Karen E. Andrews is Associate General Counsel of Time Inc. where she has been employed since 1990. She is currently responsible for television programming matters for all Time Inc. Magazines, and is the attorney assigned to handle all legal matters for IN STYLE Magazine, Time Inc. Custom Publishing and REAL SIMPLE Magazine, scheduled to launch in March 2000. From 1990 to 1999 Karen was responsible for all legal matters relating to SPORTS ILLUSTRATED Magazine, including SPORTS ILLUSTRATED Television and SPORTS ILLUSTRATED FOR KIDS.

From 1985 to 1990 Karen was a Litigation Associate at the New York law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges where she specialized in Entertainment Litigation.

Prior to receiving her Law Degree, from 1980 to 1983, Karen was employed as a Technical Sales Representative for Allied Chemical where she was responsible for the sale of electronic chemicals for use in the semiconductor industry.

Karen received her Bachelors Degree in Biology, cum laude, from the University of Vermont in 1980. She received her Law Degree from Temple University, cum laude, in 1985. She was a member of the Temple Law School Review and the winner of the I. Herman Stern Moot Court Competition. Karen is a member of the American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association and Multimedia and Technology Licensing Law Report Board of Advisers.

She is married to John M. Andrews and resides in Greenwich, Connecticut with their three children J. J. (4), Katy (3) and Tyler (1-1/2).

Kathy Giusti has served as the President of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) since September 1996. The mission of the MMRF is to accelerate the search for a cure for multiple myeloma.

Kathy graduated from the University of Vermont magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Science and Harvard Business School with an MBA in general management.

Kathy began her career in 1980 working in sales and marketing for Merck and Company focusing on cardiovascular and infectious disease products. She later joined The Gillette Company in Boston to broaden her marketing skills in the consumer arena. In 1993, Kathy returned to the healthcare field joining GD Searle to focus on the company's new product portfolio. Kathy later served as Executive Director of Searle's worldwide arthritis franchise and Searle' Midwest operations. Kathy was awarded Searle's 1994 Award for Marketing Excellence and Searle's President's award for leadership in 1995 and 1996.

In January of 1996, Kathy was diagnosed with multiple myeloma. Kathy founded the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation with her sister, Karen Andrews, to raise awareness and funding for the disease.

To date, the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation has reached millions of families via news and feature reports in all types of media. Most recently, The MMRF was featured on CBS This Morning and Inside Edition. The Foundation has distributed $2 million in research grants to leading scientists throughout the world. The Foundation also organizes and funds the Experts' Roundtable on Immune Therapy — an annual worldwide symposium. The MMRF provides information to patients and family members with its symposia, newsletter and website.

Kathy received the 1998 Healthcare Businesswoman's Association's Woman of the Year in recognition of her efforts in healthcare and patient advocacy. She participates on the following advisory boards: Novartis Oncology, Ortho Biotech Patient Advocacy, IATROS Vaccine Technology, The Cancer Leadership Council and the HBA.

Kathy lives in New Canaan, CT with her husband Paul and two children. Nicole is five years old and David is two.

View the Executive Profile about Kathy from the April 1998 issue of Pharmaceutical Executive.

Dr. Ken Anderson
Independent Investigator
Hematologic Malignancies Disease Center
Dana Farber Institute

Dr. Kenneth C. Anderson is an independent investigator in the Hematologic Malignancies Disease Center at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. His research interests include cellular and molecular mechanisms regulating myeloma cell growth and survival and novel immune-based therapies for myeloma.

In 1997, Dr. Anderson hosted the VI International Workshop on Multiple Myeloma in Boston. He serves on three Board of Directors and Scientific Advisors of the IMF and is a Chairman of the Board of Scientific Advisors of the MMRF. He is the recipient of the Doris Duke Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award in 1999.

Dr. Anderson graduated from Johns Hopkins Medical School in 1977 where he also trained in internal medicine. He completed his training in hematology, medical oncology and tumor immunology at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute.

William S. McKiernan
Chairman and CEO
CyberSource Corporation

Bill McKiernan, founder of CyberSource Corporation, is an expert and leader in Internet commerce and digital delivery strategies. Mr. McKiernan is also the co-founder of software.net, now Beyond.com (NASDAQ: BYND), the leading online reseller of software. He took Beyond.com public in June 1998 and remains as its chairman.

As chairman and CEO of CyberSource, Mr. McKiernan pioneered the concept of on-demand commerce applications ^TM. As implemented by CyberSource, the on-demand paradigm allows companies to outsource the entire spectrum of electronic commerce functionality–from real-time payment processing to automatic fraud screening to digital distribution–all on a cost-effective per-transaction basis and all through a single, common interface. As a result, CyberSource customers avoid having to build and maintain their own complex commerce infrastructures, and can add new commerce functionality as business needs dictate, without costly programming.

