Directors Roster: a quarterly record of new director appointments.

THE DIRECTORS & BOARDS Directors Roster--a quarterly record of new director appointments--is compiled from public and private sources by the editorial staff of DIRECTORS & BOARDS and is sponsored by Heidrick & Struggles. Please forward your directors' appointments to kmccarthy@directorsandboards.com.

Submissions of new directors and appointments are welcome from all sources, including executive recruiters, corporate communications staffs, and directors themselves.

21ST CENTURY HOLDING CO.

Lauderdale Lakes, FL

has added to its board:

Anthony C. Krayer III

EVP and Chief Administrative Officer

SOUTH BROWARD HOSPITAL DISTRICT

Hollywood, FL

Bio Notes: In present position since 1997. Previously served as SVP of acquisitions and development at OrNda Health-corp. and president of OrNda of South Florida. From 1989-1993 was COO and CFO at Florida Medical Center. Formerly was a partner at Ernst and Whinney.

21st Century is an insurance provider. Revenues are $103 million. South Broward Hospital is part of Memorial Health Care System of Florida.

ABIOMED INC.

Danvers, MA

has added to its board:

Eric A. Rose

Chairman and CEO

SIGA TECHNOLOGIES INC.

New York, NY

Bio Notes: A cardiothoracic surgeon who led the development of the department of surgery at Columbia University, where he is on leave as chairman. Currently serves as EVP for life sciences at MacAndrews and Forbes Inc. Co-founded TransTech Pharma and formerly served as president of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation.

Abiomed provides medical devices for heart patients. Revenues are $51 million. SIGA is a biotechnology company. Revenues are $7 million.

AINYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS INC.

Cambridge, MA

has added to its board:

Victor Dzau

Chancellor for Health Affairs

DUKE UNIVERSITY

Durham, NC

Bio Notes: Also serves as president and CEO of Duke University Health System and is the James B. Duke Professor of Medicine and director of molecular and genomic vascular biology. Previously was the Hersey Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, chairman of the department of medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and physician-in-chief and director of research at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston.

AInylam is a biopharmaceutical company. Revenues are $28 million.

AMERICAN TOWER CORP.

Boston, MA

has added to its board:

Ronald M. Dykes

JoAnn Reed

Senior Vice President, Finance and CFO

MEDCO HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC.

Franklin Lakes, NJ

Bio Notes: Dykes has more than 34 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. In 2005 retired as CFO of BellSouth Corp. Previously was chairman of Cingular Wireless. Reed joined Medco in 1988. Previously held finance positions at Aetna/American Re-Insurance Co., CBS Inc., Standard and Poor's Corp., and Unisys/Timeplex Inc. Also is a director of Waters Corp.

American Tower operates broadcast and wireless communications sites. Revenues are $1 billion. Medco is a pharmacy benefit manager. Revenues are $43 billion.

BEARINGPOINT INC.

McLean, VA

has added to its board:

Jill Kanin-Lovers

Bio Notes: From 1992-2004 held senior human resources positions at Avon Products Inc., IBM Corp., and American Express Co. Previously spent 17 years with Towers Perrin. Also is a director of Dot Foods, First Advantage Corp., and Heidrick & Struggles International Inc.

BearingPoint provides management and technology consulting services. Revenues are $3.5 billion.

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.

Omaha, NE

has added to its board:

Susan Decker

President

YAHOO! INC.

Sunnyvale, CA

Bio Notes: From 2000 until June 2007 was EVP and CFO of Yahoo! Prior to joining Yahoo! in 2000 spent 14 years in senior positions with the Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette investment fim, most recently as global director of equity research. Also is a director of Intel Corp. and Costco Wholesale Corp. Age 44.

Berkshire Hathaway is a holding company engaged in the insurance industry and other businesses. Revenues are $109 billion. Yahoo! provides Internet services. Revenues are S7 billion.

BIOGEN IDEC

Cambridge, MA

has added to its board:

Marijn E. Dekkers

President and CEO

THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC

Waltham, MA

Bio Notes: President and CEO of Thermo Electron prior to the merger of Thermo Electron Corp. and Fisher Scientific International in 2006. Previously held senior positions at Honeywell International (formerly AlliedSignal). Began his career as a research scientist at General Electric Co.

Biogen is engaged in the discovery and development of innovative therapies. Revenues are $2 billion. Thermo is engaged in analytical technologies and laboratory products and services. Revenues are $5 billion.

BIOSCRIP INC.

Elmsford, NY

has added to its board:

Steven K. Schelhammer

Bio Notes: From 1994-2002 served as chairman and CEO of Accordant Health Services, a disease managment company he founded. It was sold in 2002 to AdvancePCS, where he served as president until 2004.

BioScrip is a pharmaceutical healthcare company. Revenues are $1 billion.

