James Benson, Chairman
James S. Benson has served as a Director since November 1, 2004. Mr. Benson has over 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry, and also serves as a director of Cryolife, Inc., and Medical Device Consultants, Inc. Mr. Benson retired from the Advanced Medical Device Association (Advamed) where he served as executive vice president for technical and regulatory affairs. Prior to that, he held numerous senior positions at the Food and Drug Administration (''FDA'') over a twenty year period. He retired from the FDA as director of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH). Earlier, he served as deputy commissioner of the FDA, and also as its commissioner for a one-year period. Mr. Benson earned a B.S. degree in civil engineering from the University of Maryland and a M.S. degree in nuclear engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

David Crews, Director
David P. Crews has served as a Director since September 28, 2001. Mr. Crews has been a registered broker/dealer specializing in fixed income securities for the last 25 years. For the last 12 years, he was one of three board members for Crews and Associates, Inc., an investment banking firm in Little Rock, AR. Mr. Crews resigned from Crews and Associates in August of 2008 to open his own leasing company, Financial One, a company that specializes in government and municipal financing. He has also recently joined Williams Financial Group as a Senior Financial Consultant, specializing in fixed income securities. He was also a founding member of All American Leasing Company, a municipal finance firm. He is a partner in Chasc, Inc., an investment advisory firm, and is Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. Mr. Crews serves as a Board member for Pure Entergy Group, Inc., an oil and gas company.

Martin Rosendale, Chief Executive Officer
Martin P. Rosendale has served as our Chief Executive Officer and Director since July 1, 2008. Prior to that, in March 2008, he was appointed as Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company. From January 2005 to March 2008, Mr. Rosendale held the position of Chief Executive Officer of Core Dynamics, Inc., a Rockville, MD biotechnology startup company using cryopreservation technology developed in Israel. From March 2001 to December 2004, Mr. Rosendale held the position of Senior Vice President and General Manager of ZLB Bioplasma, Inc., a Glendale, CA biologics company, as well as other positions at various biotechnology companies. Mr. Rosendale holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology from California State University in Long Beach, CA (1982).

David Jorden, Executive Director
David E. Jorden, CPA, CFA has served as a Director since September 19, 2008. From 2003 to 2008, he was with Morgan Stanley's Private Wealth Management group where he was responsible for equity portfolio management for high net worth individuals. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Mr. Jorden served as CFO for Genometrix, Inc., a private genomics/life sciences company focused on high-throughput microarray applications. Mr. Jorden was previously a principal with Fayez Sarofim & Co. Mr. Jorden has a M.M. from Northwestern University's Kellogg School and a B.B.A. from University of Texas at Austin. He holds both Certified Financial Analyst and Certified Public Accountant designations. Mr. Jorden serves on the board of Opexa Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPXA). He is also on the board of two private companies, PLx Pharma, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company developing GI safer NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs), and DLush, LLC, a San Diego based deluxe beverage retail concept.

Mark T. McLoughlin, Director
Mark T. McLoughlin has served as a Director since June 7, 2004. Mr. McLoughlin currently serves as a Senior Vice President for VWR International, a global distributor of laboratory supplies, equipment and ser- vices to the pharma, biotech, industrial and clinical laboratory. In this capacity, he has responsibility for the sourcing and marketing functions for North America. Prior to joining VWR International, he was Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer for Cardinal Health based in Rolle, Switzerland. Prior to joining Cardinal, he was vice president of commercial operations for Norwood Abbey Ltd., an Australian-based medical technology company. Earlier, he was President of North American operations for Ion Beam Application, Inc., a Belgium-based global medical technology company. His executive career experience also includes Mallinckrodt, as well as positions with other healthcare companies.

Stephen N. Keith, MD, Director
Stephen N. Keith, MD, MSPH has served as a Director since September 19, 2008. Dr. Keith currently holds the office of President and Chief Operating Officer of Panacea Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company located in Gaithersburg, MD. From 2005 to 2006, Dr. Keith served as Senior Consultant at Biologics Consulting Group, LLC, a biopharmaceutical consulting company located in Alexandria, VA. From 2003 to 2005, he was Managing Director at Glocap Advisors LLC, a division of Glocap Funding LLC, an investment banking firm based in New York, NY. Dr. Keith has held a range of senior management positions in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, including President and Chief Operating Officer at Antex Biologics Inc, another Gaithersburg, MD pharmaceutical company; Vice President, Marketing and Sales at North American Vaccine, Inc., a Columbia, MD pharmaceutical company; Senior Director, Health Care Delivery Policy in Corporate Public Affairs, Senior Customer Manager in the U.S. Human Health Division and Senior Director, Health Strategies, in the Merck-Medco Managed Care Division at Merck & Co, Inc. (NYSE: MRK). Dr. Keith also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of NanoVec, Inc., an early-stage biopharmaceutical company. Dr. Keith holds an undergraduate degree magna cum laude from Amherst College in Massachusetts (1973), a degree in medicine from University of Illinois, College of Medicine, (1977) and a Master of Science in Public Health degree from the University of California, Los Angeles (1982). He is a licensed physician in the states of California and Maryland. Dr. Keith is a Fellow of the Academy of Pediatrics and a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics.

C. Eric Winzer, Director
C. Eric Winzer has served as Director since January 30, 2009. Mr. Winzer currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Avalon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVRX). Prior to joining Avalon, Mr. Winzer was with Life Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: LIFE), formerly Invitrogen Corporation, a provider of life science technologies for disease research and drug discovery, from 2000 to 2006, where he served as Senior VP and Chief Financial Officer, Executive Sponsor for Life's ERP implementation and VP, Finance. From 1986 to 2000, Mr. Winzer held various positions of increasing responsibilities at Life Technologies, Inc., including Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer. From 1980 until 1986 he held various financial positions at Genex Corporation. Mr. Winzer received his B.A. in Economics and Business Administration from McDaniel College and an M.B.A. from Mount Saint Mary's University.

Andrew S. Maslan
Andrew S. Maslan, CPA joined the Company as corporate controller on July 1, 2005 and became the Chief Financial Officer on August 15, 2005. Mr. Maslan most recently served as controller for BioReliance Corporation based in Rockville, Maryland. Earlier, he held positions with two other Rockville, Maryland-based companies, serving as a principal with GlobeTraders, Inc., and senior accountant for Providence Laboratory Associates. Mr. Maslan began his professional career serving as an auditor with KPMG Peat Marwick and is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the state of Maryland.

Carelyn P. Fylling
Carelyn P. Fylling, RN, MSN has served as the Company's Vice President of Professional Services since December 2001. Immediately prior to joining Cytomedix, she provided independent consulting and outsourcing services to the health care industry through Fylling Associates, LLC, which she wholly owns, and through Strategic Partners, LLC, in which she holds a partnership interest. Prior to that, Ms. Fylling spent 13 years at Curative Health Services, serving as Director of Medical Communications and Education, Worldwide. Prior to that, Ms. Fylling was Director of Training and Program Development at the International Diabetes Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She also has served on the national Board of Directors of the American Diabetes Association and numerous national committees of the American Diabetes Association. Ms. Fylling received the prestigious Ames Award for Outstanding Educator in the Field of Diabetes.
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