People: Syntroleum Corp (SYNM.OQ)

Mr. Frank M. Bumstead is Independent Director of Syntroleum Corp., since May 1993. He has served as the Chairman of Flood, Bumstead, McCready & McCarthy, Inc., a financial and business management firm, since 1989 and as a managing member of FBM Consults, LLC since January 1, 2001. Mr. Bumstead presently serves as a director and Chairman of the Compensation Committee of Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.; a New York Stock Exchange listed company, director of United Supermarkets, Inc.; director of Nashville Wire Products, Inc.; a trustee of The Memorial Foundation and chairman of audit, finance and investment committees for the Country Music Association, Inc. Mr. Bumstead holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Southern Methodist University and a Masters of Business Management from Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management.