Michael J. Barbera

Michael J. Barbera is Vice President and Treasurer and one of the three founding Principals of IVS Associates, Inc. (“IVS”). Prior to IVS, Michael was an Assistant Secretary in the Meeting Services Division of CT Corporation System (“CT”). He started in 1984 after graduating from the University of Delaware with a degree in Criminal Justice. His career has been spent as a Meeting Services Specialist serving as an Election Judge at over 400 annual and special meetings and at more than 150 contested meetings. IVS, formed in August 2000, provides independent inspector (or judge) of election services for corporation’s stockholder meetings and professional association’s member balloting.

In over 16 years in the meeting service industry Michael has served as a Judge of Election for some of America’s best known companies: Merck & Co, J.P. MorganChase, General Electric Company, Tesoro Petroleum and Advanced Micro Devices. Contested meetings where he served include: Target Corporation, CSX Corporation, The Walt Disney Company and HP-Compaq. Within the proxy industry, Michael has earned an excellent reputation for his integrity and knowledge. He has developed systems for the complex tabulation of contested elections as well as designing new methods for efficient proxy tabulation. He is recognized as one of the leading experts on proxy rules in the country. He has been a contributor to The American Society of Corporate Secretaries annual conference as well as speaking at numerous company and association functions.

Creig Dunlop

Creighton (Creig) Dunlop, Assistant Vice President of IVS Associates, Inc. (“IVS”), has served as a Shareholder Meeting Specialist and Inspector of Election for more than 20 years. Prior to joining IVS in January 2001, he worked in the Shareholder Meeting Services Division of CT Corporation System as an Assistant Secretary, starting his service in December 1982 after receiving a BAAS degree in English and a BSBA degree in Marketing from the University of Delaware.

Creig has assisted in the tabulation and served as Inspector of Election for over 500 annual and special shareholder meetings. Among the annual meetings at which he has served as an Inspector of Election are Hershey Foods Corporation, May Department Stores Company and USAirways Group, Inc. He has also assisted in the tabulation of over 250 contested shareholder meetings, serving as an Inspector of Election in over 150 of them. Among the proxy contests at which he has served as an Inspector of Election are Hewlett-Packard Company, Wachovia Corporation, Computer Associates Inc. and ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Creig has earned an exceptional reputation throughout the proxy tabulation industry for his expertise, fairness and accuracy. He has spoken at numerous functions, including the Cleveland Bar Association’s Eighteenth Securities Law Institute in 1989, the 1995-1997 ADP Constituents Conferences, as well as various American Society of Corporate Secretaries conferences. As his experience grows, his recognition as one of the leading proxy tabulation experts and Inspectors of Election in the country continues to grow, as well.

William Marsh

William A. Marsh is President and one of three founding principals of IVS Associates, Inc. (“IVS”). Prior to establishing IVS, Bill worked at CT Corporation (“CT”) as a Meeting Services Specialist. He started with CT in 1980 after graduation from the University of Delaware with a Bachelor of Sciences degree in Business Administration. All of his nearly twenty years with CT were spent in the Meeting Services Division where he served as an election judge at over 500 annual and special stockholder meetings and at more than 200 contested stockholder meetings.

Over his 20 years in the meeting service industry Bill has served as Judge of Election for some of America’s best know companies: Morgan Stanley, State Street Corp, Merck & Co, J.P. MorganChase, Southwest Gas Corp, CBS Corporation and Delta Airlines. Contested meetings where Bill has served include: Hp-Compaq, Target Corporation, Motorola, Inc., Biogen Idec and CSX Corporation.

Within the proxy tabulation industry Bill has earned an exceptional reputation for his integrity and knowledge. He is recognized as one of the leading experts on proxy tabulation issues in the country and has spoken at numerous company and association conferences and is a frequent contributor to industry newsletters. Traveling the annual meeting circuit has taken Bill to hundreds of locations form Alaska to Florida, and from Singapore to London.