Stuart L. Markowitz

AAIPharma, Inc. provides product development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. Its services include drug delivery technologies, contract manufacturing, clinical packaging and distribution and bioanalytical services. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Wilmington, NC.

University of Miami (Florida) is a private research university with students from around the world that is focused on teaching and learning, the discovery of new knowledge, and service to the South Florida region and beyond. The university was founded in 1925 and it is headquartered in Coral Gables, FL.

MBNA Corp. issues credit cards. The company through its subsidiary, MBNA America Bank, N.A., provides various financial services in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland and Spain. The company primarily offers lending, insurance and deposit account products and services. Its lending products include credit cards, consumer loans, home equity loans, aircraft loans, mortgage loans, business credit cards and other business lending products to individuals and small businesses. In addition to its credit card lending, the company makes other consumer loans, including installment and revolving unsecured loan products, mortgage loans, insurance premium financing loans, aircraft loans and other specialty lending products to consumers and commercial loans, which include business card products, professional practice financing loans and other specialty lending products to small businesses. MBNA also offers insurance and deposit products, including money market deposit accounts and certificates of deposit. MBNA is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.