Jerry L. Ruyan

JERRY L. RUYAN is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hemagen
Diagnostics, Inc. He is a founding member of Redwood Holdings, Inc., a
privately held venture capital firm. Prior to that he was Founder,
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Meridian Diagnostics,
Inc., a public company that develops diagnostic test products for the
global medical industry. He served as a Director of Meridian until July
1999, when he became part of a consent solicitation to change the Board
of Hemagen Diagnostics, Inc. He serves on the Board of Meritage
Hospitality Group, Inc., and until recently, PopMail.com, Inc., which
are public companies. He also serves on the Boards for Schonstedt
Instrument Company and The Last Best Place Catalog Company; both
private companies, and is a Trustee for Ashland University. Mr. Ruyan
earned a BS degree in Biology from Ashland University and a Master’s
degree in Microbiology from The Ohio State University.