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Dr. Randell L. Mills Dr. Shelby T. Brewer William R. Good Michael H. Jordan James T. Lenehan Merrill A. McPeak |
John R. Miller Neil Moskowitz Barbara Nabial Scott C. Penwell George A. Sawyer James K. Sims |
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DR. RANDELL L. MILLS Dr. Mills, Founder and principal stockholder of BlackLight Power, Inc., has served as Chairman of the Board, President and CEO since 1991. The Company, located in the Princeton, NJ, area, has developed a revolutionary source of energy, the BlackLight Process, which has as its fuel source hydrogen and is based on novel hydrogen chemistry. Dr. Mills has authored eight books, participated in over 50 presentations at professional meetings, and authored and co-authored over 100 papers regarding the field of energy technology that have been published in or submitted to peer-reviewed journals of international repute. Dr. Mills has received patents or filed patent applications in the following areas: (1) Millsian computational chemical design technology based on Classical Physics (CP), a revolutionary approach to solving atomic and molecular structures; (2) magnetic resonance imaging; (3) Mossbauer cancer therapy (Nature, Hyperfine Interactions); (4) Luminide class of drug delivery molecules; (5) genomic sequencing method, and (6) artificial intelligence. A thorough description of the Company's technology and Dr. Mills' underlying atomic theory is published in a book entitled The Grand Unified Theory of Classical Physics. Dr. Mills was awarded a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Chemistry, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Franklin & Marshall College in 1982, and a Doctor of Medicine Degree from Harvard Medical School in 1986. Following a year of graduate work in electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dr. Mills began his research in the field of energy technology. |
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SHELBY T. BREWER, Ph.D. Dr. Brewer was elected to the Board of Directors of the Company in 1997. Dr. Brewer is Founder and President of S. Brewer Enterprises, Inc., an executive management company serving manufacturing, engineering, and financial services clients in the U.S. and abroad. He is also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Commodore Applied Technologies, Inc., a publicly traded company in the environmental and chemical sectors. From 1985 through 1995, Dr. Brewer was Chief Executive Officer of Combustion Engineering's Nuclear Businesses (since 1990, ABB-Combustion Engineering-NP), serving as Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer over this period. Dr. Brewer positioned ABB-CENP as the world leader in new reactor technology. Prior to joining Combustion Engineering, Dr. Brewer was Assistant Secretary of (Nuclear) Energy, the top U.S. post in nuclear energy. Prior to his appointment by President Reagan, Dr. Brewer achieved positions of increasing line responsibility in private industry, the United States Navy, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the Atomic Energy Commission. He has 35 years of experience in the energy sector. Dr. Brewer also had a distinguished naval career as a junior officer when he was Dean of the Nuclear Power School where he authored one of the first textbooks on naval nuclear propulsion systems. He also served as Division Officer on the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Randolph where he participated in the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the recovery at sea of the first U.S. astronauts. Dr. Brewer was awarded Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science Degrees from Columbia University (New York), and Master of Science and Ph.D. Degrees in Nuclear Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
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WILLIAM R. GOOD Mr. Good joined the Company in 1991 and has served as Assistant Secretary of the Company since 1995. Mr. Good has served as Vice President-Administration since 2000. He manages Company operations and oversees the financial and accounting reporting. While at BlackLight Power, he has held several other positions, participated in presentations at professional meetings, co-authored numerous publications, and is named as co-inventor on one patent. Mr. Good was awarded a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Chemistry from Franklin & Marshall College, and a Master's Degree in Management of Technology from a joint program sponsored by the Wharton School of Business and the University of Pennsylvania Engineering School. |
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| MICHAEL H. JORDAN
Mr. Jordan was elected to BlackLight Power's Board of Directors in 2004. Mr. Jordan joined Electronic Data Systems Corporation in March 2003 and is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer there. He is the retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CBS Corporation (formerly Westinghouse Electric Corporation), which he led through one of the most comprehensive transformations of a major U.S. corporation. Before joining Westinghouse, Mr. Jordan was a partner with Clayton, Dubilier and Rice, one of the oldest and most respected private investment firms in the world. Before that, he spent 18 years with PepsiCo, Inc. During this time, he served in numerous senior executive positions, including CFO of PepsiCo, Inc. and President and CEO of PepsiCo WorldWide Foods, which includes Frito-Lay. From 1964 to 1974, he was a consultant and principal with McKinsey & Company. Mr. Jordan is an angel investor, as well as a member of several private equity firms. He currently serves as Chairman of eOriginial Inc., an electronic commerce company that provides unique, authentic and secure Electronic OriginalTM documents, a legal alternative to blue-ink original paper documents. Previously, he was a general partner of Global Asset Capital, LLC, a venture capital firm focused on making private equity investments in the telecommunications, Internet infrastructure, data networking and information technology sectors. He was also a partner of Beta Capital Group LLC, of Dallas, TX. From 1999 to 2001, he served as Chairman of Luminant Worldwide Corporation, an Internet services company. In addition to his professional and investment roles, Mr. Jordan is a member and former Chairman of the U.S.-Japan Business Council; a member and former Chairman of the United Negro College Fund; a member of The Business Council; a member of the Board of Trustees of the United States Council for International Business; and a member of the Business Roundtable. He also serves on the boards of Aetna Inc. and several smaller, privately held companies. Mr. Jordan received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering from Yale University and a Master of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University. He subsequently served a four-year tour of duty with the U.S. Navy on the staff of Admiral Hyman Rickover. |
