Detroit – Oct. 3, 2008 – Airfoil Public Relations, an independent public relations agency specializing in public relations and marketing communications for both leading and emerging companies, today announced the addition of Sue Barnes to its management team where she’ll serve as the general manager of the company’s Mountain View, Calif. office. She will have broad management responsibilities for the agency’s Mountain View location including client service, business and staff development. In particular, she’ll lend her expertise to the agency’s Web 2.0, business intelligence, telecommunications and consumer technology clients.

Barnes brings more than 20 years of communications experience to her new position, with areas of specialization including reputation management; merger and acquisition communications; crisis control and avoidance; product launches; momentum PR; analyst and media relations; and media training and message creation, honed on behalf of a number of the world’s leading businesses including Microsoft Corporation and Advanced Micro Devices.

“We are energized by the talent and experience Sue brings to our Silicon Valley office,” said Airfoil President Janet Tyler. “Her deep understanding of conducting public relations in this unique technology, business and media community is a tremendous asset to Airfoil. The agency’s entire client roster and professional staff will benefit from the expertise she brings to Airfoil.”

Most recently Barnes served as the technology practice leader at Zeno Group, an Edelman company, where she held leadership roles on established brands such as Oracle, as well as providing C-suite counsel to fast-moving start-ups in burgeoning technology areas such as e-discovery.

During the previous 18 years when Barnes was at Waggener Edstrom, she held a leadership role on the Microsoft account creating and supporting campaigns across the company including Windows Server, storage and management businesses and the corporation’s licensing initiative. She also helped Microsoft establish and maintain a positive reputation in Silicon Valley and created a multi-discipline, multi-office team to drive communications programs for Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing, security, privacy, ant-spyware and anti-spam initiatives.

Barnes developed her passion for technology at one of the first British microcomputer developers, Kalamazoo PLC, in Birmingham, England.

“I am thrilled to join Airfoil Public Relations and look forward to fostering the growth of the agency’s Silicon Valley office and client base,” said Barnes. “As a company with a reputation growing in both esteem and reach, Airfoil is an exciting place to be.”

Barnes holds a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from California State University at Hayward.

The agency’s West Coast office was established in 2006. Initially located in Redwood City, the rapidly expanding staff and client growth led the agency to relocate operations into its current offices in Mountain View in 2007. From there it services Airfoil’s California-based clients including YouSendIt; SRC, LLC and MobiTV. The West Coast team lends its expertise and counsel –particularly as it relates to the Web 2 and 3.0, venture-funded start ups, and new service delivery models — to the balance of the agency’s client roster served from its Detroit headquarters location.

About Airfoil Public Relations, Inc.
Airfoil, with offices in Detroit and Mountain View, Calif., is an independent firm that specializes in marketing communications and public relations for both emerging and established brands. Established in 2000, Airfoil was named 2007 Technology Agency of the Year by the Holmes Report; is ranked 10th among O’Dwyer’s top 50 technology PR firms; and had been recognized by PR Week as one of its Top 100 PR firms. Airfoil was also a recipient of the PR Week Boutique PR Agency of the Year Honorable Mention. For more information about Airfoil Public Relations, please call 866.AIR.FOIL.  (http://www.airfoilpr.com/)

TOLEDO, Ohio – September 25, 2008 – Lisa Hawker has been named Executive Vice President and Employee Benefits Practice Leader at Hylant Group. With more than 12 years of experience in employee benefits and a strong record of achievement, Hawker will be responsible for the overall growth, retention, profitability and best practices of the firm’s $18 million Employee Benefits operation spanning Hylant’s 12 offices.

Hawker began her career at Hylant as a Client Executive and Vice President in the Employee Benefits Department nearly four years ago. Prior to joining Hylant, she was a Vice President, Consultant, and Sales Professional in Marsh’s Toledo, Ohio office and was subsequently promoted to Employee Benefits Practice Leader for the Marsh office in Cleveland, Ohio. Lisa began her insurance career as a Project Development Coordinator and Employee Benefits Specialist for Picton Cavanaugh, Inc./Sky Insurance in Toledo.

