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(Jared Chaney is donating a two hour meeting with the winning bidder.)

Jared Chaney is Chief Communications Officer and Executive Vice President of Corporate Communications and Advertising for the Medical Mutual of Ohio Family of Companies. He is chief advisor to the Company regarding the internal and external communications aspects of business decisions and is specifically responsible for Advertising, Public Relations, Government Relations, Community Relations, Marketing Communications, Employee Communications and Internet Communications.  He is also Chairman of MMO Pac, the Company's political action committee.

Prior to joining Medical Mutual in 1997, Mr. Chaney was Senior Vice President and General Manager of the San Francisco office of Hill and Knowlton, one of the largest public relations agencies in the world. Between 1990 and 1993, he left Hill and Knowlton to establish the San Francisco office of DDB Needham Public Relations.

Mr. Chaney has more than 33 years of public relations and advertising experience. He served four years in the Army as public information officer and post spokesman at Fort Gordon, Georgia; then moved into public relations at Fireman's Fund Insurance Companies in San Francisco. He joined the public relations firm Carl Byoir & Associates in 1981 in Los Angeles, which was later acquired by Hill and Knowlton. During his career, Mr. Chaney also worked with advertising agencies J. Walter Thompson, Foote, Cone and Belding, and DDB Needham.

Mr. Chaney is a graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno, with a bachelor's degree in journalism. He is also a graduate of Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program. He is a member of the Arthur W. Page Society and the winner of numerous public relations industry and advertising awards, including the Distinguished Sales & Marketing Award. He serves on the board of trustees for the Cleveland Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission, the Cleveland Pops Orchestra, the Athletics Visiting Committee for Cleveland State University and the Cleveland Leadership Center. He previously served on the boards of the Urban League of Greater Cleveland, the Greater Cleveland YMCA and the Greater Cleveland Convention & Visitors Bureau. He is also a graduate of the 2002 Leadership Cleveland class.

Item Special Note

(Jared Chaney is donating a two hour meeting with the winning bidder.)

The executives will meet with the winning bidders at a time convenient to both parties, on or before December 1, 2009, except in the case of some celebrities which may carry over to the first quarter of 2010.

Once the winning bid has been validated and collected, CAAO will request the winning bidder's bio/resume and reason for wanting to meet the executive and communicate that information to the executive. CAAO will also pass on the necessary contact information for the winning bidder to make their appointment.

If the winning bidder cancels or wishes to change the date/time of the meeting once it has been scheduled, the winning bidder will be responsible for contacting the executive to communicate any changes.

The winning bidder is responsible for all travel expenses to attend this meeting.

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