Corporate Governance- Directors

Joseph Platt has been a director since July 2004.  Currently, Mr. Platt is the general partner at Thorn Partners, LP a family limited partnership. Mr. Platt’s career at Johnson and Higgins (J&H), a global insurance broker and employee benefits consultant, spanned 27 years until the sale of J&H to Marsh & McLennan Companies in March of 1997. At the sale of J&H, Mr. Platt was an owner, director and executive vice president responsible for North America and marketing and sales worldwide. He was head of the operating committee and a member of the executive committee. Mr. Platt received his B.A. from Manhattan College in 1968 and his J.D. from Fordham University Law School in 1971. Mr. Platt also attended Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program in 1983. Since 1997, Mr. Platt has been an active private investor. Mr. Platt is on the board of directors of Jones Brown, a private Canadian insurance broker, and serves as an independent director of the BlackRock Open End & Liquidity Funds. He is also a Director of the West Penn Allegheny Health System (WPAHS). He is a member of the New York State Bar Association.