People: Star Scientific Inc (STSI.W)

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21 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Paul Perito

 75 2000 Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Operating Officer

Jonnie Williams

 56 1999 Chief Executive Officer, Director

Park Dodd

 59 2007 Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary

David Dean

 52 2010 Vice President - Marketing & Sales; President of Star Tobacco, Inc

Robert Pokusa

 61 2001 General Counsel, Secretary

Curtis Wright

 62 2008 Senior Vice President - Medical, Clinical Director of Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals

Christopher Chapman

 60 2005 Independent Director

Neil Chayet

 73 2007 Independent Director

Burton Haynes

 64 2010 Independent Director
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Biographies

Name Description

Paul Perito

 Mr. Paul L. Perito is Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Operating Officer of Star Scientific Inc. He is Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer, or COO, and has served in that capacity since November 1999. He has served as a member of Company's Board of Directors since December 1999 and as the Chairman of the Board of Directors since August 2000. Mr. Perito served as company’s Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Chief Ethics Officer from June 1999 through November 1999. Previously, Mr. Perito was a senior partner in the law firm of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, or PHJ&W, from July 1991 until June 1999. Mr. Perito resigned his position as senior counsel to PHJ&W as of March 31, 2001. Prior to his re-entry into private practice, he served as Chief Counsel and Deputy Director of the White House Special Action Office on Drug Abuse Prevention from 1971 to 1973. Mr. Perito graduated from Tufts University, Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa, and from the Harvard Law School. Mr. Perito was a Rotary International Scholar at the Victoria University of Manchester in Manchester, England, and in Lund University, Lund, Sweden, in P.P.E. in 1960-1961 before entering Harvard Law School. Mr. Perito graduated from Harvard Law School (LLB/JD), as an Edward John Noble Scholar, in 1964. Mr. Perito was the President of the Harvard Law School Association of the District of Columbia from 1990 to 2010 and is now Chair Emeritus. He served as Chairman of the Harvard Law School Class of 1964 Reunion and Fund Committees from 1995 to 2010 and served as Co-Chair of the World Alumni Congress in 2006-2007, and Class Agent for the Harvard Law School Fund in 2006-2007. Mr. Perito is a member of the International Board of Overseers of Tufts University, a former member of the Board of Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School in Washington, DC, and Co-Chair of Treliant Risk Advisors, LLC.

Jonnie Williams

 Mr. Jonnie R. Williams Sr., is Chief Executive Officer, Director of Star Scientific Inc. He has served as company’s Chief Executive Officer, or CEO, since November 1999 and has served as a member of Company's Board of Directors since October 1998. Mr. Williams was one of the original founders of Star Tobacco Inc., or Star Tobacco, company’s wholly owned subsidiary, and served as its Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President until July 1999. On July 1, 1999, in order to concentrate on the expanding demands of the company’s sales and new product development, Mr. Williams resigned from his positions with Star Tobacco initially to assume the primary responsibilities of Director of Product Development and Sales of company and then the position of CEO. Mr. Williams, a principal stockholder of the company, is also the inventor of the StarCured ® tobacco curing process for preventing or significantly retarding the formation of TSNAs in tobacco and tobacco smoke. Mr. Williams has been involved in venture capital start-up bio-tech companies for over a decade where he has been either a shareholder or a co-founder of the following companies: LaserSight, LaserVision and VISX. Mr. Williams is also one of the owners of Regent Court Technologies LLC and was a principal in Jonnie Williams Venture Capital Corp.

Park Dodd

 Mr. Park A. Dodd, III, is Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary of Star Scientific Inc., since October 10, 2007. Mr. Dodd was a special advisor to company from May 2007 until assuming the role as Chief Financial Officer in October 2007. Mr. Dodd’s experience includes a thirty-year career in strategic financial planning and accounting. From 1980 to 2000 he held a number of management positions with Philip Morris, Inc. with increasing responsibilities in accounting and reporting, business decision support, financial planning and analysis during that time, including his service as Senior Manager and Director of Financial Planning and Analysis from 1992 to 1998 and Director of Finance Reengineering and Technology Upgrade from 1998 to 2000. Mr. Dodd was special advisor to the Chief Financial Officer of the United States Olympic Committee during 2000, and from 2001 to 2005 he served as Director in Accounting and Reporting of Capital One Financial Corporation in Richmond, Virginia. Between 2005 and the end of 2009, Mr. Dodd was a partner with Tatum, LLC, a national executive services firm that specializes in providing interim financial leadership to client organizations. Mr. Dodd received an undergraduate degree in Accounting from Virginia Tech in 1975 and an MBA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1986. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the State of Virginia.

David Dean

 Mr. David M. Dean is Vice President - Marketing & Sales; President of Star Tobacco, Inc of Star Scientific Inc. He has served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing of company since November 1999 and as President of Star Tobacco since February 2010. From 1998 to October 1999, he served as a Principal of Group Insurance Concepts of Virginia, L.L.C., an employee benefits consulting firm and an affiliate of Northwestern Mutual. From 1984 to 1998, Mr. Dean was employed with Trigon Blue Cross/Blue Shield in Richmond, Virginia, where he held a variety of executive positions over a 14 year period, including Vice President of the Eastern Region from 1994 to 1996, Vice President of Sales from 1996 to 1997, and Vice President of Sales and Account Management for the Eastern and Western Regions from 1997 to 1998. Trigon Blue Cross/Blue Shield was the health insurer in Virginia and was purchased during 2002 by Anthem. Mr. Dean is a graduate of Elon College.

