THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS NOMINATED THE FOLLOWING PERSONS TO SERVE AS
DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY UNTIL THE 1999 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS.
BOB BINSKY, age 58, has served as Chairman of the Board of the Company since July 31, 1995 and has served as a director of the Company since 1992. Mr. Binsky first joined the Company as a consultant and Executive Vice President on October 1, 1992. On October 18, 1994, Mr. Binsky assumed the duties of the Company's Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Binsky served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Decor Corporation, a chain of 135 publicly traded art and gift stores located in most of the upscale malls in the Eastern United States. In December 1989, Decor was sold to Claires Stores, Inc., a New York Stock Exchange listed company. Mr. Binsky serves on the board of PH Group Inc. of Columbus and Kahiki Foods, Inc. of Columbus and on the
advisory board of Regional Reps of Cleveland.
RICHARD ROZIC, age 57, was elected as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and a director of the Company on December 16, 1996. From 1965 to 1996, Mr. Rozic was General Manager of National Sales, Builder's Division, for Frigidaire Company, a manufacturer and distributor of major appliances. Mr. Rozic graduated from the University of Maryland in 1962.
ERIC S. NEWMAN, age 32, has served as a director of the Company since April 1994. Mr. Newman has been Vice President of World Wide Communications, Inc., a telecommunications company, since 1994, Senior Vice President of Superior Street Capital Advisors, LLC, an investment banking concern, since January 1997 and Associate Vice President and General Counsel of Hoopeston Foods, Inc., a food processor, since January 1997. From March 1993 to October 1993, he was employed as an associate at the law firm of Altheimer & Gray in
Chicago. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1988, and Northwestern University School of Law in 1991.
SHERRY J. ROTHFIELD, age 57, has served as a director of the Company since November 1995. Mrs. Rothfield has been an instructor in the Miami, Florida Advocate Program, a structured probation and deferred prosecution agency, and a certified mediator in private practice since 1992. She graduated from State University of New York in 1962, earned a certificate in accounting from the University of Miami in 1981 and became a Certified Public Accountant in the
State of Florida in 1983.
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MICHAEL TSAO, age 48, has served as a director of the Company since November 1995. Mr. Tsao has been President and a member of the Board of Directors of Kahiki Foods, Inc. of Columbus for more than five years. Mr. Tsao graduated from Pasadena City College in 1971 with an A.A. in Business Administration.
BRENDA L. THOMPSON, age 36, has served as a director and President of the Company since October 1994. Ms. Thompson joined the Company as its Chief Financial Officer in June 1993. From 1990 to 1993, Ms. Thompson served as Director of Operations for Zee Medical Services. She holds an A.A. in Accounting and Business Management from Belmont Technical College and graduated from Wheeling Jesuit College in 1987 with a B.A. in Accounting.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The principal occupation of each other executive officer and key employee of the Company for the past five years is as follows:
RICHARD BAKER, age 43, has been with the Company since 1984 and has served as Vice President of Production since 1994. He served as Production Manager for the Company from 1987 to 1994. Mr. Baker attended The Ohio State University from 1974 to 1976.
ZAIDA WAHLBERG, age 42, has served as Controller of the Company since August 1996. From June 1994 until July 1996, she was a self-employed consultant. From June 1989 to June 1994, she was employed by Denison Hydraulics, a manufacturer of hydraulic piston pumps, as a Marketing and Logistic Analyst. |
