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Dr. Laurance, is the owner of Laurance Enterprises LLC, a private investment and advisory services company. He retired from Occidental Petroleum Corporation on December 31, 2004, where he had served as president since 1996 and director since 1990. From 1983 to 1996 he served in various management and executive positions with Occidental Petroleum Corporation. Dr. Laurance also serves on the Advisory Board of Hancock Park Associates.

Dr. Laurance is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Polytechnic School and the Advisory Board of the Golden West Humanitarian Foundation. Dr. Laurance has been Ingram Micro’s chairman of the board since the company’s annual meeting of shareholders in June 2007. He previously served on the board of directors of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.

Dr. Laurance is an experienced executive and has extensive experience in the areas of international business, financial reporting, strategy, regulatory compliance, and corporate governance as a senior executive and board member of Occidental Petroleum Corporation. Dr. Laurance brings strong leadership skills and complex business operational experience and provides strategic counsel that is important in the Board’s oversight of management.