Robert Pokusa

 Mr. Robert E. Pokusa is General Counsel, Secretary of Star Scientific Inc., since March 2001. From 1991 until joining company, he was associated with Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP during which time he worked on a number of matters for company and concentrated his practice in the areas of complex civil litigation and administrative law. From 1980 to 1991, Mr. Pokusa was associated with the law firms of Perito, Duerk & Carlson; Finley, Kumble, Wagner, Hiney, Underburg, Manley, Meyerson & Casey, and Washington, Perito and Dubuc. Mr. Pokusa received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Montclair State University and his law degree from The American University, Washington College of Law. He is a member of the Virginia and District of Columbia bars.

Curtis Wright

 Dr. Curtis Wright, MD., MPH, is Senior Vice President - Medical, Clinical Director of Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals, the pharmaceutical subsidiary of Star Scientific Inc., since February 2008. Dr. Wright previously served as Vice President of Clinical and Regulatory Affairs for Adolor Corporation from 1997 to 1998, and Executive Director, Medical Affairs and subsequently Executive Director of Risk Assessment for Purdue Pharma from 1998 to 2004. Immediately prior to joining Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Dr. Wright served as Executive Vice President for Risk Management and Regulatory Affairs at Javelin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA from 2004 to 2008. Dr. Wright’s career at the FDA, from 1989 through October 1997, included multiple senior scientific positions in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, including Deputy Director and subsequently Acting Director of his division. Dr. Wright received his medical degree, with distinction, from George Washington University and received a master’s degree in Public Health from the John Hopkins University.

Christopher Chapman

 Dr. Christopher C. Chapman, Jr.,MD, is Independent Director of Star Scientific Inc., since September 22, 2005. Since its inception in 1999, Dr. Chapman has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Chapman Pharmaceutical Consulting, Inc., which provides medical consultation on the development and management of domestic and global product development programs for biotech, pharmaceutical and medical device products. He served as Senior Director of Medical Affairs with Quintiles/BRI, the contract research organization in the U.S., from 1995 until 2000. In that capacity, Dr. Chapman had oversight responsibility for the support of new drug applications, clinical studies and device submissions to the FDA for approval. From 1992 until 1994, Dr. Chapman was Medical Director at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals. He currently serves as Chairman of the Chapman Pharmaceutical Health Foundation and is also a member of the Board of Directors of Biovest International, Inc. and Acentia Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. Dr. Chapman is a graduate of the Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, DC.

Neil Chayet

 Mr. Neil L. Chayet is Independent Director of Star Scientific Inc., since September 10, 2007. Mr. Chayet is President of Chayet Communications Group, Inc., a consulting organization that addresses difficult public policy issues, including those related to health care, mental health services, and communications. Mr. Chayet is a member of the faculty of the Harvard Medical School, serving in the Department of Psychiatry and at McLean Hospital. He is also a member of the faculty of the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University and a member of the Board of the Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts. Mr. Chayet also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical research at M.I.T., and is Co-Chair of its Board of Associates. He is President of the Harvard Law School Association of Massachusetts, and Co-Chair of the HLSA Senior Advisory Network. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of MassINC, and a member of the Massport Security Advisory Council. He previously served as Chairman of the Massachusetts Mental Health Institute, Inc., a member of the Research Grants Review Committee for the Studies of Narcotic Drug Abuse at the National Institute of Mental Health, and a delegate to the U.N. Conference on Psychotropic Substances, which followed the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. Since 1976, Mr. Chayet has hosted a daily radio feature, “Looking at the Law™”, which is syndicated by CBS, and he frequently lectures on topics related to the intersection of health, science and the law. Mr. Chayet earned an undergraduate degree from Tufts University in 1960 and a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1963. In April 2007, Mr. Chayet received the Civic Achievement Award from the American Jewish Committee and in 2008 received the Tufts Distinguished Service Award.

Burton Haynes

 Mr. Burton J. Haynes is Independent Director of Star Scientific Inc., since October 22, 2010. Since 1997, Mr. Haynes has served as the sole principal in Burton J. Haynes PC, a law firm specializing in income tax matters, estate and tax planning and complex civil and criminal tax cases. Between 1988 and 1996, Mr. Haynes practiced law as a named partner in the law firm of Bodzin, Haynes & Golub, specializing in civil and criminal tax cases. Mr. Haynes was a partner at the law firm of Finley, Kumble, Wagner, Heine, Underberg, Manley, Myerson & Casey from 1981 to 1988. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Haynes served as a Special Agent, IRS Criminal Investigation Division from 1973 to 1981. As a Special Agent, Mr. Haynes worked closely with the FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office on criminal investigations and was named criminal investigator of the year in 1980 by the Association of Federal Investigators. Mr. Haynes received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration from the University of Maryland in 1972 and received a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Maryland Graduate School in 1975. He received his law degree in 1979 from the University of Maryland, where he was the recipient of the W. Calvin Chestnut award and the John L. Thomas prize for scholarship and was elected Order of the Coif. Mr. Haynes is a member of the bars of the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia and is a Certified Public Accountant (although his CPA license is in inactive status because his primary focus is on the practice of law). He served as an adjunct professor from 1979 to 1981 at Towson State University in Maryland, where he taught courses in accounting and tax law.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

Paul Perito

 7,727,980

Jonnie Williams

 9,089,000

Park Dodd

 258,544

David Dean

 338,595

Robert Pokusa

 403,790

Curtis Wright

 783,940

Christopher Chapman

 --

Neil Chayet

 --

Burton Haynes

 --
As Of 30 Dec 2011

Options Compensation

Name Options Value

Paul Perito

 2,000,000 4,015,000

Jonnie Williams

 0 0

Park Dodd

 0 0

David Dean

 456,250 0

Robert Pokusa

 425,000 739,060

Curtis Wright

 0 0

Christopher Chapman

 0 0

Neil Chayet

 0 0

Burton Haynes

 0 0

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