James S. Tisch has been the Chief Executive Officer of Loews Corporation, the holding Company of CNA Financial Corporation since January 1999 and its President since 1994 and Member of the Office of the President since 1999. Tisch served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Carolina Group and its a Member of Office of the President since 1981. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc., (a subsidiary of Loews Corporation) from March 1998 to May 28, 2008. He served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Loews from October 18, 1994 to January 1999. He joined Loews in 1977. He has been the Chairman of Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. since November 1995. He served as the Chairman of Educational Broadcasting Corporation since 2006. He serves as the Chairman of WNET.ORG, parent company of WNET Channel 13 and WLIW Channel 21. He serves as the Chairman of the Board of Governors at Jewish Agency For Israel. He served as the Chairman of the Conference of President of Major American Jewish Organizations.

Tisch has been a Director of Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc., since June 1989; Loews Corporation since 1986 and CNA Financial Corporation since 1985. He serves as a Director of The Partnership for New York City, Inc. He has been an Independent Director of General Electric Co. since June 11, 2010. He served as a Director of Carolina Group since 1986. Tisch served as a Director of BKF Capital Group Inc., a Holding Company of BKF Asset Management, Inc., from 2000 to January 2006. He served as a Director of Educational Broadcasting Corporation. He served as a Director of The Federal Reserve Bank of New York from October 2009 to December 31, 2011. He served as a Director of Vail Resorts Inc. since January 1995. He served as a Director of Vail Resorts Inc. since January 1995. He was President of UJA-Federation of New York. He was the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of United Jewish Communities. He serves as a Director of Overseers of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He serves as a Director of The New York Public Library. He serves as a Trustee of Mount Sinai NYU Health System (Mount Sinai Medical Center) and The Mount Sinai Hospital. He serves as a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Tisch holds a Bachelor's degree from Cornell University, where he majored in Economics. He holds an MBA with Distinction from the Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania.

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