century Community Learning Center Teen Program, AmeriCorps, Mother's Club, Energy Assistance and Project AYUDA (National Association for Hispanic Elderly). Before coming to the Settlement, Mr. Alatorre served as district executive for the Boy Scouts of America's Chicago Chapter from 1978 - 1981. Mr. Alatorre received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science with a minor in Spanish from Lewis University in Romeoville.

Ken Chalmers is an advisor to Paradigm Capital. He was an Executive Vice President of Continental Bank, Chicago, Illinois and its successor, Bank of America from 1984 through 1994. Over a span of 40 years with those organizations, he served in numerous capacities in the corporate banking sector. The last 10 years were spent as head of the Special Industries Department. Chalmers is a Member of the Board of Managers of Learning Insights, LLC, a publisher of interactive multimedia training and reference products; Director of Profile Systems, LLC, a provider of wireless data communications services; Advisory Board Member of Magnify, Inc., a provider of scalable data mining solutions for managing, mining and analyzing large amounts of data; Director of Case Receivables II Inc., a financing vehicle of Case Credit Corporation; Director of Catholic Health Partners, a Chicago multi-hospital group, and Chairman of its Finance/Audit Committee; Vice Chairman and Member of the Executive Committee of St. Joseph Health Care Foundation; and serves on the Alumni Advisory Board of the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University. Chalmers received his BSBA from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois and his MBA from the University of Chicago. He served as a Lieutenant (jg) in the U.S. Navy.

Steve is the sole external, non-federal, member of the US Department of Veterans Affairs Executive Committee/Business Oversight Board chaired by the presidential cabinet secretary. He also serves as a US Treasury Department Senior Advisor, at the US Government Cabinet Secretary level. Previously, Steve was on Revlon's Executive Board and COO responsible for global demand & fulfillment programs plus information management & technology. Earlier, he was Johnson & Johnson's worldwide corporate Vice President of Business Improvement & Management Quality - reporting to the Executive Committee - for JNJ's portfolio of 180 worldwide operating companies in 59 countries. Steve led portfolio assessment, financial and operational improvements. His outcomes include: reforming JNJ's global $8B consumer healthcare products supply chain, integration into JNJ of multi-billion dollar acquisitions of medical device, pharmaceuticals and consumer products firms, and expansionary growth of Neutrogena from $275M to $1B in 4 years. He served on JNJ healthcare company management boards in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Mr. Roehrich served as a career United States Naval Officer & naval aviator with 4,327 flight hours in carrier and land based tactical combat aircraft, holding leadership roles in Navy squadrons and air-wings with non-flying assignments as CFO of the US Naval Academy and CFO of a $3 billion Navy weapons program. He taught economics and business at the US Naval Academy where he was selected educator of the year. Steve is a member of NCR Corporation's Teradata (Informatics) Executive Board; Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Business Advisory Board and was a board member of Connectadas.com. He holds a master's degree in financial management from the US Naval Post-Graduate School and has completed advanced management education at the Wharton School of Business-University of Pennsylvania.

Ms. Henricks is president of the global directories business at RR Donnelley, an $8 billion print leader and the largest printer of phone directories in the U.S. Since she assumed this post in 2001, the directory business continues as one of RR Donnelley's most successful businesses, serving major RBOC publishers as well as leading independent directory publishers with quality printing, timely service and innovative solutions. Prior to leading the directory effort at RR Donnelley, Ms. Henricks was president of RRD Direct, RR Donnelley's direct mail business. In her role as president, Ms. Henricks was responsible for all aspects of the business from strategy development and revenue growth to operation expansion and new technologies development. Beginning her direct marketing career with Signature Group, Ms. Henricks then joined RR Donnelley' s Metromail Corporation subsidiary as vice president. Advancing to president, she led Metromail's IPO effort. In her 25 years in the direct mail arena, Ms. Henricks has always focused on growth and innovations for her clients, her company and the direct marketing industry as a whole. In addition to her YPA board seat, Ms. Henricks serves on the boards of Literacy Chicago, Vente, Inc. and the Alumni Advisory Board of Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. Ms. Henricks is also a member of the Direct Marketing Association and was winner of the DMA's Direct Marketer of the Year Award in 1997. A native of Chicago, Ms. Henricks holds Bachelor of Arts and Master of Business Administration degrees from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. A native of West Memphis, Arkansas, Mr. Harris holds a bachelor of science degree from Iowa State University and is a Certified Public Accountant. He has also completed the University of Minnesota executive MBA program.

