Lawrence Trachtenberg

Lawrence Trachtenberg has served as our Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary, Treasurer and a director since December 1995. He is responsible for all of our accounting, banking and related financial matters. Mr. Trachtenberg is admitted to practice law in Arizona and New York and is a Certified Public Accountant in New York. Before he joined us, Mr. Trachtenberg served as Vice President and General Counsel at Express America Mortgage Corporation, a mortgage banking company, from February 1994 through September 1995. Before then, he was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pacific International Services Corporation, a car rental and sales company, from 1990 to 1994. Mr. Trachtenberg is also a member of the board of trustees of the Arizona State Retirement System. Mr. Trachtenberg received his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1981 and his B.A. in Accounting/Economics from Queens College of the City University of New York in 1977.