BLACKBAUD INC.

Charleston, SC

has added to its board:

Carolyn Miles

Executive Vice President and COO

SAVE THE CHILDREN

Westport, CT

Bio Notes: Joined Save the Children in 1998. Previously spent 10 years with American Express Travel Related Services in New York and Hong Kong, where she also built a retail cafe business throughout Asia.

Blackbaud provides software products and services designed for nonprofit organizations. Revenues are $192 million. Save the Children works in more than 110 countries to ensure the well-being of children.

BLACKBOARD INC.

Washington, DC

has added to its board:

Joseph L. Cowan

Chief Executive Officer

INTERWOVEN INC.

Sunnyvale, CA

Thomas Kalinske

Vice Chairman

LEAPFROG ENTERPRISES INC.

Emeryville, CA

Beth Kaplan

Bio Notes: Cowan recently served as CEO of Manugistics Group Inc. Previously was president and CEO at EXE Technologies and held management positions at Invensys, Texas Instruments, Eurotherm Corp., and Monsanto. Kalinske was CEO of Leapfrog from 1997-2006. Also served as president of Knowledge Universe LLC (renamed Krest LLC). Previously was president and CEO of Sega of America. From 1987-1990 was president and CEO of Universal Matchbox Group. Formerly spent 13 years at Mattel Inc., where he held numerous management positions, including president and co-CEO. Kaplan has held senior positions at several leading retailers and consumer products companies, including EVP and general manager at Bath & Body Works, senior EVP of marketing and merchandising at Rite Aid Drugstores, and president and general manager at Noxell, the cosmetics division of Procter & Gamble. Currently heads Axcel Partners, a Baltimore-based venture capital firm she helped found in 2001.

Blackboard provides software applications and related services to the education industry. Revenues are $183 million. Interwoven supplies enterprise content management software. Revenues are $194 million. LeapFrog develops educational products. Revenues are $502 million.

CA INC.

Islandia, NY

has added to its board:

Raymond J. Bromark

Bio Notes: In 2006 retired from Pricewater-houseCoopers LLP, where he had spent nearly 40 years, most recently serving as partner and head of its professional, technical, risk, and quality group. From 1994-2000 was global audit partner at DuPont Co. Previously was deputy vice chairman of PwC's auditing and business advisory committee. Also serves on the advisory board of the University of Delaware's Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance.

CA (formerly Computer Associates) is an information technology management software company. Revenues are $4 billion.

CBS CORP.

New York, NY

has added to its board:

Gary L. Countryman

Chairman Emeritus

LIBERTY MUTUAL GROUP

Boston, MA

Linda Griego

President and CEO

GRIEGO ENTERPRISES INC.

Los Angeles, CA

Arnold Kopelson

Producer

KOPELSON ENTERTAINMENT

Los Angeles, CA

Doug Morris

Chairman and CEO

UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP

Santa Monica, CA

Bio Notes: Countryman served as chairman of Liberty Mutual from 1986-2000 and as CEO from 1986-1998. Also is a director of Bank of America and NSTAR. Griego (pictured) founded the Los Angeles eatery Engine Co. No. 28 in 1998. Appointed in 1995 by President Bill Clinton to NAFTA's North American Development Bank Community Adjustment Committee. From 1994-1997 was president and CEO of Rebuild L.A., an agency created to spearhead the inner city's economic recovery following the civil unrest in 1992. Also is a director of Granite Construction Inc., AECOM Technology Corp., City National Corp., and Southwest Water Co. Kopelson has produced 27 motion pictures, which have generated 17 Academy Award nominations, including a Best Picture Academy Award for Platoon. Serves on the executive committee of the producers branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Morris has a nearly 30-year career in the music industry. In 1995 formed a joint venture record label with Universal Music Group. Previously held senior postions with Warner Music U.S., including president, COO, and chairman. Began his career as a songwriter, producer, and the founder of his own record label, which in 1978 was acquired by Atlantic Records.

CBS is a media company. Revenues are $14 billion. Liberty Mutual is a property and casualty insurer Griego Enterprises is a business management company. Universal develops and distributes recorded music and is a major music publisher.

CELANESE CORP.

Dallas, TX

has added to its board:

Farah M. Walters

President and CEO

QUALHEALTH LLC

Lawrenceville, NJ

Bio Notes: From 1992-2002 was president and CEO of both University Hospitals Health System Inc. and University Hospitals of Cleveland. Also serves as lead director for PolyOne Corp.

Celanese is a chemical products company. Revenues are $7 billion. QualHealth is a health care delivery systems company.

CHEVRON CORP.

San Ramon, CA

has added to its board:

Kevin W. Sharer

Chairman, President, and CEO

AMGEN INC.

Thousand Oaks, CA

Bio Notes: Has been CEO and president since...

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