Mr. Davis became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 1997 and President in 2001 of RR Donnelley, the largest printing company in North America. He retired in February 2004. Over the prior two decades, Mr. Davis held senior sales, marketing, and executive positions at Emerson Electric Company. Mr. Davis is also a director of Marathon Oil Corporation.

William Kirsch chairs the firm's global Private Equity practice. He has over 25 years of experience representing private equity firms in complex acquisitions, divestitures and similar transactional matters. He also advises boards and special committees in change of control transactions, restructurings, government investigations, financial, regulatory and corporate governance issues. He has acted as lead counsel in the legal representation of hundreds of large and complex private equity transactions, including acquisitions of Boise Cascade Corporation and Jefferson Smurfit Group by Madison Dearborn Partners. Mr. Kirsch also led the corporate representation of the TWA bankruptcy and the Conseco bankruptcy. He has represented private equity clients such as Audax Group, Bain Capital, Bank of America Global Equity Group, CIVC Partners, Madison Dearborn Partners, Olympus Partners, Providence Equity Partners, Sun Capital Partners, Thomas H. Lee Company, Willis Stein & Partners and others. In addition, Mr. Kirsch plays an increasing role amongst his clients in the execution of their business strategy and key company initiatives, which in the case of Madison Dearborn Partners led to his appointment as General Counsel while he was a Partner at Kirkland & Ellis. And more recently, as the President and CEO of Conseco Inc., a Fortune 500 insurance company. From 1981 until 2004, Mr. Kirsch was with Kirkland & Ellis where he was elected a partner in 1987. He led the firm's private equity practice and served in various management capacities including as a member of the firm's management committee, chair of the compensation committee, co-chair of the finance committee, as well as other management roles. Mr. Kirsch serves on the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University, the Board of Directors of Children's Inner City Education Fund, Stanford Law School's Dean's Circle and its Board of Visitors and the Board of Directors of Boise Cascade LLC. He served as General Counsel of Madison Dearborn Partners from 1999 through 2004 and as a member of the Sun Capital Board of Advisors. Mr. Kirsch received his J.D. from Stanford University and his B.A. from Northwestern University. He is currently admitted to practice in the state of Illinois.

Mr. Henry who brings over 30 years of health care and management experience is the chairman and CEO of Reimbursement Specialists. He founded his venture capital business, Henry Venture Fund, in 1982. In his venture fund activities, Mr. Henry has invested $30 million in 15 different health care companies and returned $164 million to investors over twenty years for an annual IRR of 51.7%. Mr. Henry had operating roles at eight of these companies which he seed-financed. The capitalized market value of these 15 companies is $1.6 billion in current dollars. Mr. Henry is also Chairman of MSO Medical (MSO), which is a management service organization committed to setting up bariatric surgery centers at acute care and surgical hospitals. MSO recently set up its first Institute for Bariatric Medicine at the Detroit Medical Center. Reimbursement Specialists performs billing and reimbursement services for MSO Medical. Mr. Henry is also currently Chairman and founder of Synergy Pharmaceuticals, a drug development company founded by Henry Venture II which has developed three different technology platforms that are responsible for four potential drugs targeted at myeloma, colon cancer, ulcerative colitis, hepatitis C and hepatitis B. Synergy is currently in a Phase I / II clinical trial for hepatitis C, and is about to enter a Phase II trial for myeloma. Synergy has granted licenses to United Therapeutics for Synergy intellectual property in a $25 million collaboration which, if successful, is forecast to generate royalty revenue of $1.4 billion to Synergy by 2010,according to KPMG, at the rate of approximately$150 million per year. Recently, Mr. Henry was Vice Chairman of IVAC Medical Systems, Inc. Henry Venture II and River Medical acquired IVAC from Eli Lilly Corporation for$200 million in a leveraged transaction in December1994. As Vice Chairman of IVAC, Mr. Henry was responsible for the operating performance of IVAC, and prepared, implemented and managed the 1995 and 1996IVAC business plans, which produced $42 million EBITDA in 1995 and $58.5 million of EBITDA in 1996.IVAC reported $4.5 million of EBITDA when it was acquired December 31, 1994. IVAC was sold for $400million cash in November 1996, which resulted in a500% return on equity over two years after leverage. Previously, Mr. Henry was Director, Chief Financial Officer, Chairman, Executive Committee of IMED responsible for the operating performance of IMED from1978 to 1982 at which time it reported annual revenues of $125 million and $48 million of pretax income. IMED designed, manufactured and sold the first volumetric infusion pump in the world. IMED was purchased by Warner Lambert in August 1982 for $465 million cash payable at closing. In the early 1970's he founded and managed Henry &Associates, a Wall Street institutional research and M&A firm for 10 years, which concentrated on healthcare and technology sectors of the market. Formerly, he was responsible for commercial and industrial loans at Citibank for 42 New York City branch banks, having previous Citibank National Division direct lending experience in the health care, electronic and aerospace industries. Mr. Henry is currently Chairman of Henry Venture II Limited, a venture capital firm focused on the health care industry, and a director of Motion Analysis Corporation. He is also Adjunct Professor of Finance at J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Business, Northwestern University and a director of the Kellogg Center for Biotechnology. He is a member of Kellogg Alumni Advisory Board and the Advisory Board of the Kellogg Heizer Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at Northwestern University, the Western Association of Venture Capitalists, New York Society of Securities Analysts, American Society of Civil Engineers and Association of Investment Management Research. Mr. Henry holds a BS in Civil Engineering from Bradley University and an MBA in Finance and Marketing from J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Business at...

