Alexander L. Cappello

Alexander L. Cappello has led several public and private companies over the past 48 years, including Cappello Group, Inc. a global merchant bank, whose principals have conducted over $155 billion in transactions in over 50 countries. He is a Director of RAND Corporation's Center for Middle East Public Policy, as well and Director of The Cheesecake Factory, Inc. (NASDAQ), Virco Manufacturing Corporation (NASDAQ), Navidea Biopharmaceuticals (NYSE), Caldera Medical, The Agnew Company, and the Nordic Group of Companies. Mr. Cappello was formerly: a Trustee of the University of Southern California (USC); Chairman of: Intelligent Energy, PLC (London), a global technology leader in hydrogen fuel cells, Inter-Tel (NASDAQ) and Geothermal Resources Intl. (AMEX); and Director of Cytrx (NASDAQ), Genius Products (NASDAQ) and Koo Koo Roo, Inc (NASDAQ), RAND’s Center for Global Risk and Security, and the RAND-Russia Forum.

Mr. Cappello is an active member of the World Presidents Organization (WPO) and Chief Executive Officers Organization (CEO). He was an active member of the Young Presidents' Organization (YPO), an exclusive global network of corporate presidents under the age of 55 and served as the only two term (2003-2004, 2004-2005) International Chairman. YPO, founded in 1950, has a membership of over 11,000 CEO members organized in 200 chapters in 101 countries. He was a founding charter member and Chairman of the Santa Monica Bay and Bel Air Chapters, and a co-founder of the Malibu, Portugal, Russia and Beijing chapters. He also was Chairman of the International Executive Committee (2001-2002), Chairman Global Leadership Conference (2000) and Chairman at the Conference on Mergers, Acquisitions and Finance and Investing. He was Co-Chairman of the PIPES conference in New York and the Undervalued Public Company Conference for the Strategic Research Institute (SRI) in Chicago.

Mr. Cappello received a Bachelor of Science degree from the Marshall School of Business at USC in 1977 with honors, including recognition as an "Order of the Palm" scholar. He received an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Goodwin College in Stamford, Connecticut and has been inducted in the Order of Honorary Fellows at Marymount College in Palos Verdes, California. Mr. Cappello gave the commencement address to the Marshall School of Business graduates at USC in June 2008.