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| JAMES T. LENEHAN
Mr. Lenehan was elected to the Board of Directors in April 2009. Mr. Lenehan is a healthcare advisor to Cerberus Capital Partners and serves as the Chairman of Princeton Pharma Holdings, LLC, the parent company of Aton Pharma, Inc. Mr. Lenehan retired from Johnson & Johnson in 2004 after 28 years with the company. He held various executive positions, including Vice Chairman and President of Johnson & Johnson; Worldwide Chairman, Medical Devices and Diagnostics, and Consumer Groups; and President of McNeil Consumer Products Company and Worldwide Consumer Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Lenehan is currently serving as a Director on the boards of Medtronic and Talecris BioPharmaceuticals. Mr. Lenehan was awarded a Bachelor or Arts Degree from the University of Akron and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. |
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MERRILL A. MCPEAK, GENERAL USAF (Ret) General McPeak was elected to the Company's Board of Directors in 2003. General Merrill A. McPeak is President of McPeak and Associates, a management-consulting firm he founded in 1995. He entered the U.S. Air Force in November 1957 and was a fighter pilot during his early years. He flew 269 combat missions in Vietnam. In 1967-68, he performed in nearly 200 official air shows as Solo Pilot for the USAF Aerial Demonstration Team, the "Thunderbirds". He commanded the 20th Fighter Wing in 1980-1981, Twelfth Air Force in 1987-88, and Pacific Air Forces from 1988-1990. In the mid 1980s, he was responsible for the Air Force's forward financial planning and the overseas sale and support of Air Force equipment and training, at the time a $12 billion a year business. General McPeak was Chief of Staff of the Air Force from November 1990 to October 1994, when he retired from active military service. General McPeak was for several years Chairman of ECC, International, a Florida-based simulation and training company. He has served as a director of several other public companies, including Tektronix and TWA. Currently, General McPeak is Chairman of the Board of Ethicspoint, Inc., a company providing confidential corporate Global Technologies (OTC: DGTC.PK), a manufacturer and marketer of medical imaging systems, and of Sensis Corp., a privately held manufacturer of military radars and civilian air traffic control systems. He is an investor in and director of several public and private companies in the early development stage, including: Gigabeam (NASDAQ: GGBM), a supplier of high performance, high availability fiber-speed wireless communications; MathStar (NASDAQGM: MATH), a designer and marketer of specialized semiconductor integrated circuits; and Quintessence Photonics (OTC BB: QPCI.OB), a designer and manufacturer of high performance semiconductor laser diodes. General McPeak was awarded a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics from San Diego State College and a Master of Science Degree in International Relations from George Washington University. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, New York City. |
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| JOHN R. MILLER
Mr. Miller was elected to the Board of Directors in April 2009. Mr. Miller is Chairman of the Board of Graphic Packaging Holding
Company, an integrated provider of paperboard packaging solutions
to multinational beverage and consumer products companies. He
also serves as Chairman of the Board of Cambrex Corporation, a
global supplier of goods and services to the life sciences industry.
Mr. Miller is currently a Director of Eaton Corporation, a global
diversified industrial company. He formerly served as a Chairman
of the Board of SIRVA, Inc., a global provider of moving and relocation
services. Mr. Miller was a Director of the Federal Reserve Bank
of Cleveland for seven years and served as its Chairman during
the last two years of his term. After leaving Sohio, Mr. Miller founded and served as Chairman and CEO of TBN Holdings Inc., a company engaged in resource recovery, and Petroleum Partners, Inc., a firm that provided management services to the petroleum industry. Mr. Miller received a degree in Chemical Engineering with honors
in 1960 and an honorary Doctor of Commercial Science in 1983 from
the University of Cincinnati. |
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NEIL MOSKOWITZ Mr. Moskowitz was elected to the Company's Board of Directors in May 2005. Mr. Moskowitz is the former Chief Financial Officer of Credit Suisse Investment Bank based in New York. Prior to this role, Mr. Moskowitz served as Chief Financial Officer of Credit Suisse First Boston. He joined the Firm in 1994 as Head of European Operations and subsequently spent eight years as the Chief Operating Officer for the Equities Division and then two years as Chief Operating Officer of Institutional Securities. He is a member of the Investment Banking Management Committee. Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Moskowitz spent ten years at Goldman Sachs in London and New York. During this time he occupied many positions, including Manager of U.S. and European Equity Operations, Manager of European Stock Lending, and Manager of European Funding and Repurchase Finance. Mr. Moskowitz was awarded his B.A., summa cum laude, in Economics
from the University of Maryland in 1980. He was awarded his M.B.A.