Among her many achievements, she was named in Business Insurance Magazine as one of 50 Women to Watch in 2007 and received the 2007 Toledo Community Leadership 20 Under 40 Award. She serves as the Chairperson for the March of Dimes of Northwest Ohio, and sits on the Boards of the Fort Meigs YMCA and the Toledo Area Human Resources Association. In addition, Lisa is active in the Leadership Toledo Alumni Association, and EPIC Toledo. Hawker graduated Magna cum Laude from Hanover College in Hanover, Indiana.

“We are very excited that Lisa has accepted the position of Employee Benefits Practice Leader,” said Mike Hylant, Chief Executive Officer of Hylant Group. “She has the energy and experience we need as we continue to expand this important segment of our business. Her leadership, execution and proven sales success are vitally important to the growth of our company. We are confident that Lisa is the right person at the right time. Lisa will report directly to the position of CEO, and we are excited about enhancing and expanding our client services in the Employee Benefits arena.”

Founded in 1935 and headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, Hylant Group is a full-service business insurance brokerage with 12 offices in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Tennessee and employs more than 675 professionals. A member of the Worldwide Broker Network, Hylant offers complete risk management services, employee benefits consultation, loss control, 401(k) and wealth management services, healthcare management and insurance for businesses and individuals. Hylant is one of the largest privately held brokerage firms in the United States and serves a wide variety of clients locally, nationally and internationally.

Katherine Franz has been appointed Chief Operating Officer of the North American Service Division, GE – Transportation.  Katerine will be based in Detroit, Michigan area.  GE – Transportation is a global technology leader and supplier to the railroad, marine, drilling, wind, and mining industries.  GE provides freight and passenger locomotives, railway signaling and communications systems, information technology solutions, marine engines, motorized drive systems for mining trucks and drills, and other services. 

With sales in excess of $4.5 billion, GE – Transportation is headquartered in Erie, PA, and employs approximately 10,000 people worldwide.  A 24 year auto industry verteran, Katherine held leadership roles at Ford Motor Company and General Motors Corporation.

Ann Arbor, Mich. – August 20, 2008 – Grand River, an innovative e-commerce web design and development company, recently named Judy Foster as executive creative director and Brian Reindel as technical director.

As Executive Creative Director, Foster leads Grand River’s creative vision; working with the company’s marketing and branding executives to ensure that the visual identity of every site captures the client’s brand, as well as delivers a superior and unique online experience.

As Technical Director, Reindel spearheads the company’s technology initiatives. He explores frameworks, platforms, languages and servers in order to uncover an approach for clients that not only complies with industry standards, but is revolutionary at the same time.

“We are ecstatic that Judy and Brian have joined our team. With their own distinct and impressive backgrounds, they offer skills that truly raise the platform of e-commerce design and development,” said Scott Robertson, co-founder and vice president of marketing and client services. “As a team, we’ll be able to create and develop robust and innovative solutions, unique to our clients’ brands and expertise.”

Foster has over 13 years of interactive design experience. She has worked with leading retailers and manufactures including Ann Taylor LOFT, Coach, Neiman Marcus, Audi, Kraft, Disney, Circuit City and Scholastic. She previously worked as the associate creative director at Fry, Inc. in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Foster holds a B.A. in Graphic Design and a B.A in Applied Sciences from Coventry University, England.

Reindel has professional experience to some degree in almost every discipline related to Web site development, which includes copywriting, information architecture, design, quality assurance, client-side scripting and programming. Most recently he was a software engineer for e-retailer, Niche Retail.

His accomplishments are widespread over the previous decade. Audi, DaimlerChrysler, Circuit City, Eddie Bauer, General Motors, Gevalia, Hickory Farms, JoggingStroller.com, Kmart, Luggage Online, Meijer, The Home Depot, and Whirlpool are just a few clients which he has had the privilege to work.

About Grand River
Grand River is an industry leading web design and development company, specializing in e-commerce solutions for retailers and manufacturers. The company began operations in January 2008, as a Limited Liability Corporation strategically headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Services offered by the company focuses on designing, building and implementing transactional-based web sites for mid-tier retailers and manufacturers. For more information about Grand River or its services, please call 734.913.8000 or visit www.thegrandriver.com.

ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 21, 2008 — Veteran media executive L. Gordon Crovitz has joined the Board of Directors of ProQuest, a world leader in information publishing and a Cambridge Information Group (CIG) business. Mr. Crovitz has more than 25 years of U.S. and global business operations experience at Dow Jones, including his role as publisher of The Wall Street Journal.

