Odom has served as a member of our board since 2007. Previously, he served as a director of CBOT since 2002 and from 1979 to 1982 and as Vice Chairman in 1982.Odom is founder and sole proprietor of Odom Investments. He is a trader and has been an independent member of CBOT for more than 35 years and was a member of the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) from 1974 to 1991. Odom served as chairman of the board at New Orleans Commodity Exchange in 1981 and prior to that as charter director, 1979 to 1980. He served as a firm-delegated member of the New York Stock Exchange from 1971 to 1973, and a director of the International Precious Metals Institute from 1979 to 1983. Odom is the founder of CCO Venture Capital, Argent Venture Capital and the co-founder and principal of Frontier Healthcare, LLC.Odom previously served as a principal of three CBOT clearing member firms and a principal of a CBOE member clearing firm. He is the sole proprietor of the Rock'n C Ranch. Over the course of his career,Odom served on more than 40 boards of directors and board level committees of various financial services organizations, including the board of CBOT Holdings.