Gregory T. Barmore has served on the Board of Directors since 1996. He retired as Chairman of the Board of GE Capital Mortgage Corporation (GECMC), a subsidiary of General Electric Capital Corporation (GE Capital) headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1997. He was responsible for overseeing the strategic development of GECMC's residential real estate-affiliated financial business, including mortgage insurance, mortgage services and mortgage funding. Prior to joining GECMC in 1986, Mr. Barmore was Chief Financial Officer of Employers Reinsurance Corporation (ERC), one of the nation's largest property and casualty reinsurance companies and also a subsidiary of GE Capital. Mr. Barmore also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of ICO, Inc., a Houston, Texas based company which provides custom engineered polymer powders for rotational molding and other polymer markets.
Art N. Burtscher has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2001. In 2000, Mr. Burtscher became Chairman of McCarthy Group Advisors, LLC, an Omaha, Nebraska asset management organization. From 1988 to 2000, Mr. Burtscher served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Great Western Bank in Omaha, Nebraska.
Edward W. Mehrer has been a member of the Board of Directors since 1996. From November 2002 through June 2003, he served as Interim President & Chief Executive Officer of Cydex, a pharmaceutical company based in Overland Park, Kansas. From 1996 through December 2003, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Cydex. For approximately ten years and until December 1995, Mr. Mehrer was associated with Hoechst Marion Roussel, formerly Marion Merrell Dow, Inc., an international pharmaceutical company (Marion). From December 1991 to December 1995, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and a director of Marion. Prior to joining Marion, Mr. Mehrer was a partner with the public accounting firm of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co., a predecessor firm to KPMG LLP, in Kansas City, Missouri. Mr. Mehrer also serves on the Board of Directors of FBL Financial Group, Inc., a Des Moines, Iowa insurance company.
Howard M. Amster has served on the Board of Directors since 2009. He is an owner and operator of multiple real estate investments. Since March 1998, Mr. Amster has served as President of Pleasant Lake Apts. Corp., the corporate general partner of Pleasant Lake Apts. Limited Partnership. Mr. Amster also serves as a director of Maple Leaf Financial, Inc., the holding company for Geauga Savings Bank, and newAX, Inc. (formerly Astrex, Inc.) and since 2000, has served as a Principal with Ramat Securities Ltd., a securities brokerage firm. From 1992 to 2000, Mr. Amster was an investment consultant with First Union Securities (formerly EVEREN Securities and formerly Kemper Securities).
Barry A. Igdaloff has served on the Board of Directors since 2009. He has served as the sole proprietor of Rose Capital, a registered investment advisor in Columbus, Ohio, since 1995. Mr. Igdaloff has been a director of Dynex Capital, Inc. since 2000, is chairman of its compensation committee and is a member of its audit committee and nominating and corporate governance committee. Previously, Mr. Igdaloff was a director of Guest Supply, Inc. prior to its acquisition by Sysco Foods in 2001. Prior to entering the investment business, Mr. Igdaloff was an employee of Ernst & Whinney’s international tax department. Mr. Igdaloff is a non-practicing CPA and a non-practicing attorney.
W. Lance Anderson is a co-founder, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of NovaStar Financial. He took over as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in January of 2008. Prior to that he was President and Chief Operating Officer and has been a member of the Board of Directors since 1996. Prior to joining NovaStar, Mr. Anderson served as Executive Vice President of Dynex Capital, Inc., formerly Resource Mortgage Capital, Inc., a New York Stock Exchange listed real estate investment trust (Dynex). In addition, Mr. Anderson was President and Chief Executive Officer of Dynex's single-family mortgage operation, Saxon Mortgage. He had been at Dynex since October 1989.