Mr. Douglas Y. Bech

Director

Mr. Douglas Y. Bech has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Raintree Resorts International (“Raintree”) since August 1997.  From 1994 to 1997, Mr. Bech was a partner in the law firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P. of Houston, Texas. Since 1994, he has also been a managing director of Raintree Capital Company, LLC, a merchant banking firm. From 1993 to 1994, Mr. Bech was a partner of Gardere & Wynne, L.L.P. of Houston, Texas.  From 1970 until 1993, Mr. Bech was associated with and a senior partner of Andrews Kurth LLP of Houston, Texas.  Mr. Bech is a member of the Board of Directors of j2 Global Communications, Inc., an internet document communications company. He was appointed a director of the Company in 1993.