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	William B. King Bill King is the founder and chairman of Board Member, Inc., the publisher of Bank Director and Corporate Board Member magazines. He currently serves as a Partner in StrategyCorps, and formerly served as Chairman of both Private Business, Inc. and of FISI Madison Financial Corporation. He serves on the boards of directors of Ingram Entertainment, Inc., of Journal Communications, and of Tecniflex, Inc. His non-profit activities include membership on the boards of the Nashville Library Foundation, the Community Foundation of Middle Tennesee, the Land Trust of Tennessee, and of Public Radio Capital. He is a 1967 magna cum laude graduate of Princeton University, and he holds a JD degree from Vanderbilt University School of Law.

	TK Kerstetter TK Kerstetter is the president and CEO of Board Member Inc. a privately held publishing, database, research, and conference company focused on corporate board issues and governance trends. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, with editorial offices in New York City, Board Member Inc. publishes Corporate Board Member and Bank Director magazines in addition to selected publications and research studies highlighting board thought leadership. Corporate Board Member is sent to all corporate directors of public companies on the NASDAQ, NYSE, and AMEX stock exchanges. TK is founder and chairman of Corporate Board Member 's Academic Council and authors Bank Director 's "boardroom perspective" feature on best board practices. A graduate of the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program, he served as president and director of a publicly-held community bank spanning a 20 year banking career. Prior to joining Board Member Inc., Kerstetter founded the Bank Directors Training Center in Wilmington, Delaware. In 1994, he authored a guidebook titled, Ten Commandments for Bank Directors: the "Official" Guide Regulators Won't Publish , which was published by the National Association of Corporate Directors. His director and board governance articles have been highlighted in numerous publications, and he has conducted over two hundred speeches and presentations for national and state associations, public and private companies, and corporate governance-related organizations.

	L. William Seidman L. William Seidman is a shareholder of Board Member Inc. and is the publisher of the Corporate Board Member sister publication, Bank Director . Seidman was chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the first chairman of the Resolution Trust Corporation. He served as an assistant to President Ford for economic affairs and was co-chair of the White House conference on productivity during the Reagan administration. He serves on the boards of National Motor Bank, (formerly GMAC Bank), Capmark (formerly GMAC Commercial Mortgage), Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. (NYSE), Amstore, Inc. and LML Payments. He has been a director of Prudential-Bache Funds, United Bankcorp of Arizona, Phelps Dodge, and the Conference Board. He was chairman and director of the Detroit branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and served as dean of the College of Business at Arizona State University. His most recent book, Full Faith and Credit , was published in 1993 by Random House. Mr. Seidman holds an AB from Dartmouth (Phi Beta Kappa), LL.B. from Harvard Law School, and an MBA from the University of Michigan, where he graduated with honors.

	William S. Rukeyser William S. Rukeyser, editorial director of Corporate Board Member magazine, is a former contributing editor of CNN Financial News, managing editor of Fortune magazine, and the founding managing editor of Money magazine. He has also been a foreign correspondent for the Wall Street Journal , corporate director of international business development for Time Inc., editor-in-chief of Whittle Communications and CEO of Whittle Books, and a financial commentator for ABC television and CBS radio. Rukeyser is vice chairman of University Health System, Inc., which operates the University of Tennessee Medical Center; chairman of the board of the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra; and chair of the National Advisory Council of Maryville (TN) College. He lives in Knoxville with his wife, Elisabeth, a former Tennessee Commissioner of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities. Rukeyser received an A.B. degree from Princeton University in 1961 and did graduate work in English literature at Christ's College, Cambridge University.

	Colin Leinster Colin Leinster is the editor of Corporate Board Member . An Englishman who started out on newspapers in London, he came to the United States 35 years ago on a sabbatical and ended up working for the Plain Dealer in Cleveland and for newspapers in New Orleans and New York. He was Saigon bureau chief for Life, an editor at Business Week , and a member of Fortune 's board of editors for more than 10 years. Leinster has also written a novel, The Outsider , based on two months he spent covering the IRA.

	Laura J. Finn Laura J. Finn, web editor of boardmember.com, graduated from Villanova University with a bachelor's degree and St. John's University with a master's degree. Before joining Board Member Inc. she taught high school and college students in New York. She is also former assistant editor of Corporate Board Member magazine.

	Kim Hill Kim Hill is the chief operating officer of Board Member Inc. Prior to joining Board Member, Hill served as a project information coordinator at Bank Earnings International. She joined the staff of Bank Director magazine (now part of Board Member Inc.) in 1989. From 1991-1999 she also served as a senior executive with Private Business Inc., a nationwide provider of software and other services to financial institutions. Hill was responsible for the strategic planning, development, and management of both start-ups, establishing policies and procedures, defining staffing requirements, creating a comprehensive benefits program, and building corporate infrastructure. Currently Hill has been instrumental in the launch and oversight of Corporate Board Member . She was named to the board of directors for Board Member Inc. in 2000. Hill's civic involvement includes an 11-year stint with the United Way, spending nine years as a company campaign coordinator in addition to serving as a member of the New Business committee and Allocations Panel. In 2000 she was named to the United Way board of directors. Hill received a B.A. in business administration from Middle Tennessee State University in 1984.

	Joan Susie Joan Susie is the CEO of Global Navigation, the international affiliate of Corporate Board Member . She served as publisher of Corporate Board Member , which launched in 1998 under her oversight, and senior vice president of Bank Director , a sister magazine which she helped found in 1990. She is also a member of the board of directors for Board Member Inc., the parent company for both magazines.

	William C. Tomson Bill Tomson is vice chairman of Board Member Incorporated. He was executive vice president of FISI-Madison Financial, the nation's leading marketing organization for financial institutions. Prior to that, he was president of Marketing Outlooks, which became part of FISI-Madison through acquisition. Previously, he was National Sales Director for Citicorp Resources and also held management positions with several international advertising agencies. He is currently a member of the board of directors of Thor Industries, Inc., a NYSE company. He is also a board member of several charitable organizations.