Hadley Ford is a finance veteran with more than 16 years of experience raising and deploying capital for a variety of service and technology businesses. Mr. Ford was most recently a Managing Director and Head of the East Coast Technology Group at Banc of America Securities with responsibility for some of the firm's most important technology relationships. Prior to joining Banc of America, Mr. Ford was the CFO of Clearway Technologies where he was responsible for financing, budgeting, accounting, controls and strategic discussions. Mr. Ford was a Vice President in the Communications, Media and Entertainment Group at Goldman Sachs before Clearway and served on the boards of Goldman portfolio companies I-NET and Concentric Networks. Mr. Ford graduated summa cum laude with a B.S.B.A. from Boston University and received his MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.

Aubrey K. McClendon has served as Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Chesapeake Energy since co-founding the Company in 1989. From 1982 to 1989, Mr. McClendon was an independent producer of oil and gas in affiliation with Tom L. Ward. Mr. McClendon graduated from Duke University in 1981.

Shannon Self is co-founder of Commercial Law Group, P.C., a professional corporation, in Oklahoma City. Mr. Self is a member of the Law Board of Northwestern University School of Law and a director for Critical Technologies, Inc., a computer software company in Edmond, Oklahoma. He is also a co-founder and manager of Infinity Resources, L.L.C., an exploration and production company with interests in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico. From February 1991 to June 2005, Mr. Self served as a Director for Chesapeake Energy Corporation. Mr. Self is a Certified Public Accountant. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1979 and from Northwestern University Law School in 1984.

Tommy G. Thompson is the former Health and Human Services Secretary and four-term Governor of Wisconsin, Chairman of the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions and a partner at the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. At Deloitte and Akin Gump, Secretary Thompson is building on his efforts as HHS Secretary and Governor to develop innovative solutions to the health care challenges facing American families, businesses, communities, states and the nation as a whole. These efforts focus on improving the use of information technology in: hospitals, clinics and doctors offices; promoting healthier lifestyles; strengthening and modernizing Medicare and Medicaid; and expanding the use of medical diplomacy around the world. Secretary Thompson served as HHS Secretary from 2001 to 2005 and is one of the nation's leading advocates for the health and welfare of all Americans. Secretary Thompson has dedicated his professional life to public service and served as Governor of Wisconsin from 1987 to 2001. Secretary Thompson made state history when he was re-elected to office for a third term in 1994 and a fourth term in 1998. Secretary Thompson began his career in public service in 1966 as a representative in Wisconsin's state Assembly. Secretary Thompson has received numerous awards for his public service, including the Anti-Defamation League's Distinguished Public Service Award. In 1997, the Secretary received Governing Magazine's Public Official of the Year Award, and the Horatio Alger Award in 1998. The Secretary has also served as chairman of the National Governors' Association, the Education Commission of the States and the Midwestern Governors' Conference. Secretary Thompson also served in the Wisconsin National Guard and the Army Reserve.