Mr. James S. Tisch is an Independent Director at General Electric Co., a Chairman at Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc., WLIW Channel 21, WNET/Channel 13, a President & Chief Executive Officer at Loews Corp., a Member at American Academy of Arts & Sciences and a Member at Council on Foreign Relations, Inc.

He has been with Loews Corp. since 1977.

He is on the Board of Directors at General Electric Co., CNA Financial Corp., Federation Employment & Guidance Service, Inc., The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Inc., The New York Public Library, The Partnership for New York City and WNET.ORG.

Prior to that, he was with CNA Financial Corp. Mr. Tisch was employed as a Chairman by Conference of Presidents of Major Amer. Jewish Organizations, The Jewish Federations of North America, Inc., a Vice President by Neurogen Corp., a Co-Chairman by The Mount Sinai Hospital, a Trustee by The Museum of Contemporary Art, United States, and a President by UJA-Federation of New York.

He also served on the board at BKF Capital Group, Inc., Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Vail Resorts, Inc.

Mr. Tisch is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Cornell University where he majored in Economics.

He holds an MBA with Distinction from the Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania.