DAVID M. BRAIN has served as President and Chief Executive Officer and a
Trustee of the company since October 1999. He served as Chief Financial
Officer of the company from 1997 to 1999 and as Chief Operating Officer
from 1998 to 1999. He acted as a Consultant to AMCE in the formation of
the company during July 1997. From 1996 until that time he was a Senior
Vice President in the Investment Banking and Corporate Finance
department of George K. Baum & Company, an investment banking firm
headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. Before joining George K. Baum,
Mr. Brain was Managing Director of the Corporate Finance Group of KPMG
Peat Marwick LLP, a practice unit that he organized and managed for over
12 years. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Tulane
University, where he was awarded an academic fellowship. Mr. Brain
serves as a Director of Capital for Entrepreneurs, Inc., a venture
capital fund the Center for Business Innovation, Inc., a not-for-profit
small business incubator affiliated with The University of Missouri at
Kansas City and the Council for Entrepreneurship at The University of
Missouri at Kansas City.
