Sunday, December 28, 2008

the Hon.M.Douglas Young,P.C. Lawyer

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Board of Directors

Mortimer B. Fuller III
Executive Chairman

Mr.Fuller became Executive Chairman in June 2007. He previously served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since 1977. He also served as President from 1977 until October 1997. Mr. Fuller is a graduate of Princeton University, Boston University School of Law and Harvard Business School.

John C. Hellmann
President and Chief Executive Officer

John C. Hellmann, President and Chief Executive Officer, joined the Company in January 2000 and served as Chief Financial Officer through April 2005. He was named President in May 2005 and Chief Executive Officer in June 2007. From 1999 until January 2000, Mr. Hellmann was an investment banker at Lehman Brothers, Inc., in the Emerging Communications Group, and from 1997 to 1999, he was an investment banker at Schroder & Co. Inc., in the Transportation Group. From 1992 to 1994, he worked for Weyerhaeuser Company in Japan and the People’s Republic of China. Mr. Hellmann is a graduate of Princeton University and received his M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an M.A. in International Relations from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

David C. Hurley
Vice Chairman, PrivatAir

Member, Compensation Committee
Mr. Hurley has been Vice Chairman of PrivatAir, a leading international business aviation group, since February 2003. Previously, he was Chief Executive Officer of PrivatAir following its acquisition of Flight Services Group (FSG) by PrivatAir in 2000. Mr. Hurley founded FSG in 1984, and led its growth into one of the world’s leading providers of corporate aircraft management, executive charter and aircraft sales and acquisitions in the U.S. He serves as a director of BE Aerospace, Inc., Aerosat, Inc., Ionatron Inc., ExelTech Aerospace, Inc., and The Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum.

Øivind Lorentzen III
President and CEO, Northern Navigation International Ltd.

Member, Audit Committee
Mr. Lorentzen has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Northern Navigation International, Ltd., an investment management and ship-owning company concentrating in specialized transportation and structured finance, since he founded the company in 1990. Northern Navigation has offices in Stamford, Connecticut, and Oslo, Norway. From 1979 to 1990, Mr. Lorentzen was Managing Director of Lorentzen Empreendimentos S.A., an industrial and shipping group in Brazil. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of SEACOR Holdings Inc. and Blue Danube Inc. Mr. Lorentzen is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Norwegian-American Chamber of Commerce Inc., and a Trustee of the American Scandinavian Foundation.

Robert M. Melzer
Retired, formerly Chief Executive Officer of Property Capital Trust

Chairman, Audit Committee
Member, Compensation Committee
Mr. Melzer was President and Chief Executive Officer of Property Capital Trust, a real estate investment trust, from 1992 to 1999, when he retired. Through November 1996, he was also the Chief Financial Officer of Property Capital Trust. Mr. Melzer serves as a trustee of MGI Properties Liquidating Trust, and a director of Beacon Capital Partners, Inc., The Cronos Group, and Lawson Products, Inc. He is also Chair of the Board of Trustees of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and now acting CEO.

Philip J. Ringo
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, RubberNetwork.com LLC

Member, Audit Committee
Member, Governance Committee
Mr. Ringo has been Chairman and CEO of RubberNetwork.com LLC, a tire and rubber industry strategic sourcing consortium, since June 2001. From January to May 2001, Mr. Ringo was a consultant to ChemConnect, Inc., an operator of an electronic marketplace for buyers and sellers of chemicals, feedstocks and plastics, where he had been President and Chief Operating Officer since March 1999. He was President and CEO of Chemical Leaman Tank Lines Inc., a trucking firm, from 1995 to 1998. Mr. Ringo also serves on the Boards of Directors of Internet Capital Group, Trimac Equipment Leasing, Inc., and Australian Railroad Group Pty Ltd., a joint venture of the Company and Wesfarmers Limited.

Peter O. Scannell
Founder and Managing General Partner, Rockwood Holdings LP

Chairman, Governance Committee
Mr. Scannell is the founder and Managing General Partner of Rockwood Holdings LP, a private investment firm focused on the acquisition and development of operating businesses. Mr. Scannell currently is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rockwood Service Corporation, a materials testing and inspection firm, and is also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kane Holding Company, a manufacturer of architectural products.

Mark A. Scudder
President, Scudder Law Firm, P.C., L.L.O.

Chairman, Compensation Committee
Mr. Scudder has represented public and private companies in a variety of mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions, and general corporate matters, with particular focus on the U.S. trucking industry. He has been President of Scudder Law Firm, P.C., L.L.O., based in Lincoln, Nebraska, since December 2002, and has served as an attorney with the firm since 1993. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Knight Transportation, Inc. and Covenant Transport, Inc.

Hon. M. Douglas Young, P.C.
Chairman, SUMMA Strategies Canada, Inc.

Member, Governance Committee
The Hon. Mr. Young has been Chairman of Summa Strategies Canada Inc., a firm that provides strategic counsel and business advice in matters relating to international trade and investment, public policy and relationships with government, since 1997. Between 1993 and 1997, he served as Canada’s Minister of Transport, Minister of Human Resources Development and Minister of National Defense. Mr. Young is counsel to the law firm of Patterson Palmer Hunt Murphy, and also serves on the Boards of Directors of Magellan Aerospace Corporation, CPCS Transcom Ltd. and Australian Railroad Group Pty Ltd., a joint venture of the Company and Wesfarmers Limited.

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