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 Joel Conner 

Chairman of the Board & CEO - Bellisio Foods, Inc.

Mr. Conner is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bellisio Foods, Inc. a privately held frozen entrée company with exports to 12 countries worldwide and with $500 million dollars in annual revenue. He has been with the Company since it was founded in 1990, and prior to becoming CEO was instrumental in leading the Company’s international development, Wal-Mart relationship, and various strategic partnerships. Bellisio’s primary competition are all multi-billion dollar publicly traded global companies and include Heinz, ConAgra and Nestlé.

Prior to joining Bellisio Foods, Mr. Conner was the co-founder and director of Cornell Associates which provided financial management and consulting services to the hotel and restaurant industry worldwide. He also served as the Chief Marketing Officer for ServiceMaster Industries which had an annual revenue of $2.5 billion dollars in 1990. Mr. Conner is a former director of Republic Banks and has been involved in dozens of successful start-up and turnaround companies both public and private; he has served on the board of directors or advisory boards of numerous organizations in real estate, restaurant management, professional sports, and manufacturing.

Philanthropic endeavors have led Mr. Conner to be on the Board of Directors of Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) for 15 years; and he will serve as the Chairman of SIFE from 2010-2012. He is a past chairman of Children’s HeartLink and continues to serve on the boards of Page Education Foundation and Change, Inc.

Mr. Conner’s education earned him a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. He has a Doctor of Law-Honorabilia from Flagler College and has served as a lecturer and faculty assistant in finance and marketing at the graduate and postgraduate level of five colleges and universities, including Cornell.

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