Ronald L. Merriman has been our Director since July 2005.

He is a retired Vice Chairman and Partner of KPMG LLP, a global accounting firm (1967 - 1997). More recently, Mr. Merriman was the Managing Director of Merriman Partners, a management advisory firm (2003-2010). Prior to founding Merriman Partners, Mr. Merriman served as a Managing Director of O'Melveny & Myers law firm (2000-2003), Executive Vice President of Carlson Wagonlit Travel (1999-2000), President of Ambassador Performance Group, Inc., (1997-1999) and was employed by the accounting firm of KPMG (1967-1997). At KPMG, Mr. Merriman served as Vice Chairman of the Management Committee.

Mr. Merriman also serves on the Board of Directors and is the Audit Committee Chairman of Aircastle Limited (NYSE: AYR), Pentair, Inc. (NYSE: PNR) and Haemonetics Corporation (NYSE: HAE). He also serves on the Board of Directors and is the Chairman of the privately-held Preferred Hotel Group, Inc.

Mr. Merriman is Chairman of our Audit Committee and is a member of our Nominating/Corporate Governance and Strategic Planning Committees.