Herb Pharm competitors

William J. Brady, Jr. has served as our President, Chief Executive Officer and a director since he joined our company in January 2010. Previously, Mr. Brady was Executive Vice President of Cabot Corporation, or Cabot, a specialty chemical company, from 2004 to 2009. Throughout his twenty-three year experience, Mr. Brady held numerous positions at Cabot in the United States and Japan, including General Manager of the Carbon Black business. Under his leadership, the business completed significant expansions in China and Brazil, and executed a major global initiative in energy efficiency. In addition, he led the commercialization of two start-up businesses at Cabot in ink jet colorants and elastomer composites. Mr. Brady currently serves on our board of directors and is Chairman of the Board of our affiliate, Frontier Renewable Resources, LLC. In addition, he is Chairman of the Washington D.C. based Advanced Ethanol Council, or AEC, which working on the commercialization of advanced and cellulosic ethanol development by establishing public policies and expanding the market for ethanol. Mr. Brady is also a member of the Board of Trustees at the University of Scranton. Mr. Brady is a graduate of the University of Scranton with a B.S. in Chemistry and received his M.B.A. from Fairleigh Dickinson University.