David L. Swartz has been Chair of our Audit Committee since 2004, has been a member of our Nominating and Governance Committee since 2007, a member of our Compensation Committee since 2007 and was appointed as Lead Independent Director in 2011. Mr. Swartz is a certified public accountant (retired) with experience providing accounting and advisory services to clients. Since 2010, Mr. Swartz has owned and continues to operate his own consulting services firm. Mr. Swartz served as a member of the Board of Directors of the California State Board of Accountancy until November 2012 and previously served as its president. From 2008 to 2010, Mr. Swartz served as a partner at J.H. Cohn LLP. Between 1990 and 2008, Mr. Swartz served as the managing partner of Good, Swartz, Brown & Berns LLP which was acquired by J.H. Cohn LLP in 2008. Prior to 1988, Mr. Swartz served as managing partner and was on the national Board of Directors of a 50 office international accounting firm. Mr. Swartz brings to our Board of Directors extensive public financial accounting experience and is an audit committee financial expert under the SEC rules.