Keith Alessi currently is the chairman of Westmoreland Coal Company (AMEX:WLB) of Colorado Springs, CO. He also lectures on turnaround management at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan as an adjunct lecturer. Mr. Alessi is a Director and audit committee chairman of Town Sports International (NASDAQ: CLUB), H&E Equipment Services (NASDAQ: HEES) and MWI Veterinary Supply (NASDAQ: MWIV).

Mr. Alessi formerly led Telespectrum Worldwide, Inc, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania (NASDAQ: TLSP), as Chairman and CEO, and, before that, directed Jackson Hewitt, Inc., Virginia Beach, Virginia (NASDAQ: JTAX), as Chairman, President, and CEO. With Mr. Alessi at the helm (1996-1998), Jackson Hewitt received recognition as the leading gaining stock in the United States in 1997, rising from $4.50 to $68.00 during the year.

For more than 20 years, Mr. Alessi specialized as a senior executive in turnaround situations. He has served on numerous public and private company boards. He is a Certified Public Accountant, and Accounting Today magazine selected him as one of the "100 most influential people in accounting" (September 1997). He has donated his time to Michigan as a member of the Alumni Board of Governors, the major gifts committee, and master of ceremonies at the annual Scholarship Dinner. He and his wife Valerie have also endowed a professorship and renovated the courtyard at the Business School, both of which bear their names.

Mr. Alessi holds an undergraduate degree from Wayne State University and an MBA with distinction from the University of Michigan (1979).