Dr. Steven Tsengas has served on our Board of Directors since the merger with Manticus, Inc. in 1998 and also was a director of our predecessor company since it was incorporated in 1985. Dr. Tsengas has also served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer since the merger in 1998. Dr. Tsengas received his BS in Industrial Engineering from the State of New York University at Buffalo, his MS in Business from the University of Rochester, W. Simon Graduate School of Management, and his Ph.D. degree in Natural Health from Clayton College of Natural Health. He holds numerous patents, has taught and lectured at various colleges and was elected to the National Inventors Hall of Fame. He is active in numerous professional, community and technical associations, including the Ohio Venture Association, American Naturopathic Medical Association, and the Lake County Development Council. His son, Konstantine S. Tsengas, serves as OurPet’s Vice President of Operations and Secretary.

Joseph T. Aveni has served on our Board of Directors since November 1998. He has been the Chairman Emeritus of First Realty Property Management LLP since 1997. He was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Realty One from 1990 to 2001 and served on the Board of Directors of the Cleveland Ballet and the Greater Cleveland Growth Association. He has served as President of Property Management Division of FIABCI and of National Institute of Real Estate Management, as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Realtors, as Chairman of the Genesis Relocation Services and as a member of the Leadership Cleveland Class of ‘92. He has received the Distinguished Service Award and Realtor of the Year Award from the Association of Realtors and the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Award for Excellence from the March of Dimes.

Dr. William M. Fraser has served on our Board of Directors since February 2007. Dr. Fraser received his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from John Carroll University and his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the Ohio State University, College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Fraser has been the Owner of Mentor Veterinary Clinic and Brightwood Animal Hospital in Ohio since 1986 and he is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association and the Ohio Veterinary Medical Association. Dr. Fraser also is a contributing author for several pet owner publications and websites, and has made extensive appearances on radio and television programs.

James D. Ireland III is the Chairman and Managing Director of Capital One Partners, LLC and Early Stage Partners, Cleveland-based private equity investment firms he founded in 1993 that specialize in early stage and middle market companies. Mr. Ireland served as Chairman of Pet Zone Products, Ltd., a pet supply products manufacturer and distributor, acquired by us in January 2006. He is also a director of Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc., a publicly traded manufacturing company, and other privately held companies funded by Capital One and Early Stage Partners.

John Spirk is Co-Founder and Co-President of Nottingham-Spirk Design Associates, one of the leading product invention and development groups in the United States. Nottingham-Spirk is responsible for the creation of hundreds of successful products with over 400 commercialized patents and combined product sales of over $30 billion. Clients of Nottingham-Spirk have included Fortune 500 companies as well as fast growth entrepreneurial firms.