John M. Jacquemin is President and founder of Mooring Financial Corporation, a financial services company specializing in the purchase and administration of commercial loan portfolios, real estate liens and real estate transactions. The year 2002 marked the 20th anniversary of the company, and of Mr. Jacquemin's career as a financial services entrepreneur. Prior to starting the company, Mr. Jacquemin worked for Coopers & Lybrand as a management consultant for 2 years, and subsequently became chief financial officer for CFC Corporation in Pennsylvania, where he spent 5 years.

Mr. Jacquemin received a B.A. degree in General Arts & Science from Pennsylvania State University, and earned his M.B.A. degree from Dartmouth College, at the Tuck School of Business Administration. He serves on the Board of Directors of Penn National Gaming, Inc., a NASDAQ listed company headquartered in Reading, PA., and the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts in Vienna, Virginia. He is also president of The Jacquemin Family Foundation, which he established in 1997. The foundation concentrates its grants on organizations that provide educational and artistic opportunities for under-served children. Mr. Jacquemin lives in McLean, Virginia with his wife, Tracie, and their three daughters.

Dipesh Bhise joined Mooring Financial Corporation in 2001 after spending approximately 5 years in management consulting and financial consulting. In 2002, Mr. Bhise became Director, Financial Planning. He earlier worked as a Management Consultant with Mercer Management Consulting, a global strategy-consulting firm in their Washington DC office, and before that spent 3 years with KPMG Consulting, as a Senior Consultant. Mr. Bhise has consulted to several Fortune 500 companies on issues of importance to senior management. Mr. Bhise received his Bachelors degree in Commerce/Accounting from Sydenham College, Bombay and an MBA from the Tuck School at Dartmouth College.