2005 Board of Directors Election

Dear MCBC Members:

The Maryland-China Business Council Annual Meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 12, 2005. Since we will be electing the MCBC Board of Directors for 2005, I strongly encourage you to attend.

The sitting Board has prepared a slate of nominees with your input (listed below). The slate includes a diverse group of people with strong international and China experience, including several new candidates. Please review the brief biographies for each nominee found on the MCBC web site (www.mcbc.net) to learn more about their background and experience.

To be eligible to vote, you must have paid your dues for 2005 by the date of the Annual Meeting. This also can be taken care of on line.

I look forward to seeing you in January.

Best regards,

Clay E. Hickson
Chairman and President

Proposed 2005 MCBC Board of Directors Slate
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W. Fontaine Bell, Senior Vice President & Manager-International Banking Group, Allfirst Bank (Retired)

W. Winston Chan, President, Multimax, Inc.

Norton DePinho, Vice President, Business Development and Product Support, Middle River Aircraft Systems

Andy Dubosky, Intellectual Property Consultant, Rouse & Co International

Eric B. Easton, Associate Professor, University of Baltimore School of Law

Anthony Goh, President US-Pacific Rim International, Inc.

Robert C. Goodwin, Jr., Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Chindex International

Clay E. Hickson, Managing Director, Rhôton Hill Group

Christina Huang, Quality Assurance Manager, Corporate; McCormick & Company, Inc.

Timothy E. Kartisek, Vice President of Business Development, Precision Products Group, Inc.

Elizabeth Todd Lambert, Director, International Financial Services, Towson University

John Lau, Market Manager, Greater China, Baltimore Aircoil Company

Roger T. Lawrence, Vice President, Quality Assurance, McCormick & Company, Inc.

Federico Manno, Trade Finance Vice President, M&T Bank

David A. Rice, President & CEO, Dartrans, Inc.

Jean Van Buskirk, Director, Sister State Program, State of Maryland (Retired)

Dean Wei, President and CEO, ChemPacific Corporation