Prior to founding CyberSource and its spin-off, Beyond.com, Mr. McKiernan was president and COO of McAfee Associates now Network Associates (NASDAQ: NETA), a position he held during McAfee Associates initial public offering. Prior to joining McAfee Associates, Mr. McKiernan was vice president of Princeton Venture Research, Inc., an investment banking and venture consulting firm. Mr. McKiernan also held management positions with ROLM Corporation and Price Waterhouse.

Mr. McKiernan holds an MBA from Harvard University.

Charles B. Ortner
Partner
Proskauer Rose LLP

Charles Ortner, a partner with the law firm Proskauer Rose LLP, represents many of the creative and business leaders of the music industry. Among his clients are many of the world's most successful recording artists, record producers and songwriters, including Madonna, Shania Twain, Lauryn Hill, Sean "Puffy" Combs and Nine Inch Nails. He also represents many of the music industry's leading entrepreneurs and label head, including Chris Blackwell, Ted Field and Jimmy Lovine. Mr. Ortner also represents many of the world's leading recording companies and music publishers, including BMG, EMI, Universal, Warner/Chappell and Zomba Group, and many of the most successful record labels, including Arista, LaFace and Interscope. He also represents The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (the Grammy Organization).

Mr. Ortner has been an invited speaker at bar associations and continuing legal education programs through the United States, including Stanford Law School, the Georgetown University Law Center, the Columbia University School of Business, Boston University School of Law, and the Anneberg Foundation. Mr. Ortner also lectures on entertainment law annually at Harvard Law School. He has authored numerous articles concerning the music industry, and is a member of the Board of Editors of Entertainment Law and Finance.

Mr. Ortner served as an Aide to John V. Lindsay, Mayor of the City of New York, and as an Assistant to Whitney North Seymour, Jr. United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. He has served as an officer of various committees of the American Bar Association and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and was appointed by the President of the New York State Bar Association to a special committee on reform of the New York Legislature. Mr. Ortner graduated from Washington University in 1967 (where he was in the Honors Biology and Honors History programs) and from Brooklyn Law School in 1971.

Mr. Ortner has served as Vice President of Westchester Reform Temple in Scarsdale, New York, and as a member of the Temple's Board of Trustees; and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged (a renowned nursing home and teaching facility for the geriatric program of Mt. Sinai Medical School). Mr. Ortner currently serves on the Board of Directors of The Public Domain Foundation (a music industry charitable organization) and Island ACTS, the Chris Blackwell charitable Foundation.

W. Dana LaForge
Managing Director
Deutsche Banc Alex Brown

Mr. LaForge joined Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown in 1978 and is a Managing Director responsible for the U.S. domestic Financial Institutions Group. In this role, Mr. LaForge coordinates the marketing and execution of investment banking products and services to the firm's clients in the financial services sector. Mr. LaForge primarily focuses on merger and acquisition transactions with banks and insurance companies. He played an active role in restructuring banks in the early 1990's and continues that practice currently in areas outside the U.S. In addition, increasing attention is being paid to the growing e-finance segment both as a stand-alone sector and as a strategic part of the incumbent firms.

Prior to his current role, Mr. LaForge ran the Mortgage Finance Group where he was responsible for the Firm's investment banking activities and securitization with mortgage originators and has also traded a wide range of mortgage securities. Prior to 1983, Mr. LaForge was responsible for the firm's coverage of certain industrial corporations and financial service companies and product responsibility for leveraged buyouts in the Southwest.

Mr. LaForge serves on the Board of Directors of Penn National Insurance Company. He earned a B.S. in Finance and Accounting from Washington and Lee University and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School and currently resides in New York City.

Jean A. Kovacs
President and CEO
Comergent Technologies

Ms. Kovacs has over 25 years experience directing technology companies. Prior to co-founding Comergent, she was co-founder and Executive Vice-President of Qualix Group. In this position, she was responsible for managing and directing the Engineering, Marketing, Services and Telesales departments, and was closely involved in the company's IPO. Prior to joining Qualix, Ms. Kovacs held positions in sales, marketing, and support at Frame Technology, Sun Microsystems, and Compugraphic Corporation. Ms. Kovacs holds a B.S. in Finance from Northeastern University and an MBA from Harvard University.

Robert R. Grusky
Principal, New Mountain Partners. L.P.
Managing General Partner, Hope Capital Partners, L.P.

