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.

   
 
    Michael R. Dobbs, became Chief Operation Officer of Rotech Healthcare Inc. in January 2003. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Dobbs was an officer of Apria Healthcare Group Inc., serving as Executive Vice president, Logistics from January 1999 to January 2003 and as Senior Vice President, Logistics from June 1998 to January 1999. Prior to joining Apria Healthcare Group Inc., Mr. Dobbs served as Senior Vice President of Distribution for Mac Frugal's Bargains Close-Outs Inc. from 1991 to 1998.
 
 

    Steven P. Alsene, Vice President of Finance and Interim Chief Financial Officer, joined Rotech in June 2003 as the Vice President of Internal Audit. 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, Chairman. Mr. Reimers joined Goldman, Sachs & Co. as an investment banker in 1981, and in 1990 became a partner of the firm. On Goldman, Sachs & Co;’s initial public offering in 1998, he became a Managing Director and served in that capacity until his resignation in 2001. From 1996 through 1999, Mr. Reimers served as co-head of Goldman, Sachs & Co.’s Healthcare Group, Investment Banking Division. Mr. Reimers has Master of Business Administration from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Miami.

 
 

    Edward L. Kuntz, Director. Since 1999, Mr. Kuntz has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kindred Healthcare, Inc., a long term healthcare provider. From 1998 to 1999, Mr. Kuntz served in several other capacities with Kindred, including serving as President, Chief Operating Officer, and as 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 healthcare services. After leaving living Centers of America, Inc., he served as an advisor and consultant to a number of healthcare services and investment companies, and was affiliated with Austin Ventures, a venture capital firm. During Mr. Kuntz’s tenure as a director of Kindred Healthcare, Inc., the passage and implementation of the Balanced Budget Act caused the rates of Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements to decrease. As a result, Kindred Healthcare, Inc. was unable to meet its rent and debt service obligations. On September 13, 1999, it filed a voluntary petition for protection under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Kindred emerged from bankruptcy in April, 2001. Mr. Kuntz has a Master of Law, a Juris Doctor, and a Bachelor of Arts 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.

 
 
    Arthur Siegel has been a director of the Company since October 2002. He is currently an independent consultant. From October 1997 to August 2001, he was the executive director of the Independence Standards Board, a promulgator of independence standards for auditors. In October 1997, he retired from Price Waterhouse LLP (now PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP) after 37 years, including 25 years as a partner and seven years as vice chairman of accounting and auditing services. Mr. Siegel holds a Masters of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University
 
 

 
   
 
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