Passport Health-Executive Team|International Travel Medical Services

FRAN LESSANS,

President & CEO

As founder, president and CEO of Passport Health, Fran brings over 30 years of medical and management experience to Passport Health. Before founding Passport Health, Fran worked in a variety of clinical settings as a registered nurse, educator and health care administrator. Fran's business acumen is known in the community, as she has successfully turned multiple troubled organizations into profitable ventures.

In 2005 she was awarded the Innovator of the Year award by the Maryland Department of Business & Economic Development and in 2006 won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award for the Maryland region.

It was during her tenure as director of a university based health service where Fran first came up with the idea for a comprehensive, client focused, full-service medical travel service.

Fran often referred students to large area hospitals for immunizations prior to an international trip. Students returned from their hospital visit complaining about the cost and knowing little about the immunizations they had received or steps necessary to stay healthy. It was not easy finding the answers to their questions, as the CDC offered only prerecorded messages via long distance phone service, which is often six or more months behind, and few physicians know much about travel medicine. Local health departments offered limited, misleading and often wrong information. Fran began developing educational materials to help students understand how diseases were transmitted and discussed problems that students might encounter while traveling. Fran's reputation quickly grew, as students and faculty referred family and friends for travel counseling and immunizations.

In 1994 Fran took her service to a hospital affiliated ambulatory care practice in Baltimore. Satellite locations were added to circle the Baltimore beltway. Since that time, over 60 franchise territories have been added with multiple sites in each territory bringing the total number of offices over 160. Today Passport Health^® delivers a quality, comprehensive service to corporate and leisure travelers across the country.

The business has continued to flourish with new affiliates, added capabilities and expanded services. A new area of business emerged after 9/11--Passport Health^® was called upon to deliver antibiotics and Anthrax vaccine to postal and tabloid workers on the east coast from New Jersey to Florida. Passport Health^® now provides immunizations for travel, school, wellness, immigration and naturalization, bio-defense, disaster response, military readiness and clinical trials. Fran's reputation as an expert in immunizations grew to the point where both U.S. and foreign governments have called upon her to develop training programs and provide a call center for expert advice on all aspects of immunizations.

Fran has published and lectured extensively throughout the country to health departments, foreign governments and public and private institutions and organizations about immunizations for travel and bio-terrorism. She is a member of the International Society of Travel Medicine, the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and has completed postgraduate course work in adventure and tropical travel medicine. Fran is GCP (Good Clinical Practice) certified and is currently conducting travel related research. She also is working with the Department of Defense and has done clinical research on behalf of the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. She has served on pharmaceutical Advisory Boards including Merck's Vaccine Division, Sanofi Pasteur, Glaxo SmithKline and iJET, the first travel intelligence Internet Company.

Fran holds a B.S.N. degree from the University of Maryland, School of Nursing and a master's degree from the same institution where she majored in public health and administration. She lives in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, with her husband who is the senior partner in a county law firm and corporate council for Passport Health^®. Their two grown children include an Urologist son practicing in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and an Architect daughter practicing in New Orleans, Louisiana.

MARTIN B. LESSANS,

General Counsel and

Chief Financial Officer

Martin B. Lessans has been General Counsel, Chief Financial Officer and the Board Secretary/Treasurer of Passport Health^® since it's founding. As a member of the Maryland Bar, he has been an attorney since 1970 and has been a partner with the same law firm, Lessans, Praley & McCormick, P.A. (formerly known as Lessans & Tate), since 1978, where he is a senior partner.

As the C.F.O., he is responsible for the company's excellent credit rating. His leadership in franchise sales is evident with Passport Health's explosive growth throughout the country. Lessans also manages contract negotiations and legal issues company-wide.

In addition to the practice of law and his Passport Health activities, notably Lessans has been a Master and Examiner for the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, Maryland, for well over 25 years, conducting hearings and other matters assigned to him. Also, he has been the secretary/treasurer and is a member of the steering committee of the Crofton Convalescent Center, a nursing and rehabilitation center located in Crofton, MD.

