Lawrence Miller has served as our Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board since our formation in April 2004 and has served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Cornerstone, since March 1999. Prior to joining Cornerstone, Mr. Miller was employed by The Loewen Group, Inc. (now known as the Alderwoods Group, Inc.), where he served in various management positions, including Executive Vice President of Operations from January 1997 until June 1998, and President of the Cemetery Division from March of 1995 until December 1996. Prior to joining The Loewen Group, Mr. Miller served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Osiris Holding Corporation, a private consolidator of cemeteries and funeral homes of which Mr. Miller was a one-third owner, from November 1987 until March 1995, when Osiris was sold to The Loewen Group. Mr. Miller served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Morlan International, Inc., one of the first publicly traded cemetery and funeral home consolidators from 1982 until 1987, when Morlan was sold to Service Corporation International.

William R. Shane has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and on our board of directors since our formation in April 2004 and has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cornerstone since March 1999. Prior to joining Cornerstone, Mr. Shane was employed by The Loewen Group, Inc., where he served as Senior Vice President of Finance for the Cemetery Division from March 1995 until January 1998. Prior to joining The Loewen Group, Mr. Shane served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Osiris Holding Corporation, which he founded with Mr. Miller, and of which he was a one-third owner. Prior to founding Osiris, Mr. Shane served as the Chief Financial Officer of Morlan International, Inc.

Michael L. Stache has served as our Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since our formation in April 2004 and has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Cornerstone since March 1999. Prior to joining Cornerstone, Mr. Stache was with Loewen Group International, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Loewen Group, Inc., between March 1995 and March 1999. Mr. Stache also served as Vice President of Funeral Home Advanced Planning for the United States and Canada for The Loewen Group from January 1999 until he joined Cornerstone in March 1999. Mr. Stache previously served in several different capacities with The Loewen Group, including as Regional President of the North Central Region between 1996 and 1999 and Regional Vice President of Cemetery Operations in the Midwest between 1995 and 1996. Mr. Stache served as Vice President of Operations for Osiris Holding Corporation between 1994 and 1995 and as General Manager between 1988 and 1994.

Robert Stache has served as our Senior Vice President of Sales since our formation in April 2004 and has served in the same capacity with Cornerstone since March 1999. Mr. Stache was in charge of the North Central Region for The Loewen Group, Inc. for both funeral home and cemetery sales from 1996 to 1999. Mr. Stache joined The Loewen Group in 1995, when it acquired Osiris Holding Corporation, where Mr. Stache had been Vice President of Sales for the Cemetery Division. Mr. Stache joined Osiris in 1988 as Vice President of Sales for Colorado.

Gregg Strom has been our Vice President of Business Development since our formation in April 2004 and has acted as Senior Vice President of Business Development of Cornerstone since March 1999. Mr. Strom previously acted as the Vice President of Cemetery Operations for The Loewen Group, Inc.'s Cemetery and Combination Division, which he joined in 1995. From 1990 to 1995, Mr. Strom was National Director of Sales, Marketing and Corporate Development at Osiris Holding Corporation. Before 1990, Mr. Strom held various positions with Osiris, Service Corporation International and Morlan International, Inc.

Paul Waimberg has served as our Vice President of Finance since our formation in April 2004 and has served as Vice President of Finance of Cornerstone since March 1999. Mr. Waimberg was previously employed at The Loewen Group, Inc. from 1995 to 1999, where he was responsible for all accounting acquisition functions and internal and external financial reporting as Vice President of Cemetery Accounting. He had approximately 80 employees reporting to him who were responsible for all general ledger functions for 500 companies. Prior to joining The Loewen Group in 1995, he carried out all accounting responsibilities for Osiris Holding Corporation before it merged into The Loewen Group. Mr. Waimberg joined Osiris in July 1990 as its Controller.