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Management
Katherine H. Rabin
Chief Executive Officer

Katherine Rabin has been CEO of Glass Lewis since April 2007. Rabin joined the leading investment research and global proxy advisory firm shortly after it was founded in 2003 and became part of the original management team, overseeing various strategic initiatives during the company's key growth phases. Prior to becoming CEO, Rabin was Senior Vice President at Glass Lewis, responsible for Operations. She was responsible for the development of Glass Lewis' ViewPoint vote management platform. Before joining Glass Lewis, Rabin was vice president of communications at supply chain management company QRS Corporation, where she helped create and then managed the company's investor relations program. Previously, Rabin was in charge of research at OTA/Off The Record Research, an independent investment research firm specializing in supply chain analysis. From 1992 to 1997, she was business editor at the San Francisco Examiner.

Kathy A. Appuhn
Chief Administrative Officer

Prior to joining Glass Lewis, Kathy Appuhn held top financial positions at several high technology, venture-backed companies, including Moxi Digital (2001-2002) , Elease (2000-2001), Omnicell (1995-2000), Crystal Dynamics (1993-1995), and Global Village (1990-1993). From 1985 to 1990, she was business unit controller and Director of Marketing at Western Digital. Appuhn is a graduate of Stanford University.

Warren Chen
Managing Director, M&A and Quantitative Research

Prior to joining Glass Lewis, Warren Chen was an Associate Director at UBS' Technology Investment Banking practice, where he focused on the communications equipment industry and advised companies on various corporate transactions and corporate finance issues. Prior to his career in finance, Chen was a research engineer at Boeing's Commercial Aircraft Group. Chen brings to Glass Lewis over 10 years of experience both in corporate finance and quantitative analysis. Chen is a graduate of MIT with BS and MS degrees in Aeronautical Engineering. Chen also earned an MBA from University of California at Berkeley's Haas School of Business and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.

Michael Lofing, CPA
Managing Director, Financial Analysis

Michael Lofing was with Koch Industries Inc. from 1997 to 2003, where he served as vice president of finance and business development for Koch Performance Road Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Koch Industries. During his six years at Koch Industries, Lofing was responsible for consulting on technical accounting issues and implementation of new accounting standards. His responsibilities included financial reporting, financial disclosure and financial statement review and analysis. From 1984 to 1997, he was a senior manager in the Coopers & Lybrand audit and assurance group. During his tenure at Coopers & Lybrand, he was a FASB practice fellow and a senior manager in the National Audit and Assurance Directorate. He graduated from the University of Wyoming with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting.

Robert McCormick, Esq.
Chief Policy Officer

Prior to joining Glass Lewis, Bob McCormick was the Director of Investment Proxy Research at Fidelity Management & Research Co., which he joined in 1997. At Fidelity, he managed the proxy voting of more than 700 retail and mutual fund accounts, holding 4,000 domestic and international securities worth in excess of $1 trillion. Prior to joining Fidelity, McCormick was a staff attorney at Keenan, Powers & Andrews and Prudential Securities Incorporated, both in New York City. McCormick is an attorney who earned his law degree from Quinnipiac University School of Law after graduating with honors from Providence College. He serves on the International Corporate Governance Network’s Cross-Border Voting Practices and Securities Lending committees.

Kevin S. Ferguson
Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing

Prior to joining Glass Lewis, Kevin Ferguson was the senior vice president and regional managing director of sales at Thomson Corporation, a global provider of integrated information-based solutions to business and professional customers. He managed the direct sales activity to all business lines of Thomson's client base, including Investment Banking, Institutional Trading, Asset Management, and Retail banking, and was accountable for clients such as Wells Fargo, Charles Schwab and Barclays Global Investors. Previously Ferguson was on the sales management teams at World Street Corporation and StreetFusion, two internet-based solutions for the financial services industry. He also served in a senior management position at American International Group, where he was responsible for development of their sales and marketing. Ferguson brings to Glass Lewis 15 years of experience providing institutional investors with research, data and technology services. He is a graduate of the University of the Pacific.

