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Chris Ripley is a President & Chief Executive Officer at SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP INC, Dir:Investor at hibu, and Member Board of Directors (Audit Committee Chair) at hibu and is based in Reading, Reading, United Kingdom. He has worked as Managing Director - Head of Los Angeles Investment Banking at UBS, Chief Financial Officer at SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP INC, and Mng Dir:Global Media Group at UBS Investment Bank. Chris attended University of Western Ontario/The and Ivey Business School.

Gerdes has served as a member of our board since 2007. He previously served as a director of CBOT since 2005.Gerdes has served as CEO of Pursuant Health (formerly SoloHealth), a private health-care company in Atlanta, since February 2014 and as its Executive Chairman of the Board since November 2013. He was initially appointed to the Board in 2007 and as the Chairman in 2012. He has also served as a general partner of Sand Hill Financial Company, a venture capital partnership, since 1983.Gerdes is also a general partner of Gerdes Huff Investments.Gerdes is a major shareholder and President of Friesland Farms, LLC. Gerdes formerly served as Chairman and CEO of Transcend Services, concluding with the sale of that company in April 2012 and as a director of Access Plans, Inc., from 2001 until its sale in June, 2012.Gerdes is a member of the Dean's Advisory Council for The Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and serves as trustee for Monmouth College.

Curtis Chappell is a Chief Executive Officer at Warner/Chappell Music and is based in Florida. He has worked as Longshoreman at International Longshoreman Association of Florida, Bus Person at Sushi on 7th Ave, and Floor Sales and Stocking Associate at Lady Foot Locker. Curtis attended Brewster Technical Center between 2008 and 2008, Hillsborough High School between 1996 and 1999, and Hillsborough Community College between 2001 and 2002.

Brandon Burgess is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ION Media. Since taking the role as CEO, he orchestrated the company’s successful financial recapitalization and re-invented ION as a leading independent television company that has delivered consistent profitable growth under his watch. Burgess led the transformation of the ION Television flagship network into a household TV brand by building a portfolio of high-quality popular original series, made-for-TV films, as well as syndicated dramas and theatrical movies. This strategy has delivered sustained audience growth and made ION Television a top-rated national entertainment network in record time. Burgess expanded ION’s TV station portfolio through targeted acquisitions, giving it the largest U.S. UHF spectrum footprint, with 62 large-market stations, including ownership in each of the top 20 U.S. metropolitan areas. Burgess pioneered the U.S. multicast category with the nation’s first two national over-the-air special interest broadcast networks in 2007, incubating ION’s multi-network portfolio strategy. He has since been a thought leader on broadcast spectrum matters, advocating industry focus and R&D for wireless content delivery. Most recently he oversaw ION’s financially successful participation in the 600 MHz spectrum auction, while preserving ION’s full nationwide wireless footprint. Before joining ION, Burgess was the head of Business Development and Global Strategy for NBCUniversal, where he is credited with evolving the NBC broadcast network into a global multimedia company. He was the architect of NBC's acquisition of Universal Entertainment, leading to the creation of NBCUniversal. Burgess was also responsible for the acquisition of Bravo; NBC’s first entertainment cable channel, NBC’s entry into Hispanic broadcasting, and leading business strategy change for the NBC broadcast network. In prior positions, Burgess worked in Corporate Strategy for PepsiCo and in the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs. Burgess was recognized in the World Economic Forum’s inaugural class of ''Young Global Leaders'' in 2005, and was honored with Broadcasting & Cable’s “Technology Leadership Award” in 2008 for his industry work in spectrum Research & Development. Burgess was named to the Paley Center for Media’s Board of Trustees in 2014, and also serves on the Board of the National Association of Broadcasters. Burgess is a graduate of the European Business School and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Steve Bass is a President & CEO at Oregon Public Broadcasting- OPB and is based in Portland Oregon Area. He has worked as Vice President/General Manager at WGBH, Director of Development & National Corporate Support at PBS, and President & CEO at Nashville Public Television. Steven attended Bucknell University between 1975 and 1979 and Wisconsin School of Business between 1979 and 1981.

Senior Executive with proven track record as Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Operations Officer in publically traded and private corporations all with rapidly changing and highly competitive market environments. Also served in high ranking government positions, including Managing Director of the City of Philadelphia, the most senior non-elected position in the government.Specialties: Strong leadership and management skills in organizational settings with diverse constituencies. Particular strengths in:developing, communicating and executing clear vision and strategy for improved performance; ensuring individual high performance patterns to improve team performance; developing customer driven strategies; using vision and values to shift organization culture as required by market conditions, and; directing complex and major projects.