OFFICERS

President
Brian Baker
Sterling Capital Management
434 Fayetteville Mall, 5th Floor
Raleigh, North Carolina 27601

First Vice President
Della L. Hood-Laster
Piedmont Investment Advisors
400 West Morgan Street, Suite 1200
Durham, North Carolina 27701

Second Vice President
Tom Black
Citi
11 e Wall Street
Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina 29464

Secretary
Malcolm Prochaska
M. Jennings Partners/Triune
6135 Park South Drive, Suite 140
Charlotte, North Carolina 28210

Treasurer
Irene Pajer
The Interstate Group
4201 Congress Street, Suite 450
Charlotte, North Carolina 28209

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Rose L. Alexander
Sterling Capital Management
4064 Colony Road. Suite 300
Charlotte, North Carolina 28211

James Bailey
Portfolio Capital Management
5950 Fairview Road, Suite 610
Charlotte, North Carolina 28210

Robert L. Rasile
Stuart Frankel & Company, Inc.
5428 Carmel Park Drive
Charlotte, North Carolina 28226

William Wesley Sutton II
Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown
A Division of Deutsche Bank Securities
100 N. Main Street, Suite 2400
Winston Salem, North Carolina  27101

Chairman Emeritus
Grady G. Thomas, Jr.
The Interstate Group
4201 Congress Street, Suite 450
Charlotte, North Carolina 28209