Anthony Rand

Anthony Rand has served as a director of the company since May 2003. He has been the Senate majority leader for the North Carolina Senate since 1995. Senator Rand also is a consultant to Sonorex Inc. and the President of Rand & Gregory, P.A. He also serves on numerous boards and commissions such as the Board of Directors of the General Alumni Association of the University of North Carolina. Senator Rand earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1961 and a J.D. from the University of North Carolina Law School in 1964.

General James J. Lindsay

General James J. Lindsay has served as a director of the Company since August 2004. He retired from the Armed Services on July 1, 1990. Currently, he is president of the Airborne and Special Operations Museum Foundation, and a Senior Observer with the Army's Battle Command Training Program. Additionally, he is a member of the United States Army Ranger Hall of Fame and Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame, U.S. Army Science Board and Special Operations Advisory Group to the Secretary of Defense. He was also the 1996 recipient of the Infantry's Doughboy Award, and the 1998 recipient of the United States Special Operations Command Bull Simon Award.

Joseph A. Jordan

Joseph A. Jordan has served as director since December 2004. He is currently a partner in the accounting firm of Jordan & Delaney LLP and is a member of the American Institute of CPA's. Mr. Jordan received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Villanova University in 1969 and was the former managing partner Kopensky & Company CPA's.

Paul Briggs

President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Paul Briggs was elected as a director in December 2009. He also was named LEA’s President and CEO in December 2009. He joined the Company as a controller in January 2008 and was appointed Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer effective May 5, 2008. Mr. Briggs holds a Master of Science degree in Accounting from East Carolina University in May 1999. From September 1999 to April 2002, he was employed by Arthur Andersen LLP as a senior auditor in their Greensboro, North Carolina office. From May 2002 to June 2003, Mr. Briggs was a senior internal auditor for VF Corporation in Greensboro, North Carolina and from June 2003 through April 2007, he was the controller of Ikex, Inc., and Ikex LLC/Hanes Companies located in Middlesex, North Carolina. From November 2007 through January 2008, Mr. Briggs was employed as the operations manager of Jarco Supply in Youngsville, North Carolina.

W. Lyndo Tippett

W. Lyndo Tippett, has been a partner in the accounting firm of Tippett Padrick Bryan and Merritt, CPAs, from 1976 to the present. He is a member of the AICPA and the NCACPA. He served as Secretary of Transportation for the State of North Carolina from 2001 through 2009, and served as a member of the North Carolina Board of Transportation for eight years prior to becoming Secretary. He currently serves as a Director of the North Carolina State Health Plan of Teachers and State Employees, and has served as a Director of New Century Bank since 2003. He was Chief Executive Officer of Bybon, Inc., a manufacturing, retail and real estate concern, from 1970 through 1976. He previously served as a staff accountant with Ernst & Young. He received his B.S. in Accounting from Barton College in 1963.