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LEADERSHIP

PAUL G. ALLEN - Founder and Chairman
JODY ALLEN - President and CEO, Vulcan Inc.
MARTHA FULLER - Executive Vice President, Finance and CFO
BILL McGRATH - Executive Vice President of Legal and General Counsel
SUE COLITON - Vice President of Paul G. Allen Family Foundation and Collections
RAY COLLIVER - Vice President of Design and Construction
ADA M. HEALEY - Vice President of Real Estate Development
CHRIS PURCELL - Vice President of Technology




PAUL G. ALLEN   PAUL G. ALLEN
Founder and Chairman

Investor and philanthropist Paul G. Allen creates and advances world-class projects and high-impact initiatives that change and improve the way people live, learn, work and experience the world through arts, education, entertainment, sports, business and technology. He co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates in 1975, remained the company's chief technologist until he left Microsoft in 1983, and is the founder and chairman of Vulcan Inc.

In addition, Allen's multibillion dollar investment portfolio includes a large stake in Plains All American, as well as holdings in real estate and more than 40 technology, media and content companies. In 2004 Allen funded SpaceShipOne, the first privately-backed effort to successfully put a civilian in suborbital space and winner of the Ansari X-Prize competition. Allen also owns the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League, the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association, and is part of the primary ownership group for the Seattle Sounders FC, the citys Major League Soccer team.

With lifetime giving of about $1 billion, Allen has been named one of the top philanthropists in America. Allen gives back to the community through the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, whose goal is to transform individual lives and strengthen communities by supporting arts and culture, youth engagement, community development and social change, and scientific and technological innovation throughout the Pacific Northwest. In 2003, Allen contributed $100 million to create the Allen Institute for Brain Science. The Seattle-based Institute is an independent, nonprofit medical research organization dedicated to accelerating the understanding of how the brain works. The Institute takes on projects at the leading edge of science—far-reaching projects at the intersection of biology and technology. The resulting data create publicly available resources that fuel discovery for countless other researchers worldwide.

Allen is also founder of Experience Music Project, Seattle's critically-acclaimed interactive music museum; the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame; the Flying Heritage Collection, an assemblage of rare World War II aircraft restored to flying condition and shared with the public; and Vulcan Productions, the independent film production company behind the award-winning feature HARD CANDY; the Evolution series on PBS; The Blues, executive-produced by Martin Scorsese in conjunction with Allen and Jo Lynn Allen; the Emmy-award winning Rx for Survival A Global Health Challenge; and the Peabody award-winning Judgment Day: Intelligent Design.

Learn more about Allen online at www.paulallen.com.


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JODY ALLEN   JODY ALLEN
President and CEO, Vulcan Inc.

Jody Allen is president and CEO of Vulcan Inc., the project and investment management firm she co-founded with investor and philanthropist Paul G. Allen in 1986. Since then, she has developed and led a wide range of Mr. Allen's business and charitable endeavors around the world.

Ms. Allen's responsibilities also include serving as president of Vulcan Productions, the film production company behind such acclaimed projects as HARD CANDY; Far From Heaven, the Emmy award-winning PBS series Rx for Survival - A Global Health Challenge; the Evolution series on PBS, The Blues, executive-produced by Martin Scorsese in conjunction with Ms. Allen and Paul Allen; and the Peabody award-winning Judgement Day: Intelligent Design on Trial.

Ms. Allen is executive director of the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, which builds strong communities and supports vulnerable populations around the Pacific Northwest by funding programs in the arts, community development and social change, youth engagement, and innovation in science and technology. In addition, Ms. Allen is executive director of Seattle's Experience Music Project, the critically-acclaimed music museum, and the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame. She serves as vice-chair of First & Goal Inc., and is on the board of Charter Communications.

An active member of the arts and education communities, Ms. Allen currently serves on the board of ArtsFund, Experience Music Project, the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame, the Allen Institute for Brain Science and Seattle Seahawks Charitable Foundation. Ms. Allen previously served on the boards of the Theatre Communications Group, the University of Washington Foundation, the Museum of Glass, the Los Angeles International Film Festival and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.


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MARTHA FULLER   MARTHA FULLER
Executive Vice President, Finance and CFO

Martha Fuller, executive vice president, Finance and CFO of Vulcan Inc., is responsible for creating and implementing long-term financial strategies to achieve Vulcan's goals across a diverse portfolio of businesses, projects, nonprofits and other initiatives. Her duties include overseeing the development and monitoring of budgets, financial analysis, borrowing and cash management, risk management, and tax planning and compliance. Vulcan's flight, corporate communications and foreign estates departments also report to Fuller.

Prior to Vulcan, Fuller served as senior vice president and CFO of Vulcan Sports & Entertainment, the parent company representing the interests of the Seattle Seahawks, Seattle Sounders FC, Portland Trail Blazers, First & Goal Inc./Qwest Field and Event Center, and the Rose Garden.

Earlier, Fuller's positions included serving as the director of planning and economic development for the City of St. Paul, 2002-2004; CFO of the NHL's Minnesota Wild franchise, 1998-2002; director of finance for the City of St. Paul, 1995-1997; and auditor and consultant for Arthur Andersen and Andersen Consulting, 1984-1995.

