Gerard T. Mazurkiewicz, age 62, has been a Tax Partner with Dopkins & Company, LLP, a regional accounting firm located in Buffalo, New York, since 2004. Prior to his tenure at Dopkins & Company, Mr. Mazurkiewicz spent over 32 years with KPMG, LLP, and was the Partner in Charge of KPMG's upstate New York/Albany tax practice prior to his retirement in 2002. Mr. Mazurkiewicz also serves as a Director of Trebor, Inc., a privately held distributor of tissue, pulp, paper and container board and as a Director of Robert James Sales, Inc., a privately held distributor of corrosion resistant piping products. Mr. Mazurkiewicz received his B.S. in Business Administration from the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Management, where he currently serves on the Advisory Board for the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Buffalo Chapter of the Society of Certified Public Accountants.