“Gordon’s perspective on media and its evolving nature is closely aligned with ProQuest’s expanding business,” said Andrew Snyder, Chairman of ProQuest. “In addition to his vast information industry experience, Gordon has a particularly strategic view of the newspaper business… one that we’ll call upon as we plot ProQuest’s growing role in defining and accessing digital newspaper content.”

As President of Dow Jones’ Consumer Media Group, Mr. Crovitz integrated the global print, online, digital, TV and other editions of The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch.com and Barron’s across news, advertising, marketing and other functions. Under his leadership as publisher, The Wall Street Journal was redesigned, creating a model that continues to influence news publishing of all types. Repositioning the print edition to focus on analysis and the web edition to address breaking news, Mr. Crovitz oversaw the growth of the online edition to become the world’s largest paid subscription news web site. He also led the creation of the online news service Factiva.

Mr. Crovitz is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Chicago. He also holds law degrees from Yale Law School and Wadham College of Oxford University, where he attended as a Rhodes Scholar.

“In today’s fast-changing information industry, ProQuest’s partnerships, content and sophisticated users give it great potential to deliver on its commitment to explore new ways to serve its markets,” said Mr. Crovitz. “This is a great place to bring my experience to bear. I’m looking forward to contributing to this growing, dynamic company.”

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (7/8/2008)-NanoBio® Corp., a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing novel products to prevent and treat infectious diseases, today announced the appointment of Dr. Daniel B. Dubin to its board of directors.

Dr. Dubin currently serves as Vice Chairman and a Director at Leerink Swann, a leading healthcare and biotechnology investment banking firm.

“Dan’s keen understanding of the life sciences investment banking field and his clinical experience as a dermatologist bring a dual perspective that will help us create value and distinction as an emerging company in the biotechnology sector,” said James R. Baker Jr., founder and Chairman of NanoBio. “His expertise and informed perspective in the field of dermatology will greatly enhance the strategic positioning of our topical treatments for herpes labialis, onychomycosis and other dermatologic infections.”

A Harvard-trained dermatologist, Dr. Dubin served as Ambulatory Medical Director of the dermatology practice at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. In 1996, Dr. Dubin co-founded MEDACorp to provide life science companies and institutional investors with expert insight into the development and adoption of biopharmaceuticals, medical devices and diagnostics. When MEDACorp merged with Leerink Swann in 2001, Dr. Dubin became a Director at Leerink Swann and later assumed the position of Vice Chairman. Dr. Dubin also serves on the board of Elemé Medical, a cellulite treatment company.

NanoBio’s lead products are topical lotions and mucosal vaccines to combat a wide array of viruses, bacteria and fungi. The company’s nanoemulsion-based products have demonstrated potent antimicrobial effects in several phase 1 and 2 clinical trials without safety concerns or systemic absorption. The products use a physical mode of action rather than chemical synthesis to disrupt pathogen membranes, rendering the emergence of drug resistance unlikely.

About NanoBio
NanoBio® Corp. is a privately held biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing anti-infective products and mucosal vaccines derived from its patented NanoStat^TM technology platform. The company’s lead product candidates are treatments for herpes labialis (cold sores), onychomycosis (nail fungus), MRSA and mucosal vaccines for influenza and hepatitis B. The company’s headquarters and laboratory facilities are located in Ann Arbor, Mich.

SAN MATEO, Calif. – Jun. 18, 2008 – Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW) today announced the second enterprise-wide class to be enrolled in the ALPHA development program, a three-year curriculum for selected employees that provides training and education to prepare participants for potential future opportunities in executive management.

ALPHA, which stands for Advanced Leadership Preparation for Highest Achievement, is designed to ensure that future leaders of Con-way are prepared to take on the highest level of responsibility when the opportunity arises. Participants are nominated by their business units and, based on an extensive interview and evaluation process, are selected from throughout the enterprise by CEO Douglas W. Stotlar and his executive committee.

