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External Advisory Board Bios

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Steven C. Quay, MD, PhD
Thomas S. Rittenhouse
Gerald B. Rorer

Steven C. Quay, MD, PhD
Steven C. Quay, MD, PhD

President, Ensisheim Partners, LLC
Director, MDRNA, Inc.

Dr. Quay joined the Company in August 2000 as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. He served as President from August 2000 until December 2007, and as CEO until June 2008. In June 2008, Dr. Quay was appointed Chief Scientific Officer and Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board. He remains Chairman of the Board of Directors. Dr. Quay founded and was Chairman, President and CEO of Atossa Healthcare, Inc., which focused on the development of a proprietary platform of diagnostics and treatments related to breast cancer risk assessment and therapeutics and other healthcare products for women. In 1991, Dr. Quay founded Sonus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a company engaged in the research and development of drug delivery systems and oxygen delivery products based on emulsion and surfactant technology, where he served as CEO, President and a director until June 1999. In 1984, Dr. Quay founded Salutar, Inc. to develop contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging. Two pharmaceuticals, OmniScan® and TeslaScan®, were invented by Dr. Quay at Salutar and are now FDA-approved for sale in the United States and other countries. Dr. Quay has authored more than 100 papers in diagnostic imaging, oncology, RNA interference and biochemistry and holds 65 U.S. patents. Dr. Quay graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School where he received an M.A. and a Ph.D. in biological chemistry in 1974 and 1975, respectively. He earned M.D. in 1977. Dr. Quay completed his post-graduate work in the chemistry department of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Quay received his residency training at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston. From 1980 to 1986, he was a faculty member of Stanford University School of Medicine.

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Tom Rittenhouse

Thomas S. Rittenhouse

Managing Director
Ralston Center

Thomas S. Rittenhouse began his thirty-year career in the retail industry as an executive trainee in the credit division of Strawbridge & Clothier in 1965 and quickly advanced through key management positions. He moved on to the position of Assistant Controller responsible for formulating the corporate long-range management information system strategic plan and in 1978, was promoted to Corporate Vice President and Controller. In January, 1995 he was appointed to the Strawbridge & Clothier Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions Committee along with the Chairman of the Board and Vice President of Real Estate. After assuming the added responsibility of overseeing the Operations Division, he was promoted to Vice President of Operations, Administration and Controller.

Mr. Rittenhouse served as President and Cheif Executive Officer of the Uniform Code Council, Inc. (UCC) from February 1997 to January 2004, continuing a career marked by vision, determination, innovation, organizational effectiveness and fiscal responsibility. With prudent and decisive leadership, he spearheaded a wide variety of programs that have advanced the industry's adoption of intelligent business strategies to reduce costs and increase efficiencies throughout the entire supply chain.

Under Mr. Rittenhouse's vigorous stewardship, the UCC grew dramatically in size and influence. From 24 associates headquartered in Dayton, Ohio it expanded to over 250 associates worldwide from its current headquarters located just outside Princeton, New Jersey. While striving to be more responsive to the expanding needs of the global business community, Mr. Rittenhouse led the UCC into broader arenas where the application of standards can be of significant benefit in addressing issues as diverse as national defense and technological research. As the industries served by UCC grew in scope and complexity, the UCC evolved into a truly global organization consisting consisting of six complementary divisions and almost 300,000 member companies representing more than 25 major vertical industries.

Mr. Rittenhouse led the effort to fund important research at the Auto-ID Center at the Massachussetts Institute of Technology. The result is the practical, multi-industry application of Electronic Product Code (EPC) technology to the global supply chain.

Mr. Rittenhouse's numerous board and committee seats currently include: member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Audit and Compensation Committees of Boardwalk Bank; member of the Board of Directors of StarCite Inc., member of the Freedoms Foundation Board of Directors; member of the Edgell Communications-CGT Editorial Advisory Board. He formerly served as Chairman of the Board of Directors, National Retail Federation Information Systems Division.

Within the retail industry Mr. Rittenhouse is recognized as one of the early members of the Voluntary Inter-Industry Commerce Standards (VICS) Association, the organization that establishes the cross-industry standards that simplify the flow of product information in the general merchandise retail industry for retailers and suppliers. He served on the VICS Association Board of Directors and is a former co-Vice Chairman of the VICS.

In January 1995, Mr. Rittenhouse was recognized by the National Retail Federation, with the prestigious Silver Plaque Award for outstanding service.

In June 2001, Mr. Rittenhouse was awarded the Roger Milliken Career Achievement Award by VICS in recognition of his selfless efforts to promote and support UCC and VICS standards, as well as his tireless participation in standards committee initiatives.

Mr. Rittenhouse remains active on a number of non-profit and civic organizations including Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, chairs its Audit & Finance Committe and Vice Chair of the Old Pine Community Center. He is currently the Managing Director of Ralston Center.

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Gerald B. Rorer