Fintelo^TM Board Members

Pursuant to the Shareholders’ Agreement the Company’s shareholders are obligated to vote their shares of Common Stock for the election of James T. Pulliam and as directed by James T. Pulliam with respect to election and removal of other members of the Board. James T. Pulliam and Kathy S. Becker are also executive officers of the Company as described below.

James T. Pulliam

Jim Pulliam is the Chief Executive Officer of Distance Edu Learning, Inc. and is a co-owner of Company of Experts, Inc. With over 34 years of public service in the California community college system and four years in the K-12 system in California, Jim’s professional experience includes serving as a faculty member, dean, provost, and founding Superintendent/President of a California Community College District.

As a founding college president, Jim established a solid, collaborative environment with the faculty and staff. He was able to build strong relationships in the local community and politicians to fund and organize a new community college in California. Leading a committed administrative, faculty, staff, student, and community partnership, the college gained funding to begin discussions on building programs, services, partnerships, and facilities for the future.

The college earned a full accreditation from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), which was a highlight for the community.

Jim’s educational background includes a bachelor’s degree in economics and history, a master’s degree in history, a master’s degree in instructional systems technology, and postgraduate work toward a doctorate in educational leadership. Colleges and universities that he attended, in chronological order are: University of Redlands (graduate and undergraduate studies), California State University, Chico (graduate studies), Chapman University (graduate studies), Colgate University (graduate studies), and University of La Verne (graduate studies).

Jim served as the President of a statewide organization including K-12 school districts, regional occupational programs, county schools, and community colleges. He founded and chaired a regional economic development consortium that included the federal government, the United States Marine Corps, the National Park Service, county government, city and regional governments, schools, hospitals, environmental organizations, and private-sector agencies.

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Kathy S. Becker

Kathy is the CEO/President of the Company of Experts, Inc. The Company of Experts is a consulting firm serving schools, colleges and universities, businesses, corporations and non-profits. She is also the Secretary and a Director of Distance Edu Learning, Inc.

 
Kathy has served as the Chief Human Resources Officer, Staff Development Coordinator, Equal Employment Opportunity Officer, and has had direct responsibility for contract negotiations,
sexual harassment training, discrimination investigation, mediation and conflict resolution, discipline and grievance, management training, and leadership development.

Kathy has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business with a minor in Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Organizational Development. Both degrees are from Antioch University.

Kathy has also served as an elected board member for a number of non-profit organizations.

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Frank Gornick

Frank Gornick is chancellor of a community college district in California serving one of the poorest regions of the nation. Enrollment has increased three fold since 1994 while the total district revenues have been matched with an aggressive federal and state grant program. The district consists of two colleges, as well as centers throughout the 3,000 square mile service area.
In 2002, the district was recognized by the Met Life Foundation “For excellence in promoting education and economic advancement for underserved youth and adults.”

In 2004, the college district was awarded the prestigious California Community College Chancellor’s Diversity Award for Excellence for its work in promoting and hiring a diverse administrative staff.

He has fostered the aggressive use of technology by forging strategic partnerships with Cisco Systems, Pacific Bell, Federal agencies, local Workforce Investment Boards and others to deliver low cost solutions of access to technology. This effort has led to one of the most advanced on-line educational programs in the state--if not the nation. Retention rates exceed 75 percent. His staff has exploded the myth that poor citizens without access to computers will shun on-line educational opportunities.

Dr. Gornick joined forces with community college presidents, AACC and business leaders to begin the discussion of the future of education in our country. Dr. Gornick wrote an article for the Community College Journal, December/January 2006 edition titled: A Call to Action: Reclaiming our Competitive Advantage. Dr. Gornick and the other leaders are beginning the dialogue on a national level this year.

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Nancy Stetson

Nancy has 35 years of full- and part-time experience as a college administrator, faculty member, accreditation liaison officer, and educational consultant throughout the United States and Canada. Her consulting specialties include: curriculum design; student learning outcomes; assessment and evaluation of learning, including classroom assessment techniques; and instructional strategies for the adult learner. Nancy has developed and taught a number of courses in education for UC Berkeley Extension, including a highly successful online course in instructional strategies for the adult learner.

Nancy is also the author of numerous articles on assessment and evaluation of learning and related topics published by the League for Innovation in the Community College; Jossey-Bass;
Accrediting Commission for Community & Junior Colleges, Western Association of Schools and Colleges; University of California at Berkeley; NORCAL Community College Research Group; and California Association of Community Colleges. She also has addressed these topics at international, national, and state conferences on higher education, as well as at individual colleges and universities.

Nancy holds a doctorate in higher education from Nova Southeastern University, and did post-doctoral work in classroom assessment techniques at UC Berkeley with K. Patricia Cross and Thomas A. Angelo. She currently is a Faculty Mentor in Walden University’s Ph.D. in Education program.

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Lisa Welser

Lisa has twenty years of experience as a college counselor, adjunct faculty member and corporate trainer. Her counseling areas of expertise have included academic transfer, financial aid and international students. She has developed and taught college courses on Human Development.

Lisa established and coordinated a community college program that targeted full-time working adults returning to education. Lisa oversaw all aspects of this successful program for ten years. She currently is a Nursing Counselor for the Health Sciences Department and Adjunct Faculty Member at Santa Monica College.

Lisa has a Master’s Degree in Counseling from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles,CA.

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