Philip L. Carter, became President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Rotech Healthcare Inc. in December 2002. From March 2002 to November 2002, Mr. Carter was self-employed. From May 1998 to February 2002 Mr. Carter was the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Apria Healthcare Group Inc. Prior to joining Apria Healthcare Group Inc., Mr. Carter had served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Mac Frugal's Bargains Close-Outs Inc., a chain of retail discount stores, since 1995.

    Steven P. Alsene, became Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of our company in September 2006. Prior to his formal appointment as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Mr. Alsene served in such capacity on an interim basis since June 2006. Mr. Alsene joined our company in June 2003 as the Vice President of Internal Audit and has also served as our Vice President of Finance. From June 1999 to June 2003, Mr. Alsene was the Head of Corporate Audit Services of Harcourt Education, a division of Reed Elsevier PLC. From 1992 to 1999, Mr. Alsene served in various audit department capacities including audit manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Mr. Alsene is a certified public accountant in the State of Florida. He received his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Florida State University and holds a Masters in Accounting from Florida State University.

    Rebecca L. Myers, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, joined Rotech in January 2001. Previously, Ms. Myers was the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer, respectively, of two Internet healthcare start-ups. Prior to that, Ms. Myers was the SVP and General Counsel of Options Healthcare. Prior to Options, Ms. Myers served as the SVP and General Counsel of ValueRX, then the nation’s largest independent pharmacy benefits manager. Prior to ValueRX, Ms. Myers served as the Assistant General Counsel of Preferred Healthcare, a publicly traded managed mental healthcare company. Ms. Myers also previously served as the Assistant General Counsel of Trans World Airlines. Prior to her corporate career, Ms. Myers served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Bronx District Attorney’s Office. Ms. Myers’ academic career includes a position as Adjunct Professor of Business Law at Lehman College. Ms. Myers received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a concentration in Philosophy from Fordham University and her law degree from St. John's University School of Law.

    

    Arthur J. Reimers, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, has been a director of the Company since March 2002. From 2001 to present, Mr. Reimers has acted as an independent investor and business consultant. Mr. Reimers joined Goldman, Sachs & Co. as an investment banker in 1981 and in 1990 became a partner of the firm. Upon Goldman, Sachs & Co.’s initial public offering in 1998, he became a Managing Director and served in that capacity until his retirement in 2001. From 1996 through 1999, Mr. Reimers served as a co-head of Goldman, Sachs & Co.’s Healthcare Group, Investment Banking Division. Mr. Reimers serves on the Board of Directors of FBR Capital Markets Corporation, where he is Lead Director. Mr. Reimers also serves on the Board of Directors of The International Justice Mission, a human rights organization and The Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now (“ConnCAN”), an education reform advocacy organization. Mr. Reimers also currently serves as a member of the Management Advisory Board of New Mountain Capital, L.L.C., a private equity firm and as a senior advisor to the New Mountain Vantage Fund, a public equity investment fund. Mr. Reimers is currently an assistant adjunct professor at Miami University and sits on the investment committee of the Miami University Foundation. Mr. Reimers also serves on the board of trustees of the Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich. Mr. Reimers has a Bachelor of Science from Miami University and a Masters of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School.

    Edward L. Kuntz has been a director of the Company since March 2002. Mr. Kuntz currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kindred Healthcare, Inc., a long-term health care provider. From 1999 to December 2003, Mr. Kuntz served as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Kindred. From 1998 to 1999, Mr. Kuntz served in several other capacities at Kindred, including as President, Chief Operating Officer and a director. From 1992 to 1997, Mr. Kuntz was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Living Centers of America, Inc., a leading provider of long-term health care services. After leaving Living Centers of America, Inc., he served as an advisor and consultant to a number of health care services and investment companies. Mr. Kuntz has a Masters of Law, a Juris Doctor and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Temple University.

     James H. Bloem has been a director of the Company since September 2005. Since February, 2001 Mr. Bloem has been Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Humana Inc., one of the nation’s largest publicly traded health benefits companies.  Previously, Mr. Bloem worked as an independent financial and business consultant based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, serving national and international clients (two years).  Prior to that, Mr. Bloem served as Executive Vice President, then as President of the personal care division of Perrigo Company, the nation’s largest manufacturer of over-the-counter pharmaceuticals, personal care, and nutritional products for the store brand market (four years). Prior to that he served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Herman Miller, Inc., an international manufacturer of office furniture and furniture systems (seven years). Before that, Mr. Bloem served as Vice President and General Counsel of Herman Miller, Inc. (two years).  Prior to his corporate career, Mr. Bloem was a partner specializing in taxation and corporate practice in the Grand Rapids law firm of Law, Weathers, and Richardson (seven years), and before that a tax accountant with BDO Seidman (two years). Mr. Bloem holds a law degree from Vanderbilt University, a Masters of Business Administration degree from Harvard University, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Calvin College.  He also is a certified public accountant.