from Harvard Business School in 1984. |
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BARBARA A. NABIAL Ms. Nabial was elected Treasurer of the Company in 2008. Ms. Nabial joined the Company in 2005 and has served as the Controller since January 2007. Ms. Nabial worked in the public accounting sector for 10 years. During the last 6 years of her public accounting sector experience, Ms. Nabial served as a Senior Audit Manager with Deloitte & Touche for a wide variety of public and privately held organizations, including companies in the investment, utility, college and university, and manufacturing industries. She achieved designation as a National Specialist in the Investment Company sector, and the College and University sector. Ms. Nabial is also active in the community and has served on several non-profit boards of directors as President and Treasurer. Ms. Nabial was awarded a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Accounting
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SCOTT C. PENWELL Mr. Penwell was appointed Corporate Secretary of the Company in 1997. He is a shareholder in the law
firm of Stevens & Lee, P.C., Harrisburg, PA. Mr. Penwell's
areas of concentration include corporate, commercial, and securities
law. Mr. Penwell is a former member of the Board of Trustees of The Emerald Mutual Funds and Legacy Bank, and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Eastern Insurance Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries, and Sting Communications, a licensed broadband carrier. Mr. Penwell is a Life Fellow in the American Bar Foundation. He is a Past Chairman of the Business Law Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and a former member of the Attorney Advisory Committee of the Pennsylvania Securities Commission and the Attorney Advisory Committee of the Pennsylvania Corporation Bureau. Mr. Penwell was awarded a Bachelor's
Degree from Rutgers University, his Master of Arts Degree in English
from Villanova University, and his Juris Doctorate Degree, cum
laude, from Temple University School of Law where he was Editor-in-Chief
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GEORGE A. SAWYER Mr. Sawyer was elected to the Company's Board of Directors in 1996. For the past 16 years, Mr. Sawyer has been associated with J.F. Lehman & Co., and its affiliated companies; 13 years as a General Partner of the firm with J.F. Lehman & Co., and the past three years as Executive Consultant and Board Director of three of its affiliated companies. J.F. Lehman & Co. is a partnership focusing on aerospace, marine and defense corporate mergers, acquisitions, and restructuring. Currently, Mr. Sawyer also serves on the Boards of two unaffiliated companies and provides technical and management consulting services to two major aerospace and defense companies. He has held numerous prominent positions in private industry, including serving as Executive Vice President of General Dynamics Corporation, responsible for its Land Systems Division and all of the Corporation's International Activities; as President and Chief Executive Officer of Sperry Marine, Inc., which supplies automated marine navigation and control systems to the naval and commercial maritime market. Prior thereto, he served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Shipbuilding and Logistics during the period of the Navy's major expansion under President Reagan. Mr. Sawyer was awarded a Bachelor of Arts Degree in International Law, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Yale University. |
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JAMES K. SIMS Mr. Sims was elected to the Board of Directors in April 2009. Mr. Sims is Chairman and Founder of GEN3 Partners, Inc. He founded GEN3 Partners in 1999 with Michael Treacy to focus on the business of corporate innovation. Through his successful prior ventures, Mr. Sims understood the value of innovation and sought to build a company based on science and technical expertise to create a standard for innovation that could be easily deployed and widely adopted by industry. With his expertise in consulting, intellectual property and extensive background in the venture community, Mr. Sims expanded GEN3 Partners by creating a wholly owned subsidiary, GEN3 Ventures designed to create high value companies based on the innovation discipline of GEN3 Partners - the GEN3: Innovation Discipline (G3:ID). To better serve the demands of growing companies, Mr. Sims also serves as Managing Partner in GEN3 Capital, LP, a fund established to mine for technology rich opportunities for building growth-based businesses. Before GEN3, Mr. Sims founded Cambridge Technology Partners Inc., Cambridge, MA, in 1991 and led the firm to $625 million in annual revenue, 4,500 employees and international prominence. Mr. Sims and CTP, a consulting and systems-integration company, pioneered the approach of guaranteeing companies and government agencies the development of computer systems on a fixed-price, fixed-time basis. CTP was purchased by Novell, Inc. in 2001. Prior to CTP, Mr. Sims founded Concurrent Computer Corp. and as Chairman, President and CEO built it to $340 million in annual revenue and 3,500 employees. Concurrent Computer Corp. was the market leader in real-time information systems. Mr. Sims was elected to the EDS Board of Directors in September
2006, and to the Thru, Inc. Board of Directors in January 2008.
He has served as Chairman and CEO of Airgain, Inc. since November
2004; Chairman of American E-Pay, Inc. since February 2005; Chairman
of Groxis, Inc. since November 2004; Chairman of GenXL, Inc. since
September 2006; Chairman of Leveler, LLC since December of 2007;
and Chairman of Specialists on Call, Inc. since December of 2007.
He was Chairman of the Board of RSA Security Inc., a provider
of online identity and digital asset security services, from June
2003 to September 2006 and Vice Chairman from October 2002 to
June 2003. Previously he was director of Enterasys Networks, Inc.
from June 2004 to March 2005. |
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