Donald A. Sanders, Outside Director / Strategic Investor Mr. Sanders is the Founder and Chairman of Sanders Morris Harris Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMHG), a Houston- based private wealth manager of over $17 billion of client assets. Sanders Morris Harris is one of the nation’s leading investment firms with 67 offices nationwide and provides contract/marketing representation to over 65 NFL football players. Mr. Sanders was employed by E.F. Hutton & Co. from 1959 until he left to found Sanders Morris Harris in 1987. During his tenure at E.F. Hutton he became an Executive Vice President and a member of the company’s Board of Directors. He received his BBA degree from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, and his MBA degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Sanders is a leader of a variety of civic, corporate and financial enterprises. He was an owner of the Houston Astros Baseball Club before founding the Round Rock Express with Nolan and Reid Ryan. Along with the Ryans, he is a principal owner of Ryan-Sanders Baseball, which owns and operates the Texas Rangers Triple-A Round Rock Express and the Houston Astros Double-A Corpus Christi Hooks baseball clubs. An active community leader, Mr. Sanders served on the Houston Police Pension Board and the University of Houston Board of Regents. He is the primary sponsor and a Board member of Friends for Life, a true No Kill animal shelter, rescue and adoption organization. Mr. Sanders was also the Founder and served as Chairman of the Houston Police Foundation. He is on the board of directors of the Nolan Ryan Foundation and a recipient of the Houston Interfaith Charities’ “Sportsman of the Year.” .