Board of Directors

Dr.=20 John F. Lehman, Chairman
Tig=20 H. Krekel, Lead Director
Jeffrey=20 G. Arce
David=20 C. Cole

John=20 L. Garibaldi
C.=20 Alexander Harman
Warren=20 H. Haruki

Louis=20 N. Mintz
George=20 A. Sawyer
John=20 W. =E2=80=9CBill=E2=80=9D Shirley

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Dr. John F. Lehman is a founding = partner of JF=20 Lehman and Company and chairman of Hawaii Superferry and HSF Holding, = Inc. From=20 1981 to 1987, Lehman served as secretary of the United States Navy. = Lehman holds=20 a bachelor=E2=80=99s degree from St. Joseph's University, = bachelor=E2=80=99s and master=E2=80=99s=20 degrees from Cambridge University, and a Ph.D. from the University of=20 Pennsylvania. He is also chairman of the Princess Grace Foundation and = an=20 Overseer of the School of Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. = He is=20 currently a member of the 9-11 Commission.

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Tig H. Krekel is vice chairman of J.F. Lehman and = has been=20 with the firm since 2001. Previously, Krekel served as president and = chief=20 executive officer of Hughes Space and Communications and as president of = Boeing=20 Satellite Systems. Krekel spent five years as a naval officer holding = various=20 assignments, including nuclear engineering duty on the aircraft carrier = USS=20 Enterprise, and as an aide in the office of the Chief of Naval = Operations at the=20 Pentagon.

Krekel graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a = bachelor=E2=80=99s degree in=20 mechanical engineering, and from the U.S. Naval Nuclear Power School as = a=20 licensed nuclear engineer. He also earned an MBA from the Stanford = Graduate=20 School of Business. He is currently a national trustee of the Boys & = Girls=20 Clubs of America.

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Jeffrey G. Arce is a partner in The MacNaughton = Group and=20 serves as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. = Arce is=20 responsible for overseeing the financial activities of The MacNaughton = Group and=20 is directly involved in strategic planning and operations. He has = completed=20 numerous real estate and retail operating company related financings, = purchase=20 and sale transactions. He also serves on an advisory management = committee for=20 the Starbucks, Jamba and PF Chang=E2=80=99s operations.

In 1980, = Mr. Arce joined=20 the international accounting firm of Arthur Andersen & Co. in Los = Angeles.=20 He relocated to the newly-opened Honolulu office in 1982 to assist in = its=20 initial development. In 1985, he was promoted to Audit Manager and = Director of=20 Recruiting and Personnel for the Hawaii office. He left Andersen in 1989 = to join=20 The MacNaughton Group, where he assumed financial responsibility for = certain of=20 the retail operations and all real estate activities.

Mr. Arce was born in Southern California and in 1980 received a = Bachelor of=20 Science degree in Economics-Accounting from Claremont McKenna = College.

Mr. Arce has served on the Board of Directors of a number of = charitable=20 organizations as well as professional organizations. He is a past = president of=20 Financial Executives International =E2=80=93 Hawaii Chapter and a member = of the Hawaii=20 Society of CPAs and the Hawaii Society of Corporate Planners. Mr. Arce = serves on=20 the Board of Trustees of Kapiolani Health Foundation and serves in an = advisory=20 capacity for several for-profit companies.

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David C. Cole is president, chairman and chief = executive=20 officer of Maui Land & Pineapple Co. Cole earned a = bachelor=E2=80=99s degree in=20 liberal studies from the University of Hawaii. Cole is also currently = president=20 of Aquaterra, Inc., an investment management firm. He was chief = executive=20 officer at the software company Ashton-Tate, president of the computer = magazine=20 publisher Ziff Communications and the Ziff-Davis Publishing Group, and = chairman,=20 president and chief executive officer of the Internet-based software = company=20 NaviSoft Inc. He was also an officer at America Online after it acquired = NaviSoft in 1994. Cole is currently chairman of the 425-acre Sunnyside = Farms, a=20 specialty consumer products retailer and supplier of premium organic = meats and=20 produce in Virginia. He is also a director of Twin Farms Collection, a = luxury=20 resort company with properties in Vermont and California, Grove Farm = Co., Inc.,=20 Island Press, Sesame Workshop and PBS. Other affiliations include = Chancellor's=20 Advisory Council of Maui Community College, Maui Economic Development = Board,=20 Maui Chamber of Commerce, and Kamehameha Schools Board of Advisors. Cole = is a=20 former director of The Nature Conservancy and World Wildlife Fund and = presently=20 serves as chairman of The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii.

