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MANAGEMENT AND DIRECTORS

DR. ROBERT PORTMAN currently serves as our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Scientific Officer, and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Dr. Portman served as President and Chief Executive Officer since June 2005 and Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Scientific Officer since September 2004. From our inception to September 2004, Dr. Portman served as our President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Dr. Portman has a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and worked as a senior scientist at Schering Laboratories before co-founding M.E.D. Communications in 1974. In 1987, Dr. Portman started a consumer agency and, in 1993, he merged both agencies to form C&M Advertising with billings in excess of $100 million. Dr. Portman is coauthor of two books, Nutrient Timing and The Performance Zone. He has authored hundreds of articles on the role of nutrition in improving sports performance. He is a frequent guest on TV and radio and has been a keynote speaker at national coaches meetings on how nutritional intervention during and after exercise can improve athletic performance and speed muscle recovery. As Chief Scientific Officer of PacificHealth Laboratories, he holds 12 patents for nutritional inventions to improve sports performance as well as to control appetite and help in the management of Type II diabetes.



JASON J ASH has served as President and Chief Operating Officer since January 2008. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Ash worked internationally for Cadbury Schweppes in broad commercial management and consumer marketing, most recently as General Manager and Vice President of Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages (“CSAB”) Sports, Energy & Water Category Unit. Mr. Ash has served in various positions at Cadbury Schweppes both in the USA and Europe since 2002. During his tenure, Mr. Ash was responsible for the strategic development and commercialization of the growing Sports Energy and Water pipeline of CSAB in North America as well as a number of key business-changing roles in the UK, Turkey and Middle East. In addition to his considerable experience at Cadbury Schweppes, Mr. Ash has also held Marketing and Finance positions at Masterfoods and Unilever and his work has been nominated for a number of marketing industry awards.



STEPHEN P. KUCHEN currently serves as our Vice President – Finance, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary and has served in these positions since September 2004. Mr. Kuchen also served as a Director until May 2008. Mr. Kuchen served as our Chief Operating Officer from September 2004 until January 1, 2008. Prior to September 2004, Mr. Kuchen served as our Vice President - Finance, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary and a Director, since June 2000. Mr. Kuchen initially joined us in February of 2000 as Controller. Prior to joining us, Mr. Kuchen was employed from 1996 to 1999 as the Controller of Able Laboratories, a public company located in South Plainfield, New Jersey that manufactures and sells generic pharmaceuticals. Prior to his employment by Able Laboratories, Mr. Kuchen was the Controller of Jerhel Plastics, a privately owned manufacturer of women's compact cases from 1993 to 1996. Mr. Kuchen is a graduate of Seton Hall University in South Orange, NJ, and is a Certified Management Accountant.



DAVID I. PORTMAN has served as a Director of the Company from its inception. Mr. Portman has a BS in Pharmacy and an MBA. He worked as a sales representative and marketing manager for Eli Lilly, Beecham-Massengill, Winthrop Laboratories and Sandoz Pharmaceuticals before co- founding M.E.D. Communications in 1974. Currently, Mr. Portman is President of TRIAD Development, a real estate Company that has numerous commercial and rental properties in New Jersey.


MICHAEL CAHR was appointed to the Board of Directors in April 2002. Since September 2004, Mr. Cahr has been a General Partner at Focus Equity Partners, a private equity investment and management firm that acquires middle market companies and assists them in reaching their performance potential. Prior to Focus, Mr. Cahr was President of Saxony Consultants, a company that provides financial and marketing expertise to organizations in the United States and abroad. From February 2000 to March 2002, Mr. Cahr served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Ikadega, Inc., a Northbrook, Illinois server technology company developing products and services for the healthcare, data storage and hospitality fields. Mr. Cahr was Chairman of Allscripts, Inc., the leading developer of hand-held devices that provide physicians with real-time access to health, drug and other critical information from September 1997 through March 1999 and President, CEO and Chairman from June 1994 to September 1997. Prior to Allscripts, Mr. Cahr was Venture Group Manager for Allstate Venture Capital where he oversaw investments in technology, healthcare services, biotech and medical services from October 1987 to June 1994.


ADAM MIZEL was appointed to the Board of Directors in February 2007. Since September 2005, Mr. Mizel has been the Managing Principal of the General Partner of the Aquifer Opportunity Fund, L.P., an investment fund that takes a private equity approach to investing in small capitalization public companies. Mr. Mizel previously was Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of Azimuth Trust, LLC, an alternative asset management firm from 2001 until 2005. Earlier, Mr. Mizel was a partner at Capital Z Partners, L.P., a private equity and alternative investment firm, and Managing Director at Zurich Centre Investments, Inc., the North American private equity unit of Zurich Financial Services Group. Mr. Mizel began his investment career at Morgan Stanley Capital Partners in 1991.


MARC PARTICELLI was appointed to the Board of Directors in February 2007. Since July 2006, Mr. Particelli has been Chairman of the Board of Coactive Marketing Group (NASDAQ: CMKG), an integrated marketing communications agency. Mr Particelli served as interim President and Chief Executive Officer of Coactive from July 2006 through October 2006. From August 2005 until March 2006, Mr. Particelli was the Chief Executive Officer of TSM Corporation, a telecommunications company serving the Hispanic market. Mr. Particelli was Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Modem Media, an interactive marketing services firm, from January 1991 until its acquisition by Digitas Inc. in October 2004. Earlier, Mr. Particelli was a partner at Oak Hill Capital Management, a private equity investment firm, and managing director at Odyssey Partners L.P., a hedge fund. Prior to entering the private equity business, Mr. Particelli spent 20 years with Booz Allen where he helped create the Marketing Industries Practice and led its expansion across Europe, Asia and South America. Mr. Particelli also currently serves as a director of, and investor in, several private companies and as an advisor to several private equity firms.



 
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