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Board of DirectorsRoderick M. Hills, the former Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Chairman of the audit committee of Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (NYSE), serves on the Board of Directors. During his distinguished career, Mr. Hills has served as chairman of numerous audit committees and, as SEC Chairman, was a pioneer in the development of the audit committee. (Resume) Frederick D. Lipman, lead author of "Audit Committees", published by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., Washington, DC, and a partner of Blank Rome LLP, is a board member. Mr. Lipman has taught corporate finance, accounting and securities law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School for 10 years and has taught in the MBA program at the Wharton School of Business. He has served as a director of a public company and a member of an audit committee. Mr. Lipman has appeared on CNN, CNBC and the Bloomberg network as a national commentator on business topics. He is the author of "Corporate Governance Best Practices" (John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2006). His portfolio entitled "Audit Committees" (consisting of approximately 740 pages) is the most comprehensive treatment of this subject currently published and is used by attorneys nationally who advise public company audit committees. Mr. Lipman is also the author of seven other books, including: "Going Public" (Prima Publishing, 1994, named on of the ten favorite business books by Your Company magazine, a publication of American Express), "The Complete Guide to Valuing and Selling Your Business" (Prima Publishing, 2001), and "Venture Capital and Junk Bond Financing "(ALI/ABA, 1996). Mr. Lipman graduated from Harvard Law School in 1960. (Resume) (Bio) Allen R. Freedman is the former CEO and Chair of Fortis, Inc. (owner of American Bankers Insurance Group and Fortis Funds, with over $24 billion in assets and 11,000 employees) and is or has been the Chair of several audit committees. (Bio) Richard W. Roedel is the former CEO and Chair of BDO Seidman, LLP, and is currently the Chair of the audit committee of four publicly traded companies, namely: Brightpoint, Inc. (Nasdaq), Dade Behring Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq), Luna Innovations, Inc. (Nasdaq) and Sealy Corporation (NYSE). He is also a member of the audit committee of IHS, Inc. ( NYSE). Board of Advisors Tom Selling is currently an Associate Professor of Accounting at the American Graduate School of International Management in Arizona and previously was a member of the staff of the Office of Chief Accountant of the SEC and a Academic Accounting Fellow. Tom was previously an Associate Professor of Accounting at the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration of Dartmouth College, the Babcock Graduate School of Management of Wake Forest University and the Sloan School of Management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ernest Ten Eyck is the founding partner of Ten Eyck Associates, P.C., now a part of FTI Consulting, Inc., and is an accounting professional with more than 30 years of experience in public accounting, consulting and at the SEC. Mr. Ten Eyck has six years' experience at the SEC. As assistant chief accountant, he was responsible for monitoring activities of the AICPA's Auditing Standards Board, drafting interpretations governing financial reporting and implementation of federal securities laws, drafting rules under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and directing investigations of major transactions of public corporations and the adequacy of auditing procedures performed by public accounting firms. Mr. Ten Eyck served a three-year term on the Auditing Standards Board, served as chairman of two AICPA task forces, and has been a member of the accounting faculty of American University. Contact AACMI For additional information about AACMI, contact:
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