Luis R. Lopez, M.D., Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company since May 1998 and of the Company’s operating subsidiary Corgenix Inc.  since it was founded in July 1990.  From 1987 to 1990, Dr. Lopez was Vice President of Clinical Affairs at BioStar Medical Products, Inc., a Boulder, Colorado diagnostic firm.  From 1986 to 1987 he served as Research Associate with the Rheumatology Division of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado.  From 1980 to 1986 he was Professor of Immunology at Cayetano Heredia University School of Medicine in Lima, Peru, during which time he also maintained a medical practice with the Allergy and Clinical Immunology group at Clinica Ricardo Palma in Lima.  From 1978 to 1980 Dr. Lopez held a fellowship (Postgraduate training) in Clinical Immunology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.  He received his M.D. degree in 1974 from Cayetano Heredia University School of Medicine in Lima, Peru.  He is a clinical member of the American College of Rheumatology.  Dr. Lopez is licensed to practice medicine in Colorado, and is widely published in the areas of immunology and autoimmune disease.  He served on the Board of Directors of DDx, Inc., a Denver, Colorado privately-held biotechnology firm.