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i~ HORNER SELECTED HIMLE HORNER STAFF John Himle John Himle is founder and a shareholder in Himle Horner Incorporated and assists clients in the areas of strategic counsel, public affairs, reputation management, marketing, corporate communications and crisis management. Himle formerly was president of the public relations firm Himle & Associates, Inc., prior to that, Executive Director of the Minnesota Agri-Growth Council and Government Relations Assistant for Northwest Bancorporation, now Wells Fargo. First elected in 1980, Himle served five terms as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives and held leadership positions including Assistant Majority Leader, Floor Leader and Assistant Minority Leader. Appointed by Governor Carlson in 1991, Himle also served eight years as a member of the Metropolitan Airports Commission where he was responsible for overseeing the governmental approvals and construction program related to the $3 billion expansion of the country's 10tH largest airport. Himle graduated with a B.A. in economics from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota. Among his current outside activities, Himle is a corporate director of the Kraus Anderson Companies, atrustee/Vice Chair of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and First Vice Chair of the Public Affairs Council in Washington, D.C. He is a former president of Central Lutheran Church (downtown Minneapolis) and Normandale Lutheran Church, a Trustee of the Nature Conservancy/Minnesota Chapter, co-chaired the Breck School Annual Fund and previously served on the boards of Gustavus Adolphus College, Freshwater Foundation and Children's Heart Fund. He has been actively involved in politics from the precinct to the national level since 1972 and is a frequent speaker to business, civic and political organizations. Todd Rapp Todd Rapp is a shareholder in Himle Horner Incorporated. He provides counsel and strategy in areas of media relations, public affairs, coalition development, grassroots advocacy, and corporate and crisis communications. Prior to joining Himle Horner; Rapp served as Director of Minnesota Government Affairs for Xcel Energy (formerly Northern States Power Company). In this role, he developed and managed company strategies for legislative affairs in the areas of energy, environmental and tax policy. In the fall of 2000, Minnesota Law and Politics magazine included Rapp in their list of top lobbyists in Minnesota. While Himle Horner is not a lobbying firm, Rapp's experience in issues management, organizational strategy and crisis communications merge comfortably into Himle Horner's core functions. Page 8 of 11