The three-year executive education curriculum – the highest level of training and development offered within the Con-way Leadership Academy – provides in-depth education and training through workshops, symposiums and other modules specifically designed to develop leadership and executive management skills. Employees selected for the 2008 class are:

Morgan Anderson – director, account management, Menlo Worldwide Logistics

Billy Cartright – director, recruiting, Con-way Truckload

Carl Fowler – director, account management, Menlo Worldwide Logistics

Faith Garcia-Ross – director, operations (multi-client), Menlo Worldwide Logistics

Tony Graham – manager, regional sales, Con-way Freight

Anthony Hoereth – director, business development, Con-way Freight

Paul Lorensen – director, solutions engineering, Con-way Freight

John McCutcheon – region manager, Con-way Freight

Chris Richards – IT director, business technology consulting and project management, Con-way Enterprise Services

Terry Riordan – director, human resources, Con-way Inc.

Troy Robertson – associate general counsel, Con-way Truckload

“Con-way would not be the strong, progressive company it is today without the expertise and exemplary skills of our employees – and the extensive training that helps them be most effective for our customers,” said Douglas W. Stotlar, president and CEO. “The ALPHA program is the pinnacle of our investment in our most valuable asset – our people. We want to ensure that employees are not only able to meet the challenges of their current positions, but are always preparing to take the next step. As they are successful, so too will Con-way continue to grow and remain a formidable competitor in this industry.”

About Con-way Inc.
Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW) is a $4.7 billion freight transportation and logistics services company headquartered in San Mateo, Calif. Named FORTUNE magazine’s “Most Admired Company” in transportation and logistics for 2007, Con-way delivers industry-leading services through three primary operating companies: Con-way Freight, Con-way Truckload and Menlo Worldwide Logistics. These operating units provide high-performance, day-definite less-than-truckload (LTL) and full truckload and intermodal freight transportation, as well as logistics, warehousing and supply chain management services and trailer manufacturing. Con-way Inc. and its subsidiaries operate from more than 500 locations across North America and in 20 countries. For more information about Con-way, visit www.con-way.com.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (5/29/2008) – NanoBio® Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing novel products for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, today announced the appointment of David M. Stout to its Board of Directors. Mr. Stout most recently served as President of Pharmaceutical Operations for GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals.

“We are pleased to welcome David to our Board of Directors and look forward to benefiting from his guidance and contributions,” said James R. Baker Jr., M.D., chairman of NanoBio Corporation. “David’s 30-plus years of experience in all facets of the pharmaceutical industry-including his recent experience as head of global pharmaceutical operations for GSK, a world leader in infectious diseases-will be invaluable to NanoBio as we approach the commercialization of our lead anti-infective and vaccine product candidates.”

NanoBio’s lead products are topical lotions and mucosal vaccines to combat a wide array of viruses, bacteria and fungi. They include topical treatments for herpes labialis (cold sores), onychomycosis (nail fungus) and bacterial skin infections (including MRSA), as well as mucosal vaccines for seasonal and pandemic influenza, hepatitis B and RSV. The company’s nanoemulsion-based products have demonstrated potent antimicrobial effects in several clinical trials, without safety concerns or systemic absorption. The products use a physical mode of action rather than chemical synthesis to disrupt pathogen membranes, rendering the emergence of drug resistance unlikely.

“The platform technology upon which NanoBio’s products are based represents a truly novel approach to combating infections and provides a rich pipeline of anti-infective products and vaccines for the future,” Stout said. “Given the company’s recent and very compelling clinical results, I am particularly excited to be joining the company’s board at this time. I look forward to working with NanoBio’s management in bringing these new therapies and vaccines to the market.”

In his most recent position as President of Pharmaceutical Operations at GSK, Mr. Stout led all global commercial activities, global manufacturing and all vaccine-related activities, including research and development, as well as other executive functions. Additionally, Mr. Stout directed the corporate pandemic flu preparedness program, an international effort that supports governments, health authorities and company employees around the world in planning to respond to a global influenza pandemic. Prior to his tenure at GSK, Mr. Stout held executive leadership positions at Glaxo Wellcome, SmithKline Beecham and Schering-Plough Corporation.

About NanoBio
NanoBio® Corporation is a privately held biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing anti-infective products and mucosal vaccines derived from its patented NanoStat^TM technology platform. The company’s lead product candidates are treatments for herpes labialis (cold sores), onychomycosis (nail fungus) and mucosal vaccines for influenza and hepatitis B. The company’s headquarters and laboratory facilities are located in Ann Arbor, Mich.

05.07.08, Ann Arbor, Michigan - Kendra Keller joins re:group in the role of associate media planner and buyer.

ANN ARBOR, Mich.,