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Board of Directors

G. Thompson Hutton - Chairman

Mr. Hutton, is currently the Managing Partner of Thompson Hutton, LLC, where he has actively pursued and managed private equity and venture capital investments in partnership with a number of leading firms since 2003. Additionally, from 2006-2007, Mr. Hutton served as Chief Executive Officer of White Mountains Re Group, Ltd. ("White Mountains"), a holding company based in Hamilton, Bermuda. White Mountains acts as a broker-market Property and Casualty reinsurance company and has approximately $2 Billion in capital and in annual premium volume. As the Chief Executive Officer of White Mountains, Mr. Hutton was one of five senior partners of White Mountains Insurance Group, the publicly held parent company. From 2000-2002, Mr. Hutton served as a Venture Partner at Trident Capital, Inc., and as an adviser/consultant to Sutter Hill Ventures and Morgan Stanley Capital Partners. Mr. Hutton received a Masters in Business Administration with Distinction from Harvard Business School in 1986, and Bachelor degrees in mechanical engineering and economics from Stanford University in 1978 and 1977, respectively. Mr. Hutton has served as a Director since March 2008.

David Buzby

Mr. Buzby, is a private equity investor and entrepreneur. Since 1991, Mr. Buzby has been investing in early stage environmental and e-commerce companies, serving as a Director and/or in other senior management roles. Since 2007, Mr. Buzby has served as a Director of Xunlight, a thin-film flexible photovoltaic manufacturer and, since 2004, Mr. Buzby has served as the Chairman of SunEdison, LLC, a solar services company in the US and Europe. Mr. Buzby, since 1998, has also served as the Lead Director and as past Chairman of the Audit Committee from 2000-2007, of ValueClick (NASD:VCLK), an online marketing company. Mr. Buzby founded Reid Industries in 2004, a manufacturer and e-tailer of products for seniors. In 1991, Mr. Buzby and Rodney S. Rougelot, CEO of the Company, jointly founded Recycling Resource, a multi-material recycling company based in California. Recycling Resource grew to be one of the largest independently owned recyclers in Northern California before being sold to TomraSystems ASA(OSLO:TOM) in 1998. Prior to these experiences, Mr. Buzby worked for a private leveraged buy-out group acquiring and operating manufacturing and distribution businesses and has worked in international banking. In 1988, Mr. Buzby received a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard University and in 1982, he received a Bachelors of Arts degree from Middlebury College. Mr. Buzby has served as a Director since March 2008.

Roy Herberger

Mr. Herberger brings extensive marketing, management and corporate strategy experience to the Company. Mr. Herberger is currently President Emeritus of the Thunderbird School of Global Management. From 1989 until August 2004, Mr. Herberger served as President of Thunderbird, the Gavin Graduate School of International Management in Glendale, Arizona. His experience includes research and consultancies with several major Asian corporations. Mr. Herberger has also published numerous articles on international business negotiations in United States and international academic and business periodicals. He currently is a Director of the Mayo Clinic, Rochester; Pinnacle West Capital Corporation and MedAire, Inc. Mr. Herberger has served as a Director since May 2007.

John Moragne

Mr. Moragne,is a co-founder of Trident Capital and has been a Managing Director since 1993. From 1989 to 1993, Mr.Moragne was a Principal with Bain Capital, a leveraged buyout firm affiliated with Bain & Company. He was also a Principal of Information Partners Capital Fund, a private equity firm associated with Dunn& Bradstreet Enterprises and Bain Capital. Earlier in his career, Mr. Moragne was a management consultant with Bain & Company. Mr. Moragne's current directorships include AirTight Networks, BenefitPoint, Chamberlin Edmonds, Datatel, E&C Medical Intelligence, HomeAway, Inc., Infopia, Intagio Group, Turn, Inc. and Vixxi Solutions. Mr. Moragne's past directorships include MapQuest.com, Inc. (MQST) (acquired by AOL), Newgen Results Corporation (NWGN) (acquired by Teletech Corporation (TTEC)), bamboo.com (acquired by Internet Pictures (IPIX)), Daou Systems, Inc. (DAOU), Frisco Holdings, Inc., Internet Profiles Corporation (acquired by CMGI), Medicode, Inc. (acquired by United Healthcare (UNH)), Resolution Health (acquired by WellPoint (NYSE: WLP), Vality Technology, Inc. (acquired by Ascential Software (ASCL)), boats.com (acquired by Trader Publishing Company), and ClaimIQ (acquired by Mitchell International), and UltraLink, Inc.(acquired by Secova eServices, Inc.). Mr.Moragnewas also a board observer to Webify Solutions, Inc. (acquired by IBM). Mr. Moragnereceived a B.A. from Dartmouth College in 1979, an M.S. from Stanford University in 1983 and an M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 1986. Mr. Moragne has served as a Director since March 2008.

David M. Otto

Mr. Otto is a Seattle-based attorney and the President of The Otto Law Group, PLLC. Mr. Otto’s practice is focused on corporate finance, securities, mergers and acquisitions, corporate law and governance. Mr. Otto began his practice on Wall Street in New York City in 1987 with the Hughes, Hubbard and Reed law firm, where he concentrated on significant corporate leveraged buyout and takeover transactions and equity and debt offerings for investment banks, venture capital firms and Fortune 1000 companies. In 1991, Mr. Otto moved to Seattle in order to dedicate his extensive experience to entrepreneurs, technology innovators, start-up and emerging growth businesses. In July 1999, Mr. Otto founded the Otto Law Group, PLLC in Seattle. Mr. Otto is a Director of Vocalscape Networks, Inc., SinoFresh Healthcare, Inc., TechAlt, Inc. and Avisere, Inc.

Rod Rougelot

Mr. Rougelot knows recycling. He brings more than 20 years of extensive experience in recycling, operations, finance, and mergers and acquisitions to ECO2. As founder of Recycling Resource, he led it to become one of the strongest recycling competitors in California. After Recycling Resource was acquired by Tomra Pacific, Inc., Rougelot served as President of the commercial division, building Tomra into one of the largest beverage container recyclers in the United States. Prior to joining ECO2, Mr. Rougelot was engaged through Stone Yamashita Partners as a strategic consultant with The Coca Cola Company. He earned his MBA degree from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University.

William L. Whittaker

Mr. Whittaker brings extensive asset management experience, both in real estate and investment management, to ECO2. Mr. Whittaker currently manages assets of approximately $125 million through Whittaker Asset Management, Inc., a company of which he has been the Chairman and CEO of since 1987. Mr. Whittaker is also the controlling principal of more than 40 privately held companies and/or partnerships that own commercial income properties or invest in operating businesses. Mr. Whittaker has served as a Director since February 2007.