Prior to joining Enterprise Partners in 1987, Drew was a physician and entrepreneur. While still a medical student at Northwestern University, he developed a drug delivery device and licensed it to Eli Lilly. Subsequently Drew joined Lilly as consultant while completing his internship at the University of California Irvine. Drew holds a B.S. from Occidental College and an M.D. from Northwestern University. Drew completed his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of California, Irvine, and holds 20 patents in healthcare related products and services including the first and only biochemical test that predicts preterm delivery. The test is available worldwide and has been used by over a million women. Dr. Senyei focuses his philanthropic efforts in education and the arts. He founded Equity in Education at The Bishops School to encourage entrepreneurs to donate stock for educational programs. He is a member of Northwestern University's board of trustees, he is chairman of the board of UCSD's Jacobs School of Engineering and is a member of the board of advisors for UCSD's School of Medicine. Dr. Senyei is on San Diego's BIOCOM board of directors and also serves as president of the San Diego Opera. In January, 2006, Drew was named one of the Top 100 VC's in Forbes Magazine's 2006 Annual Midas List.

James Tyree is senior vice president, Pharmaceutical Operations Tyree first joined Abbott from 1978 until 1979 as a business analyst for a year. He rejoined the company in June 1997 and has been in various management positions including divisional vice president and general manager for Abbott's international division in Japan. He recently served as vice president, global licensing/new business development in the Pharmaceutical Products Division. He assumed his current role in 2006. Prior to re-joining Abbott in 1997, Tyree was president of Sugen Inc., a biotechnology start-up company and held various leadership positions at other pharmaceutical companies. He serves on the board of directors for TAP Pharmaceuticals, a joint venture between Abbott and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited. He is a member of the advisory boards of the Polsky Center of Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago and the Kellogg Center for Biotechnology at Northwestern University. He is a member of Richard M. Daley's Chicago Mayor's Council of Technology Advisors. Formerly chairman, he is also chairman of the board of directors of the Illinois Biotechnology Industry Organization. He earned bachelor's degrees in psychology and forensic studies and a master's degree in business administration from Indiana University.

Dr. Lance Ostrowski is a member of Northwestern University's graduating class of 1983 He is a member of the American Dental Association, the Illinois State Dental Society, as well as the Chicago Dental Society. To stay current with new and emerging technology, Dr. Ostrowski spends many hours in continuing education. Held in high esteem by his contemporaries for his work with implant restoration, many of them have referred their own patients to Dr. Ostrowski when the damage was either too extensive or when their own corrective attempts had failed.