Since 1980, Lessans has been active in the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland, the disciplinary system handling complaints against attorneys and governed by the Maryland Rules of Procedure adopted by the Court of Appeals (Maryland's highest court). He has served on numerous Inquiry and Peer Review Panels, chairing most panels. Lessans has served on the Review Board of the AGC from 1988-1990 and was appointed by the Court of Appeals to serve on the AGC Governing Commission from 1990 to 1997 where he was Vice Chair from 1992 to 1997.

Lessans' bar association activities have included the presidency of the Anne Arundel Bar Association as well as the Paca/Brent Inn/American Inns of Court where he was also Master of the Bench. He has also sat on the Board of Governors for the Maryland State Bar Association and is a member of the Business Law Section and Forum on Franchising of the American Bar Association.

Lessans has retained an attorney rating of "AV" (highest rating) from Martindale-Hubbell and holds a J.D. from the University of Baltimore Law School.

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PETER V. SAVAGE,

Vice President

With over thirty years experience as an international security consultant, Peter Savage designed crisis management plans for corporations and executives who travel abroad. He is the author of The Safe Travel Book, Lexington, 1996, that is considered the standard reference for corporate security officers and travel managers and has sold over 200,000 copies in 14 printings.

After a fifteen year tour as a CIA clandestine service officer posted in Brazil and Argentina, he served as a senior consultant to The Parvus Company (now the Armor Group), MEDEX International Assistance, and iJET.com, an online travel intelligence company that he co-founded. He assisted Fran Lessans, President, in making Passport Health the unique, one-stop destination for all traveler's health and security needs, including hard to find security products and online travelers emergency medical insurance and evacuation.

He was instrumental in developing Passport Health as a franchise network and the principal developer of new markets for the company-now established in over 75 major cities and in 35 states.

As a spokesman on security for Passport Health, Savage has been a speaker at the International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM) conferences, the National Business Travelers Association (NBTA), the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) and represents the company at the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC). He writes travel safety articles for various publications including Bottom Line: Personal, Latitudes and Attitudes (yachting), Marco Polo Publications and has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey and Geraldo shows. Chapters on emergency medical assistance and travel security in the 2001 edition of the Travel Medicine and Health textbook are his work.

Peter Savage holds a degree from Harvard, a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and was a Fulbright Scholar in Brazil. His overseas experience includes projects in Cuba, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Venezuela, France, Peru, and Colombia. He lives in Baltimore with his wife and has three grown daughters.

CAROL L. DE ROSA,

Senior V.P., Operations,

Corporate Development

Trained in New York City as a registered nurse, Carol De Rosa worked in emergency medicine of St. Luke’s Hospital Center on the city’s upper west side. After marrying, she moved to Philadelphia and worked in obstetrics at the University of Pennsylvania and shortly thereafter as a Public Health Nurse with the VNA. After the birth of the first of 3 sons, she moved with her husband to Massachusetts where she completed a degree in Human Resource Management and began a Masters in Public Health at The University of Massachusetts. She became active in the State Legislature at that time and worked for the Governor’s Child Advocacy Committee.

In the late 80’s her civilian life changed abruptly when her husband entered the Air Force and trained as a Flight Surgeon. The family moved from Longmeadow, Massachusetts to Andrews Air Force Base in Clinton, Maryland. The switch to military life gave her the opportunity to continue advocacy work for children at risk in the military environment for which she was recognized by the Base Commander and County Executive after numerous testimonies on Capitol Hill on behalf of the National Military Family Association. Her family meanwhile took advantage for C-5 maneuver “hops” to Western Europe, Turkey and the Caribbean. Living in D.C. afforded multiple educational and cultural programs within the State Department and embassy networks where friendships were made and maintained to this day. After leaving Washington, she moved with her family to Severna Park, Maryland where she brought her community health experience to the home health arena. While working in home health, she trained and worked contractually for the Child Advocacy Center of Anne Arundel County as a forensics expert in the Criminal Investigations Unit for eight years.

Carol joined Passport Health fulltime in 2000 as Executive Director and Corporate Trainer. Seven years later, she was promoted to Senior VP of Operations and Corporate Development. She has been an enthusiastic and integral part of the leadership and development of the corporation.