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John L. Garibaldi, President and Chief Executive=20 Officer
Prior to joining the founding group of Hawaii = Superferry in=20 January 2003, Garibaldi served as the president and chief executive = officer of=20 Zephyr Insurance Co. Inc. Garibaldi was executive vice president and = chief=20 financial officer of Hawaiian Airlines Inc. His experience also includes = serving=20 as a trustee of the Queen Emma Foundation, and as vice president and = chief=20 financial officer of The Queen=E2=80=99s Health Systems. He has also = served on the=20 boards of directors of the Leventhal School of Accounting, Hawaiian Host = Inc.,=20 Friends of the Children=E2=80=99s Advocacy Center of Oahu, and the Tax = Foundation of=20 Hawaii. Mr. Garibaldi graduated magna cum laude from the University of = Southern=20 California with a bachelor=E2=80=99s degree in business = administration.

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C. Alexander Harman has been with J.F. Lehman since = 1999.=20 Prior to joining the firm, Harman was a member of the Global Energy = Group at=20 J.P. Morgan & Company where he focused on natural resources and = electric and=20 gas utility- related mergers and acquisitions as well as debt and equity = financings. Harman graduated cum laude from Williams College where he = earned a=20 bachelor=E2=80=99s degree in history with a concentration in premedical=20 studies.

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Warren H. Haruki is president and chief executive = officer of=20 Grove Farm and the affiliated Lihue Land Co. Haruki holds a = master=E2=80=99s degree from=20 the University of Hawaii. He is the former president of GTE Hawaiian Tel = and its=20 successor, Verizon Hawaii. Haruki currently serves on several corporate = boards=20 and is a director of First Hawaiian Bank, Pacific Guardian Life = Insurance Co.,=20 Blood Bank of Hawaii, and the Parker Ranch Foundation Trust.

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Louis N. Mintz has been with J.F. Lehman since 1997. = Prior=20 to joining the firm, Mintz was a member of the Private Equity Investment = Group=20 at Odyssey Partners L.P. and served as a vice president at Rosecliff = Inc., where=20 he was involved in all aspects of the acquisition and management of = several=20 portfolio companies. He began his career in the corporate finance = department at=20 Drexel Burnham Lambert. Mintz graduated magna cum laude from Duke = University=20 where he received his bachelor=E2=80=99s degree in economics and public = policy studies=20 and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

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George A. Sawyer is a founding partner of J.F. = Lehman and=20 former assistant secretary of the U.S. Navy, Shipbuilding & = Logistics. He=20 was also a submarine engineer officer in the U.S. Navy. Sawyer is a = graduate of=20 Yale University and studied nuclear engineering at Knolls Atomic Power=20 Laboratories in Schenectady, N.Y. He is also a member of the American = Society of=20 Naval Engineers and the Society of Naval Architects and Marine=20 Engineers.

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John W. =E2=80=9CBill=E2=80=9D = Shirley is the former program=20 manager of the U.S. Department of Energy, Naval Reactors Division, = Seawolf and=20 Virginia Class Submarines. He has 34 years of experience in senior = positions at=20 the Navy Division of Naval Reactors. Shirley now works as a private = consultant,=20 giving preference to JF Lehman Partners. He earned a chemical = engineering degree=20 from the University of South Carolina and graduated magna cum laude on a = Naval=20 ROTC scholarship. He completed post graduate work at the Bettis Reactor=20 Engineering School in Virginia.

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