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Special Advisors

Ted Leonsis

PhotoTed Leonsis has served as a Special Advisor since October 2007. Since March 2006, Mr. Leonsis has served as Chairman of Revolution Money, a Web 2.0 payment platform and credit—card service, that is a subsidiary of Revolution LLC, the investment company created by Steve Case. Since May 1999, Mr. Leonsis has been the founder, Chairman and majority owner of Lincoln Holdings LLC, a sports and entertainment company that holds ownership rights in several entities including the Washington Capitals, WNBA’s Washington Mystics and Washington Sports and Entertainment Limited Partnership, which owns the NBA’s Washington Wizards, DC’s Verizon Center and the Baltimore—Washington Ticketmaster franchise. From November 1993 to December 2006, Mr. Leonsis worked for AOL where he continues to serve as its Vice Chairman Emeritus having stepped down from day—to—day management on December 31, 2006. During his tenure at AOL, he served in many roles including Vice Chairman as well as President of several business units including the AOL Services Company; AOL Studios; AOL Web Services; AOL Core Service and the AOL Audience Business. Early in his career, Ted was the founder of several new media companies including Redgate Communications Corporation which, in 1993, was the first company acquired by AOL. He was also the founder of six personal computer magazines, authored four books and worked on the introduction of the IBM PC and the Apple Macintosh. Mr. Leonsis made his filmmaking and production debut with the documentary "Nanking," which made its premiere at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, and has received several worldwide accolades and awards. Mr. Leonsis is a philanthropist and is very involved with numerous charities, including Best Buddies, Hoop Dreams, See Forever Foundation, Youth Aids and others through the work of the Leonsis Foundation. He also once served as mayor of Orchid, Florida. Among his many honors, Ted has been named Washington’s Businessman of the Year, a Washingtonian of the Year, one of the 20 most influential people in sports, one of America’s most creative executives and a top 10 entrepreneur of the year. Mr. Leonsis received a B.A. from Georgetown University in 1977.