Among her many accomplishments include spearheading the post 911 Anthrax response by Passport Health for the CDC and training medical personnel at the Department of Defense in the administration of Smallpox as part of the Preparedness Conference in 2002 in Arlington Virginia. Shortly thereafter she and President Fran Lessans, trained the Health Ministry of Singapore in response to that country’s request when the delegation visited the US.

As part of the Passport Health nursing team, she maintains a 24/7 response line for the military men and women and their families in collaboration with the staff at Walter Reed’s Vaccine Health Center. Corporate development has been a major interest and skill set for this VP. She has remained active clinically and continues to engage and oversee clinical trials as part of the Passport Health’s mission for education and research. As the Clinical Trainer for new franchisees, she regularly monitors national operations for quality assurance and development. Carol has developed contracts with major global and national business to provide their needs including travel Health and Wellness. She works tirelessly to promote the interests of Passport Health’s clients.

She is a member of ISTM and is GCP certified and maintains membership in the Maryland Association of Nurse Executives, National Association of Professional Women, and Optimist International. When able, she volunteers her spare time for outreach to populations at risk in the greater Baltimore area. Her published articles appear in Home Health Review, Nursing Spectrum and DHH publications of The Centers for Substance Abuse and Treatment. She maintains a home in Severna Park with her husband Dr. Liberatus De Rosa.

LAURA RADKE,

Corporate Medical Director

Laura L. Radke, M.D. is Corporate Medical Director for Passport Health. Dr. Radke is also currently the medical director of Corporate Health Services for ProHealth in Waukesha, Wisconsin. She is also a practicing infectious disease physician at SynergyHealth St. Joseph Hospital in West Bend, Wisconsin.

Dr. Radke is a native of Wisconsin who received her medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin.

She completed her internal medicine residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals. It was there that she first became interested in travel medicine while completing her fellowship in Infectious Diseases. She regularly worked in the travel clinic at Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital during her two years of fellowship training.

After completing her fellowship in infectious Diseases, Dr. Radke entered private practice in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1996 she approached the administration at St. Mary's Hospital-Ozaukee with the idea of establishing an international Travel clinic for area residents traveling abroad. The International Traveler's Health Center opened in 1997 and grew over the next six years to provide services to several hundred travelers per year. In 2003 Dr. Radke became interested in Passport Health after a visit to corporate headquarters. She realized that the services were excellent and the power of the network was important to a successful business in travel medicine and vaccines. She is pleased to have the opportunity to work directly with Passport Health on a local and national level.

Dr. Radke is a member of the International Society of Travel Medicine and its TravelMed listserv and the Infectious Disease Society of Milwaukee. She has attended many courses on travel medicine in the U.S. and abroad and has lectured in Wisconsin on travel medicine topics. She lives with her attorney husband and two young daughters in Mequon, Wisconsin.

JORGE EDUARDO CASTILLO,

Director, Business Development

& Marketing

Mr. Castillo was recruited by Passport Health to assist in organizing, implementing, and controlling Passport Health's National Marketing Strategy initiative. Mr. Castillo works very closely with the executive team and all franchise owners and their staff. He is involved in all facets of marketing design and development.

His primary focus is tasks related to marketing services including internet marketing and search engine optimization, customer, supplier and partnership relations, lead generation, sales proposals, market research, strategic alliances/affiliate partnerships, PR initiatives around expert positioning, medical/patient education initiatives, and tracking/reporting.

Mr. Castillo is also charged with forging partnerships with industry leaders, reorganizing corporate communication channels, operational processes, reporting protocols, and developing metrics and control mechanisms necessary for the implementation of Passport Health's growth strategy.

Prior to joining the executive team at Passport Health, Mr. Castillo was Director of Strategy and Marketing for the start up firm Vino 101 LLC, and worked closely with the founders in developing the enterprise's vision, as well as planning and organizing the infrastructure and resources needed to make the company grow. Mr. Castillo has a focus on entrepreneurship, troubleshooting (process reengineering/improvement), organization and developing strategy and marketing initiatives for small companies. He also worked as a curriculum consultant and translator for the web-based food safety education firm Safe Food Solutions, where he advised the founders since its inception; and developed a marketing strategy and operations protocol for a realtor group associated with Re/Max Realty in Maryland.

