Charles Bakes

Mr. Bakes is a principal of The Clinton Companies, a developer of commercial and residential properties in Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New Jersey and Massachusetts. The Clinton Companies and its affiliates currently own and manage a real estate portfolio of approximately $75M. The Clinton Financial Group, Inc., one of many companies that constitute The Clinton Companies has raised over $20M for private placement real estate projects under Mr. Bakes' direction.

Prior to The Clinton Companies, Mr. Bakes was the Chairman and co-founder of International Telecommunications Data Systems where he held the positions of President & CEO and Chairman of the Board.

Mr. Bakes founded Life Plans Unlimited, Inc., a large regional financial services and insurance brokerage firm which he successfully sold after nearly 20 years of operation.

Mr. Bakes received a degree in Business Administration from Indiana University.

Mr. Jarvis is a Principal of Jarvis Enterprises and a Director and Member of the Executive Committee for St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, a Director of St. Francis Physician Hospital Organization, and of HealthChoice of Connecticut. He is Chairman of Partner's Indemnity Company LTD and The Partner's Interinsurance Exchange, both of Bermuda.

Mr. Jarvis is the retired Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Security-Connecticut Corporation, Security-Connecticut Life Insurance Company, and Lincoln Security Life Insurance Company. He also served as a Director of the three companies.

Mr. Jarvis is the retired President and Director of Arrowhead, LTD of Bermuda.

Mr. Jarvis served as a Director of Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, Society for Savings Bank Corporation, Reliastar Life Insurance Company, the University of Connecticut Foundation, the Watkinson School, the Institute of Living, the Life Insurance Marketing and Research Association, and on BankBoston's advisory board.

Mr.Jarvis is a graduate of the University of Connecticut and the American College of Chartered Life Underwriters.

Mr. Tweeddale is a Managing Director of Connecticut Innovations, i-MARK's principal investor, where he has served since 1985.

Mr. Tweeddale is a former Director of Data Processing for Scientific Leasing and the Robert E. Nolan Company.

Mr. Tweeddale held various economic and venture analysis, engineering cost accounting and systems analysis positions during his 20-year career at United Technologies Corporation.

Mr. Tweeddale' s experience also includes scientific and commercial programming, mathematical analysis, EDP auditing and computer modeling.

Mr. Tweeddale earned a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and a master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Hartford.

Charles Young, Ph.D.

Dr. Young is the current President of The Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development.

Dr. Young is the former President of the University of Florida.

Dr. Young is the former Chancellor of the University of California at Los Angeles, serving in that position from 1968 to 1999, and is the current Chancellor Emeritus of that institution.

Dr. Young recently resigned as a Director of Intel Corporation to undertake his current responsibilities in Qatar, after serving in that position since 1974.

Dr. Young served as a Director of Nicholas-Applegate Capital Management, Fiberspace, Student Advantage, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation, and the Los Angeles World Affairs Council.

Dr. Young is a former Chairman of the Association of American Universities, and has served on numerous commissions including those of the American Council on Education, the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, and the Business-Higher Education Forum.

Dr. Young received the Award for Inter-American University Cooperation from the Inter-American Organization for Higher Education, the International Education Leadership Award from the Coalition for International Education, and the UCLA International Student Center 's Neil H. Jacoby International Award. Other awards and recognition include his election as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Young earned the Albert Schweitzer Leadership Award from the Hugh O'Brien Youth Foundation, the designation as a "Treasure of Los Angeles" by the Los Angeles Central City Association, and the Distinguished Service Award for Lifetime Achievement from the American Council on Education.

Dr. Young graduated with honors from University of California at Riverside, and completed his master's and doctoral degrees in Political Science at UCLA.

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