Board of Directors

John D. Higgins
Independent Lead Director and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee Chair

John D. Higgins has served as a DRI director since 1998.

From 1990 through November 1999, Mr. Higgins was Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance for Royce Investment Group, Inc., certain assets of which were subsequently acquired by Investec Ernst & Company, an international investment and merchant banking firm.

Mr. Higgins is currently retired from Investec Ernst and pursuing personal business interests.

He holds B.B.A. and M.B.A. degrees from Hofstra University.