Robert R. Grusky, 42, in one of the founding partners of New Mountain Capital LP, a private equity fund, along with Steve Klinsky and Dave Wargo. He is also the general partner of Hope Capital Partners, LP, an investment partnership (whose investors are Mr. Grusky and Ronald S. Lauder) which invests in public securities, and a financial consultant to Ronald Lauder.

Mr. Grusky joined Mr. Lauder in April 1997 as Senior Advisor, and was named President of RSL Investments Corporation, Mr. Lauder's primary investment vehicle, in April, 1998.

Bob joined Goldman, Sachs, and Co. in July 1985, as a member of it Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Department, and was named Vice President in 1989. He was responsible for soliciting, advising on, and executing mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and takeover defenses for numerous companies.

In September 1990 he took a one year leave of absence when he was appointed a White House Fellow by President Bush following a national competition, and served as Assistant for Special Projects to Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney. Bob was awarded the civilian Joint Meritorious Unit Award for service during Desert Shield/Storm. He also completed the Marine Corps Marathon that year.

Bob returned to Goldman, Sachs in September of 1991. In 1993 Bob transferred from M&A to the Principal Investment Area. There he was responsible for creating, entering into, and monitoring investments on behalf of the firm as part of its GS Capital Partners funds and was a member of the board of directors for Koret, Inc., PNY Electronics, Inc., Solon Automated Services, Inc., TPG Information Partners and Westin Hotel Company, among others, during this time.

Raised in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, Bob received his bachelor's degree, cum laude and with honors in history from Union College. After graduation, he spent four years with Continental Bank in Chicago, rising to Second Vice President in the U.S. Banking Department. He then earned his master's degree in business administration, with distinction, from Harvard Business School.

Mr. Grusky is a member of the Board of Directors of Deltathree.com Inc. (NASDAQ:DDDC), and Central European Media Enterprises, Ltd. (NASDAQ:CETV). He is also a member of the board of directors of The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation and the Board of Trustees of the Hackley School. He is a sports enthusiast who runs regularly and plays tennis whenever possible. He is an avid reader, particularly of history, biographies and spy thrillers.

He is married to Hope H. Eiseman; they reside in Harrison, NY with their three young children, Bobby (6), Kate (5), and Alexandra (1-1/2), and their golden retriever, Halley (15)

Diane S. Blum
Executive Director
Cancer Care

Diane S. Blum is Executive Director of Cancer Care, Inc., a national nonprofit agency which for more than 55 years has provided emotional support, information, education, financial assistance, and practical help to people with cancer, their loved ones and professionals. Prior to joining Cancer Care in 1984 as director of social service, Ms. Blum served as a social work supervisor at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute.

Co-founder of the National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations, Ms. Blum is a founder of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Senior Editor of ASCO Online, and a board member of the Cure for Lymphoma Foundation and the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation. Additionally, she is a member of the Association of Oncology Social Workers (AOSW), the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), and the National Association of Social Workers.

Ms. Blum is a Fellow of the Brookdale Center on the Aging (Hunter College of the City University of New York) and serves on committees of the Cancer Information Service of the National Cancer Institute, the American Association of Retried Persons, the Rose Kushner Award for excellence in journalism, the United Way of New York, AOSW, ASCO, ECOG, the Intercultural Cancer Council, and the United Hospital Fund.

Recent awards include the Lifetime Achievement Award for the Board of Sponsors of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Special Recognition Award from the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship, and the Republic Bank Breast Cancer Research Award Foundation.

Ms. Blum has written and lectured extensively about the psychosocial need of cancer patients and their families. Her research has been published in a variety of medical journals including the American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care, the Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, and the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.

Ms. Blum received a bachelor's degree from the University of Rochester and a master's degree from the School of Social Welfare at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Anthony K. (Tony) Kesman
President, Care Continuum Products and Services Group
Allegiance Corporation

Tony Kesman is president of Care Continuum Products and Services Group for Allegiance Corporation. He is responsible for the company's business initiatives outside the domestic acute-care marketplace as well as its Canadian operations. Previously, Mr. Kesman was corporate vice president, Distribution, from 1996 to 1999, where he led the company's medical, surgical and laboratory distribution businesses, including Medical/Surgical Marketing, Scientific Products, ValueLink, Hospitex, Supply Chain Operations and Distribution Technology.

Mr. Kesman joined the company in 1977 as a sales representative for American Hospital Supply Corporation's Hospital Supply division. He held several management positions within Hospital Supply until 1984, when he became vice president of national accounts. American merged with Baxter Travenol Laboratories Inc. (now Baxter International Inc.) in 1985, and a year later Mr. Kesman was named vice president and general manager of Baxter's Western Business Center. In 1989, he was appointed vice president and general manager of the company's ValueLink® Business Center, where he led the development and introduction of the industry's leading "stockless" just-in-time distribution program. In 1993, Mr. Kesman was named president of Baxter's Critical Care division and later was named a president of Health Systems for the company.

