Rita M. Rodriguez

Former Director, Export-Import Bank of the United States

Rita M. Rodriguez has been a director of the Company since January 2000. Dr. Rodriguez has been a Fellow and Senior Fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University since September 2002, and from March 1999 to September 2002 served as an international finance consultant. Dr. Rodriguez was formerly a full-time member of the Board of Directors of the Export Import Bank of the United States from 1982 to March 1999. Prior to joining the Export Import Bank Board, Dr. Rodriguez was a professor in the finance faculties at the University of Illinois at Chicago and at Harvard Business School. In addition, Dr. Rodriguez has authored numerous journal articles and books on the subject of international finance. Dr. Rodriguez also serves on the Boards of Directors and the Audit Committees of Ensco, plc, an international offshore contract drilling company, Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation, an apparel company, and the Private Export Funding Corporation.