Woody L Hunt

Principal Occupation During Past Five Years: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hunt Building Co., Ltd, and Affiliated Companies, since 1977. Mr. Hunt, age 62 is a resident of El Paso, Texas, and is chief executive officer of Hunt Building Corporation, a privately owned development, construction, and property management company based in El Paso. He graduated with honors from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor's degree in Finance in 1966 and an MBA in Finance in 1970. He earned an M.A. in management from the Claremont Graduate School in California in 1989. He is a former director of The University of Texas Investment Management Company. Mr. Hunt currently serves as Chair of the Finance Committee and is a member of the Audit and Ethics Committee. The Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Hunt qualifies as an "audit committee financial expert" as defined by the SEC regulations. Also, from Hunt Co.s Board Members Listing: Mr. Woody L. Hunt is Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hunt Companies, Inc. (www.huntcompanies.com), and its affiliated companies. Mr. Hunt graduated with honors from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor's Degree in Finance, and he subsequently received his MBA in Finance from UT. Mr. Hunt also earned an MA Degree in Management from the Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California. In addition to his duties with Hunt, Mr. Hunt is a member of the Board of Directors for Complete College America; foundation trustee of the College for all Texans Foundation; member of the Board of Visitors of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center-Houston; Founding Chairman of the Borderplex Alliance in El Paso, where he now serves on the Executive Committee; previously served as Chairman of the Texas Business Leadership Council, where he now serves on the Executive Committee; co-chair and PAC chair for Texas Aspires (formerly Texas Institute for Education Reform and Texans for Education Reform); a member of the Board of Directors for El Paso Electric (Nasdaq: EE) and WestStar Bank; and is a member of the Executive Council of No Labels. Mr. Hunt was previously Chairman of the Texas Higher Education Strategic Planning Committee, which was charged with developing the Higher Education Plan for the State of Texas for 2015 to 2030; Vice Chairman of The University of Texas System Board of Regents; served seven years, three as Chairman, on the Board of Directors of The University of Texas Investment Management Company (UTIMCO); was founding chairman and a board member of the Medical Centers of the Americas Foundation in El Paso; was chairman of the Texas Select Commission on Higher Education and Global Competitiveness; a member of the Western Governors University (WGU) Texas Advisory Board; was a member of the Commission for College Ready Texas and the Texas Tax Reform Commission; was a member of the National Board of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE); was a member of the Texas Advisory Committee on Higher Education Cost Efficiencies; was a member of the Task Force on Higher Education Incentive Funding; was a member of the Council for Continuous Improvement and Innovation in Texas Higher Education; was a member of the Paso del Norte Foundation; and was the chairman of the Paso del Norte Health Foundation. He was a member of the Board of Directors and chairman of the Finance Committee of PNM Resources (NYSE: PNM) in Albuquerque, New Mexico; and has served on numerous other civic, non-profit, and professional boards. Mr. Hunt has received the Mirabeau B. Lamar medal which is awarded to individuals that have made extraordinary contributions to higher education in the State of Texas. Mr. Hunt has also received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Texas at Austin, been inducted into the Texas Business Hall of Fame, McCombs School of Business Hall of Fame, and the El Paso Business Hall of Fame. Mr. Hunt also serves as Chairman of the Hunt Family Foundation, a private family foundation he and his wife Gayle, established in 1987.