Betsy S Atkins

Ms. Atkins has been the Chief Executive Officer of Baja Ventures, an independent venture capital firm focused on the technology and life sciences industry, since 1994. Previously, Ms. Atkins served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NCI, Inc., a functional food/nutraceutical company, from 1991 through 1993. Ms. Atkins was a co-founder of Ascend Communications, Inc. in 1989 and a member of its Board of Directors, and served as its Worldwide Sales, Marketing and International Executive Vice President prior to its acquisition by Lucent Technologies in 1999. Ms. Atkins commenced serving on the Board of RAI as of July 30, 2004. Ms. Atkins also serves on the boards of directors of Polycom, Inc., Chico's FAS Inc. and SunPower Corporation, as well as a number of private companies (including the board of directors of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC), and is an advisor to British Telecom. Ms. Atkins also was a Presidential-appointee to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation advisory committee and is a Governor-appointed member of the Florida International University Board of Trustees.