Stephen R. Ash, M.D., Chairman of the Board of Directors, Director of Research and Development, and Medical Director
Dr. Ash, a co-founder, has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Director, Research and Development of HemoCleanse since its inception and holds the same positions with Ash Access Technology, Inc. (a HemoCleanse spin-off).

He has been a practicing physician in internal medicine, specializing in Nephrology, at the Arnett Clinic, Lafayette, Indiana and the Director of Dialysis services at St. Elizabeth Hospital and Home Hospital since 1975. He is also an adjunct Associate Professor of Comparative Medicine at the Department of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University and has held this position since 1980. From 1975 to 1983, Dr. Ash served as a Research Associate and Director of Hemodialysis Laboratory at the Institute of Interdisciplinary Engineering Studies, Purdue University.

Dr. Ash is an author of approximately twenty U.S. patents and nearly one hundred publications in the areas of hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, vascular access devices, extracorporeal medical devices, computerized medical charting, and sorbent chemicals.

Dr. Ash received a B.A. in physics in 1967 from Northwestern University and an M.D. in 1971 from Kansas University Medical School. Dr. Ash is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, Nephrology section, and a Fellow of American College of Physicians.

Robert B. Truitt, President and CEO
Mr. Robert Truitt, a co-founder, serves as the President and CEO of HemoCleanse and Ash Access Technology, Inc (a HemoCleanse spin-off). He is the former President and Chairman of Renal Solutions, Inc. another HemoCleanse spin-off. He was General Partner of Indiana Growth Fund I, Ltd., the initial funding source for Ash Access Technology, Inc. and many other small start-up companies in Indiana.

Mr. Truitt is the former principal consultant with Truitt and Associates, a consulting firm created to facilitate and stimulate entrepreneurship by supplying a wide range of management support to small enterprises and new ventures with a primary focus on applied high technology industries. Mr. Truitt spent the period of 1967 to 1982 holding various positions with the Allen-Bradley Company, Rostone Subsidiary, a custom-engineered molder of fiberglass-reinforced thermoset plastic component parts, where he started as a Project Engineer in 1967 and was promoted to President in 1974. From 1963 to 1965, Mr. Truitt was a Space Guidance Analyst, Apollo Project, with General Motors, on loan to M.I.T. in Cambridge, MA.

Mr. Truitt received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Engineering Science in 1962 and 1963 from Purdue University and an M.B.A. from Harvard University in 1967. He holds a number of affiliations and honors and is a holder of three patents. Mr. Truitt is the husband of Patricia P. Truitt.

Nels P. Bergmark, Treasurer
Mr. Bergmark is currently Accounting Manager and Treasurer of HemoCleanse, Inc. and Ash Access Technology, Inc. He holds a B.A. in accounting from Western Michigan University. Mr. Bergmark has been with HemoCleanse, Inc. and its spin-offs for nearly ten years.

Patricia P. Truitt, Secretary and General Counsel
Ms. Truitt is currently Secretary and General Counsel of HemoCleanse, Inc. and Ash Access Technology, Inc. She holds a B.A. from Duke University, a M.A. from Purdue University and a J.D. from Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis. Ms. Truitt is a partner in the law firm of Truitt and Herr and is the wife of Robert B. Truitt.

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