Mr. Rohde has been a director of Gleacher & Company since July 2009. He is the Chair of the Committee on Directors and Corporate Governance and a member of the Audit Committee and Executive Compensation Committee.  Mr. Rohde has served in multiple roles with ConAgra Foods, Inc. since 1984, including General Counsel, President, Vice Chairman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and retired from that role as Chairman and CEO Emeritus. Mr. Rohde is the Managing Partner of Romar Capital Group and of counsel to Hunkins Newton Law. Mr. Rohde served as a commissioned officer in the United States Army, and upon completion of his military service he retired from that commission at the rank of Captain.  He has been a member of the board of directors of H&R Block, Inc. since July 2010, and serves as Chair of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Audit Committee of such board. He also serves as Chairman of Creighton University Board of Directors, on Harvard University’s Private and Public, Scientific, Academic and Consumer Food Policy Committee, as a Presidential Appointee to the National Infrastructure Advisory Council and a director of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute. Mr. Rohde holds many court admissions and also holds a certified public accountant certificate.  Mr. Rohde holds two degrees from Creighton University, a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, and a Juris Doctor, cum laude.