Jorge Castillo also worked in the Restaurant and Wine Industry for 10 years, and worked as a Wine Consultant for Total Wines and More. He co-authored a research and policy recommendation work on the Economic Development of the Wine Cluster in South Africa; and continues to write and publish monthly wine related pieces in the World Wide Web.

Mr. Castillo was born in Lima, Peru; where he lived for 12 years before coming to the U.S. and has lived since in Maryland. He holds a B.A. degree in Biological Sciences with pre-medical concentration from Goucher College, MD and an M.B.A. from Loyola College in Maryland with a specialization in International Business and Finance. Mr. Castillo is also a hotline counselor for victims of domestic abuse through the House of Ruth Maryland.

FELIKS BARDAKH,

IT Director

Feliks joined Passport Health in October of 2007 to manage development and program in-house applications for client scheduling, client records keeping, creation of marketing reports, and moving all paper based processes to a paperless platform. He works very closely with the senior programmer, director of business development and software users in the full life cycle of software development.

His primary focus related to software development is gathering business requirements, programming, training users, providing technical support and testing new software modules. Mr. Bardakh is also charged with Search Engine Optimization, managing PPC search campaigns and improving conversion rates of the corporate and local web sites.

Prior to joining Passport Health, Feliks worked with reservation and property management software at Micros Systems. He implemented software fixes, trained users and provided technical support to franchise hotel owners who were using the software developed Micros Systems.

Feliks Bardakh has also successfully worked with many small business owners, lawyers and financial planners to create a web presence for them. He developed web sites and optimized them for the highest possible rankings in search engines.

Mr. Bardakh was born in Kyiv, Ukraine where he lived for 15 years before coming to the United States and has lived in Maryland since. He holds a B.S degree in Computer Science from Towson University in MD and an M.B.A. from University of Phoenix with a specialization in Technology Management.

KATIE WATERHOUSE,

Competitive Intelligence

& Web Manager

Katie Waterhouse joined Passport Health in October of 2007. In her role as Competitive Intelligence and Web Manager she is responsible for updating Passport Health's national website as well as managing and approving all updates for local franchise sites. Miss. Waterhouse supports the clinical staff in gathering and disseminating critical clinical intelligence and contributes to the IT team by providing relevant industry information to adapt websites and blogs for social media optimization.

Miss. Waterhouse manages all social media aspects for the corporate office and maintains a current and informative presence. She also supports all graphic design needs for print and electronic marketing materials for the corporate office and franchise use and is editor of the quarterly E-Zine and semi-annual newsletter.

Miss. Waterhouse attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where she graduated with honors and earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree with a major in Graphic Design and a Minor in Art History.

Miss. Waterhouse enjoys reading, painting, photography, listening to live music and dancing. Her thirst for knowledge, witty disposition and positive attitude are a perfect addition to the Passport Health Team.

GUILLERMO GIRALDO,

National Sales Manager

Guillermo Giraldo joined Passport Health in July of 2009. As the National Sales Manager, his duties include managing accounts, obtaining new business and lending support to Passport Health sales teams locally and nationally. His top priority is to set national and local goals and implement a solid infrastructure to help Passport Health grow as a company.

Mr. Giraldo brings over 8 years of experience in sales, sales management, marketing, and training. As account executive for various companies over the years, he has honed his skills delivering sales, negotiation, leadership, and customer service for his employers. Prior to joining Passport Health, he worked as a Sr. Account Executive for Global Pharmaceutical sourcing. Through hard work and dedication, he became one of the top producers at GPS, specializing in selling a wide variety of pharmaceutical products.

Mr. Giraldo is a native of Cali, Colombia S.A. moving to the USA as a young child he has now become a Baltimore local with strong ties to the community. A Washington College alum with a degree in Sociology, he is a member of the 1998 Men’s Lacrosse National Championship team. He is very excited to call Passport Health his home for many years to come.

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