James Hawrylak
Head of Asian Marketing and Operations

Residing in Asia since the late 1980s, James Hawrylak has extensive experience in investment banking and investor relations in Greater China, Japan, and Korea developed while working for firms such as DLJdirect, Mizuho Securities, and Taylor Rafferty. Hawrylak has studied Japanese and Mandarin since 1983 at University of Colorado, Middlebury College, and University of Hawaii, where he completed a master's degree in East Asian Languages and Literatures. He also holds an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and has spoken at financial industry conferences in China, Japan, and South Korea.

Nichol Garzon-Mitchell, Esq.
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

Prior to joining Glass Lewis, Nichol Garzon worked as an attorney in Mexico, with a focus on international business transactions, corporate and commercial law. She participated in several cross-border transactions involving the representation of clients doing business in Mexico. Garzon holds an LL.M. in corporate and securities law from Northwestern University, School of Law, and a J.D. from the Universidad Panamericana in Guadalajara, Mexico. She is a member of both the State Bar of California, as well as the Barra Mexicana, Colegio de Abogados (Mexican Bar Association). Her native languages are English and Spanish. She is also fluent in French and has a working knowledge of Portuguese. In addition to serving as Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Garzon serves as our resident expert on Latin-American corporate governance issues.

Brittany Wedereit
Vice President, Proxy Research Operations

Prior to joining Glass Lewis, Brittany Wedereit participated in the development of proprietary software and was responsible for managing all equity-related matters and coordinating financings for a number of private companies while at Eprosper, a corporate securities management firm. Before joining Eprosper, Wedereit was a corporate paralegal at a public company and was responsible for handling all corporate compliance matters as well as administering the company's various stock plans. Wedereit graduated from the University of California at San Diego with a B.A. in French Literature and is fluent in both French and Spanish.

John Wieck
Vice President of Operations

John Wieck joined Glass Lewis as Vice President of Operations in February of 2008. Prior to joining Glass Lewis, Wieck was Senior Director of Client Services at Broadridge Financial Solutions which was formerly part of Automatic Data Processing (ADP). Wieck held various roles supporting both the US and international proxy distribution businesses in his fourteen years at Broadridge/ADP. During his last three years, Wieck was responsible for the client service teams supporting both institutional investors and global custodians in addition to the global operations team supporting Broadridge/ADP’s international proxy distribution business. Weick earned his BS in Management and International Business from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business and his MBA in Banking and Finance from Hofstra University's Frank G. Zarb School of Business.

Sandy Easterbrook
Director, CGI Glass Lewis

Sandy Easterbrook founded the Australian proxy advisory firm, Corporate Governance International (CGI) in 1993. Previously he was a partner for over 20 years of the leading Australian corporate law firm, Mallesons Stephen Jaques. Prior to that, he worked in London for the major City law firm, Herbert Smith. Easterbrook has served on the Board of Governors of the International Corporate Governance Network, which represents institutional investors with more than US$10 trillion in assets under management around the world. He is well known as a speaker at its annual conferences and as a member of ICGN committees, which work on key initiatives between conferences. He holds Master of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees from Cambridge University.

Pru Bennett
Director, CGI Glass Lewis

Pru Bennett joined Corporate Governance International (CGI), in 1997, and became a director of CGI in 1998. Previously she was Investor Relations Manager at Qantas Airways Ltd with responsibility for communication between Qantas and its institutional investors. Prior to joining Qantas Bennett lectured in financial accounting at the University of Sydney. She has a B. Com from the University of NSW and is a member of the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Kevin J. Cameron
Interim Chairman, Research Advisory Council

Prior to co-founding Glass Lewis, Kevin Cameron was the general counsel of Moxi Digital, a technology venture that was sold to a company controlled by Paul Allen. Previously, he was the general counsel at NorthPoint Communications, a publicly-traded broadband telecommunications company. Cameron was an attorney with the corporate law firm of Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd & Evans in Washington D.C. and served as a law clerk to the Hon. James L. Buckley of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Cameron earned a law degree from the University of Chicago, where he served as articles editor of the Law Review, and an undergraduate degree from McGill University, where he graduated with the Allen Oliver Gold Medal in economics.