Mr. DiMartino was elected to The Newark Group's Board of Directors in 2000. Since 1995, Mr. DiMartino has been the Chairman of the Board and a Director of The Dreyfus Family of Mutual Funds in New York City. He started his career as a bank officer in 1966 and in 1971 joined the Dreyfus Corporation as a portfolio manager. He became President, Chief Operating Officer and Director of The Dreyfus Corporation in October 1982. After Dreyfus merged with Mellon Bank in August 1994, Mr. DiMartino was elected to the board of directors of Mellon Bank and served in that capacity until his resignation from Dreyfus in December 1994. Between January 1995 and November 1997 he held the position of Chairman of the Board and Director for the Noel Group, Inc. Mr. DiMartino is a 1965 graduate of Manhattan College and attended New York University's Graduate School of Business. Mr. DiMartino is a director and chairman of the compensation committee of Century Business Systems, Inc. and also a director and chairman of the audit committee of Levcor International, Inc.