OFFICERS

President
Louis G. Carosa
Wachovia Wealth Management
Three First Union Center
401 S. Tryon, 3rd Floor
Charlotte, North Carolina 28288-1157

First Vice President
Brian Baker
BB&T Asset Management
434 Fayetteville Mall, 5th Floor
Raleigh, North Carolina 27601

Second Vice President
William S. Smith, Jr.
Wedge Capital Management
301 S. College Street, Suite 2920
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

Secretary
Rosanne Lissow
Oak Value Capital Management
3100 Tower Boulevard, Suite 700
Durham, North Carolina 27707

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

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Chairman
William Wesley Sutton, II
Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown
200 West Second Street, Suite 500
Winston Salem, North Carolina 27101

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

Della L. Hood-Laster
Piedmont Investment Advisors
411 West Chapel Hill Street
Durham, North Carolina 27701

Jeff Martin
ATD, LLC
11 e Wall Street
Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina 29464

Malcolm Prochaska
M. Jennings Partners, LLC/Redwine
1901 Roxborough Road, Suite 118
Charlotte, North Carolina 28211

Robert L. Rasile
Sterling Capital Management
4064 Colony Road. Suite 300
Charlotte, North Carolina 28211

Jason Smith
TRADEKING
13840 Ballantyne Corporate Place
Suite 185
Charlotte, North Carolina 28277

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