Mr. Kesman is a member of the board of directors of Source Medical Corporation (Toronto), Children's Memorial Medical Center and Children's Memorial Foundation (Chicago, Illinois), Age Wave Impact, Inc. (Emeryville, California), First National Bank of Brookfield (Illinois) and its parent, First Brookfield Inc., and Jr. Achievement of Chicago. He is also a director of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (New Canaan, Connecticut) and a member of the executive council of Adaptive Business Leaders (Tustin, California), an assembly of health-care leaders who examine strategic and operational solutions to pressing issues in health care.

Mr. Kesman holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Iowa and a master's of management from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.

Through its subsidiaries, Allegiance Corporation of McGaw Park, Illinois is America's leading provider of health-care products and cost-management services needed by hospitals, laboratories and others in health care. The company manufacturers many of the products it markets, while others come from leading health and medical companies around the world. Allegiance also provides an array of integrated services such as clinical and productivity consulting, procedure-based supply packaging, just-in-time delivery, and other services that help medical professionals control costs and improve quality in patient care. Allegiance Corporation is a subsidiary of Cardinal Health, Inc. of Dublin, Ohio.

Lynn O'Conner Vos
CEO and President
Grey Healthcare Group Inc.

Lynn O'Conner Vos is CEO and President of Grey Healthcare Group Inc. (GHG Inc.), a $345 million global communications enterprise with twenty-two offices in sixteen countries. This prestigious subsidiary of Grey Advertising contains a broad range of communication disciplines in order to provide the necessary expertise in healthcare marketing to today's progressive pharmaceutical companies.

Grey Healthcare Group is composed of GHG Advertising, GHG Global, GCI Public Relations, and Phase Five Communications (medical education), Clinical Informatics, and Insight Clinical Communications. Lynn Founded Phase Five Communications in 1987, which has set new standards of excellence and become an industry leader due to its ground-breaking work in market conditioning.

Lynn is an entrepreneur who possess the necessary vision in order to develop revolutionary healthcare strategies that translate into increased market share and market expansion programs. Currently, Lynn is redefining the ways that today's healthcare brands are being built by opening international "Centers of Excellence." These centers deliver the highest levels of strategic and creative support on a consistent basis across borders.

A native of New York, Lynn received a BS in nursing from Alfred University, where she graduated with honors. She began her medical career in 1978 at Children's Hospital in Philadelphia as a nurse in adolescent medicine. Lynn is an active member of the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association, on the boards of the American Skin Association and Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, and a consultant on the editorial board of Medical Marketing and Media. Lynn has also been elected into the Medical Advertising Hall of Fame and was recently voted YWCA Woman of the Year.

Her children, Kate, Connor, and Julia keep Lynn busy after hours.

Alan L. Heller
Co-President
Chief Operating Officer
Searle

Alan L. Heller was appointed Co-President in July 1999 and Chief Operating Officer in February 1997. He has joint responsibility for the company's global pharmaceutical business, including finance, business development and licensing, human resources, public affairs and strategic planning. He is also responsible for the company's commercial operations, including sales, marketing, medical affairs, manufacturing and product planning on a worldwide basis. Prior to that appointment, he served as Searle's President of the Americas.

Heller has been with Searle for more than 22 years and has held several positions within General Management and the Sales and Finance departments, including Corporate Vice President, Finance; Vice President, Sales; Vice President, Business Analysis; and General Manager, Schiapparelli Searle. He is a member of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation and an advisory board member of the Healthcare Businesswomen's Assocation (HBA).

Heller earned a BS degree in Accounting from the University of Illinois (Chicago) in 1975 and an MBA in Finance from De Paul University in 1982.

He was born and raised in Chicago. He and his wife, Abbe, reside with their three boys in Long Grove, Illinois.

Robert Wolf
Managing Director
Warburg Dillon Read

Robert Wolf is Managing Director in Fixed Income at Warbur Dillon Read (WDR), the investment banking division of Swiss banking group UBS.

A member of the WDR Board and is the Global Head of Credit Product Robert has responsibility for the United States, Latin America and Asia. He has been with WDR/UBS since August 1994. Prior to WDR, Robert was a Vice President in Taxable Fixed Income at Solomon Brothers.

Robert is on the Leadership Council for The Emerging Markets Benefit for Children's Charities and is active in alumni affairs for the University of Pennsylvania.

Robert graduated from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1984 with a Bachelors of Science in Economics.

Robert is married with 2 children and resides in Purchase, NY.

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