Fuller served as chair of the American Heart Association's 2008 and 2009 Seattle GoRed initiatives, vice chair of the boards of the Humane Society of Seattle/King County and enterpriseSeattle, and is a member of the board of the Seattle/King/Snohomish County YWCA and the Washington State Women's Forum. She is a summa cum laude graduate of Drake University.

Martha Fuller is married to Redmond, Washington acting police chief Tim Fuller. They reside in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood with their English Springer spaniel, Rustler.


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BILL MCGRATH   BILL McGRATH
Executive Vice President of Legal and General Counsel

Bill McGrath is the executive vice president and general counsel of Vulcan Inc. He is responsible for overseeing all of Vulcan's legal affairs, including investment management and transactions, internal governance and compliance, litigation, and support for various non-profit entities. Prior to joining Vulcan, McGrath held senior legal positions with a number of private and public companies based in Silicon Valley. He has also worked for several large national law firms in Washington, D.C. and Seattle, WA. Earlier, he worked for the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, and also served as a law clerk to the late Honorable Charles E. Wiggins of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. McGrath received his undergraduate degree from Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, CA, and his law degree from The University of Chicago Law School. McGrath serves on the Board of TowerCo.


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SUE COLITON
Vice President of Paul G. Allen Family Foundation and Collections

Susan Coliton is Vice President, Paul G. Allen Family Foundation and Collections at Vulcan Inc. The Foundation is a regional grant maker focused on strengthening the cultural sector and responding to the needs of vulnerable populations in the Pacific Northwest. Prior to joining Vulcan in 1999, Coliton was director of the Cultural Facilities Fund in San Francisco, where she managed a loan and grant program for the development of cultural facilities. She also held a position as visual arts consultant for GAP, Inc., where she designed and implemented a national sponsorship program focusing on contemporary visual art. Coliton was a visual arts specialist at the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington D.C. from 1990 to 1995. She currently serves on the boards of the Seattle Public Library Foundation, Experience Music Project, Allen Institute for Brain Science, Philanthropy Northwest, and Americans for the Arts. She holds a B.A. in art from Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame and a master's degree in interdisciplinary studies from John Hopkins University, Baltimore.


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RAY COLLIVER
Vice President of Design and Construction

Ray Colliver, vice president of Design and Construction, is responsible for a diverse portfolio of building and development projects undertaken by Vulcan and affiliate companies.

Colliver joined Vulcan in 1998 as a project manager, responsible for the design and construction of the award-winning Washington State Football/Soccer Stadium and Exhibition Center (Qwest Field). Since the completion of the stadium, he has provided leadership and oversight to teams of designers and contractors on a variety of projects both in the U.S. and Europe. Colliver currently oversees Vulcan's construction activities in Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood, where the company is redeveloping more than 60 acres adjacent to downtown.

Colliver has over 30 years of experience in the construction industry in Australia, where he worked for some of that country's largest construction groups, and in the U.S. He has studied architecture and building at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and Urban Planning at Western Washington University.

Colliver was recently acknowledged with a Paul Harris Fellowship award from the Rotary Club of Bellingham.


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ADA M. HEALEY
Vice President of Real Estate Development

Ada M. Healey manages the company's significant real estate development portfolio, which primarily includes property in the Pacific Northwest. She also directs a variety of projects and relationships with real estate brokers, developers and other business partners to maximize the portfolio's value and leverage development projects in various markets. In addition, she manages Vulcan's interests in various neighborhood-planning efforts and partnerships that support Vulcan's mission and values.

Prior to joining Vulcan Inc., Healey worked for Clarion Partners, a member of the ING Group. During her 10 years there, she held various positions in asset management, acquisitions and portfolio management, working on behalf of several of the nation's largest pension funds. Earlier, Healey spent several years at NYNEX Properties Company, now owned by Verizon Communications. At NYNEX she managed the company's financing activity, working on acquisition opportunities and developing corporate real estate strategies.

Healey began her career in the insurance industry, working for the Sedgwick Group, London, now owned by Marsh, and in New York City for Metropolitan Reinsurance Company.

She holds a B.A. from Duke University and an M.B.A. from New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business.


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CHRIS PURCELL
Vice President of Technology

Chris Purcell, vice president of Technology, oversees Vulcan's information systems, multimedia and technology planning, engineering, operations and R&D functions. These areas include business systems, software and emerging technology engineering, web development, program management, technology infrastructure and operations, audio/visual and studio engineering, marine and environmental technologies, enterprise systems integration, and end-user services.

As a member of Vulcan's senior leadership team, Purcell directs the technology aspects of Vulcan's diverse projects and initiatives seeking to use technology in new and thoughtful ways.

Prior to joining Vulcan, Purcell was an assistant vice president of information systems and services for SAFECO Corporation—a Fortune 500 financial services company based in Seattle, WA. Prior to that, he filled a variety of technology leadership roles at Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting), a global management consulting and technology services firm.

Purcell holds a bachelors degree in computer information systems from Purdue University.


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