Board of Directors

Norman F. Swanton - Norman F. Swanton, age 72, is and has been our President, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since we were founded in June 1990. From October 1986 to 1990, he served as an independent financial advisor. From 1972 to 1985, he served as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Swanton Corporation, a publicly held company engaged in energy, retail and financial services businesses. From 1961 to 1972, he served as an executive officer for Glore, Forgan, Staats, Inc. and a divisional controller for Hayden Stone, Inc. which were New York Stock Exchange member securities and underwriting firms. He also served as a principal consultant to the Trust Fund of the New York Stock Exchange serving as its representative in the liquidation of several former New York Stock Exchange member firms. Mr. Swanton received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Political Science from Long Island University in 1962 and attended Bernard Baruch Graduate School of Business in a graduate degree program in Accountancy and Finance from 1963 to 1966. He is the brother-in-law of Thomas G. Noonan (a Director of the Company).

Leonard DeCecchis - Leonard DeCecchis, age 62, joined the board in September 2006 as an independent director and serves on the Audit Committee of the Board. Mr. DeCecchis retired from Prestone Products Corporation, where he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Prestone Products Corporation and a member of its board of directors until June 1999, and has been an investor in real estate and numerous business ventures since that time. In 1994, Mr. DeCecchis participated in a management buyout of Prestone antifreeze and other car care products from First Brands Corporation, a NYSE company. The new Prestone management team was successful in growing sales and doubling operating income within three years. In 1997, the company was sold to Allied Signal Corporation. From 1986 to 1994, Mr. DeCecchis was Vice President and Treasurer of First Brands Corporation, which had also been a management buyout of the automotive and home products divisions of Union Carbide Corporation. Mr. DeCecchis joined Union Carbide in 1974 and held numerous positions in auditing, treasury and financial reporting. In 1971, Mr. DeCecchis began his career at Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co. Mr. DeCecchis received a Bachelor?s degree from Pace University in 1971 and a Master of Business Administration from Fordham University in 1979. He was previously a Certified Public Accountant in New York.

Chet Borgida - Chet Borgida, age 66, was elected to the Board of Directors in November 2003 as an independent director and also serves as a member of our Audit Committee, which he chairs, and our Compensation Committee. Mr. Borgida has more than 30 years of domestic and international management experience in auditing and advising retail, distribution and media businesses. He was a partner at Grant Thornton LLP (Warren?s independent auditors) from 1977 to 2001. While at Grant Thornton LLP, Mr. Borgida had no involvement in the review or preparation of Warren?s audited financial statements. From 2006 through 2007, he served as the Chief Operating Officer of the Naples Realty Group, Inc. From 2001 to 2003, Mr. Borgida was a Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of Cross Media Marketing Corporation. From 2007 until December 2009 when it was acquired by another company, Mr. Borgida was a director of MTS Medication Technologies, Inc., a NASDAQ listed company, of which he was appointed lead director in 2009 and a member of the Audit Committee. He graduated from Hunter College with a Bachelor Degree in Business Science in 1967. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Anthony L. Coelho - Anthony L. Coelho, age 68, joined our Board as an independent director in May 2001 and serves on the Compensation Committee, which he chairs, and the Corporate Governance Committee of the Board. From December 2000 to the present, Mr. Coelho has devoted his time to serving on the boards of directors listed below and as an independent consultant and adviser. From 1998 through November 2000, he served as the General Chairman for the U.S. Presidential campaign of Vice President Al Gore. From 1995 to 1998, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ETC w/tci, Inc. an education and training technology company in Washington, D.C. and from 1990 to 1995, he served as President and CEO of Wertheim Schroeder Investment Services, Inc. From 1978 to 1989, he served five terms in the U.S. Congress, representing the State of California as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. During his congressional terms, he served as Democratic Majority Whip from 1987 to 1989 and authored the Americans with Disabilities Act. Congressman Coelho was also appointed chairman of the President?s Committee on the Employment of People with Disabilities by President Clinton. Congressman Coelho has served on a number of corporate boards. In the last five years he has served on the boards CepTor Corporation, Cyberonics, Inc., Stem Cell Innovation, Inc., Universal Access Global Holdings, Inc, and since 1991, he has been a member of the Board of Service Corporation International, a publicly traded company. Congressman Coelho earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Loyola Marymount University in 1964.

Dominick A'Alleva - Dominick D?Alleva, age 59, has been a director since June 1992. He was our Secretary until 2002 and became an independent director thereafter. He serves on the Compensation, Audit and Corporate Governance Committees of the Board. Additionally, from 1995 to the present, he has been a principal with D and D Realty Company, LLC, a privately owned New York limited liability company involved in the acquisition and financing of real estate. From 1986 to 1995, he was engaged in residential New York City real estate for his own account and as general counsel to various real estate acquisition firms, where he negotiated contracts for the acquisition and financing of commercial real estate. From 1983 to 1985, he served as Executive Vice President, Director and General Counsel of Swanton Corporation, which engaged in energy, retail and financial services businesses. From 1980 to 1983 he was Associate Counsel of Damson Oil Corporation. From 1977 to 1980 he was an associate with Simpson, Thatcher & Bartlett specializing in securities and corporate law. Mr. D?Alleva received a Bachelor of Arts degree Summa Cum Laude from Fordham University in 1974 and earned his Juris Doctor degree with honors from Yale University in 1977.

Thomas G. Noonan - Thomas G. Noonan, age 72, joined the Board as a director in November 1997 and until March 16, 2006, served on the Compensation Committee of the Board. From 1980 to 1997, he served as Manager of Quality Assurance for Mars Inc., an international food and candy company. From 1961 to 1979, he was a microbiologist for the Environmental Department of the State of New York. Mr. Noonan?s tenure at the New York State Health Dept. and M/M Mars has afforded him experience in the areas of environmental health, risk and crisis management, quality assurance system design implementation and monitoring, facility inspection, regulatory affairs and facility certification. Mr. Noonan received a Bachelor of Science degree from Fordham University in New York in 1959. He is the brother-in-law of Mr. Swanton.

Michael R. Quinlan - Michael R. Quinlan, age 66, joined the Board as a director in January 2002 as an independent director and serves on the Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, which he chairs. From 1963 to 2002, Mr. Quinlan was employed by the McDonald?s Corporation, a global food service retailer. In 1979, Mr. Quinlan was appointed to the board of directors of McDonald?s and served as the Chief Executive Officer from 1987 to 1998. From 1990 to 1999, he served as Chairman of the Board of McDonald?s Corporation. Currently he serves as the Chairman Emeritus of McDonald?s Corporation. He is a Life Trustee of Ronald McDonald House Charities. Mr. Quinlan is chairman of the board of trustees of Loyola University Chicago. Additionally, he is a member of the board of directors of Loyola University Health System. He is also on the board of directors of Dun & Bradstreet Corporation and previously served as a director of the May Department stores from 1993 to 2005. Mr. Quinlan earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1967 and a Master?s of Business Administration from Loyola University Chicago in 1970. He has been awarded Honorary Doctors of Law Degrees from Loyola University Chicago, Elmhurst College and Illinois Benedictine College.

(1) Compensation Committee
(2) Audit Committee
(3) Corporate Governance Committee

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