Leon Nowalsky

Mr. Nowalsky has over thirty (30) years experience in the field of telecommunications law and regulation. Mr. Nowalsky is currently a partner in the firm of Nowalsky & Gothard, APLLC, a New Orleans-based law firm serving the telecommunications industry in regulatory matters, mergers and acquisitions and corporate law. The firm provides advice and counsel to over four hundred (400) public and private telecommunications companies.

In 1990, Mr. Nowalsky set up a private law practice specializing in telecommunications regulatory matters, mergers and acquisitions and corporate law.

Mr. Nowalsky has previously served as a director of the following companies: Network Long Distance, Inc., a long distance company which was acquired by IXC Communications (now part of Broadwing, NYSE: BRW) for $130 million; RFC Capital Corp., a specialty finance company dedicated exclusively to the telecommunications industry which was purchased in 1999 by TFC Financial Corp., a division of Textron (NYSE: TXT); New South Communications, a facilities-based competitive local exchange carrier which was funded with a $125 million investment from Kohlberg, Kravis & Roberts (KKR); W2Com, LLC, a video conferencing and distance learning provider which was acquired by Arel Communications & Software, Ltd. (NASDAQ: ARLC) for $40 million.

Mr Nowalsky presently serves on the Board of Directors of J.C. Dupont, a Louisiana-based oil and gas concern; Thermo Funding, LLC, a specialty funding corporation; Onstream Media Corporation, a streaming video and conferencing business; and Lavoda Systems, Inc., a managed IT provider.

Mr. Nowalsky received a Bachelors degree from Tulane University and a Juris Doctorate from Loyola Law School.