STEVE BLOCK

Stephen A. Block is a member of the Tech Coast Angels, Southern California’s largest angel investing group. He is a Vice President and serves on the Executive Committee of the Orange County Network. Mr. Block is also a managing partner in Venture Farm, LLC, which provides early stage venture capital to entrepreneurs and works closely with them to help them grow and get larger VC funding. Mr. Block mentors entrepreneurs and early stage companies, speaks at many business conferences on angel and VC investing, and judges business plan competitions at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business, the University of California at Irvine Paul Merage School of Business and Chapman University.

Mr. Block is also a member of the Boards of Directors of two public companies: Senomyx, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNMX) and ChromaDex, Inc. (NASDAQ:CDXC.OB). He is also Chairman of the Board of Blue Pacific Flavors and Fragrances, Inc., and a director of Allylix, Inc., eGuardian, Inc., AccioNet, LLC and XSCapacity, Inc. Mr. Block retired as the Senior Vice President and General Counsel of International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. in December 2003, having served in that position for 12 years. He has 40 years of broad legal, management, and executive experience at Fortune 500 corporations and a major New York law firm. He has previously served on the Boards of Directors of both private and public companies and on the Boards of Governors of a number of United States and international industry trade associations and as the President of one of those groups. In addition to his legal background, Mr. Block has had extensive experience in domestic and international mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures. He has taught Securities Regulation at Pace University Law School and lectured in continuing legal and business education programs. Mr. Block holds a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School and a Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude from Yale University.