Jan R. Van Gorder was employed by Erie Insurance Group from November 1981 through December 2006. He held a variety of positions at that company, including his most recent position as Senior Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel from December 1990 through December 2006. He served as a consultant and acting Secretary and General Counsel at Erie Insurance Group during the period January 1, 2007 through April 30, 2007. Mr. Van Gorder served as a member of the Board of Directors of Erie Indemnity Company, Erie Pennsylvania, from 1990 to 2004. In addition, he served as a Consultant and Acting General Counsel from January 2007 through April 2007.

Mr. Van Gorder is presently a Director of CastlePoint Holdings, Ltd., a Bermuda based reinsurance company. He is also a Director of the Tom Ridge Environmental Center in Erie Pennsylvania.

Mr. Van Gorder's previous affiliations include -- Director, Insurance Federation of Pennsylvania; Chairman, Pennsylvania Insurance, Political Action Committee; Director, Pennsylvania Professional Liability Joint Underwriting Association; Member, National Association of Independent Insurers Laws Committee; Director, Pennsylvanians for Effective Government; Chairman, Board of Trustees - Erie Day School; Chairman, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation; Served on United Way Leadership Giving Committee; Member Alexis de Tocqueville Society - United Way; Corporator, Hamot Health Corporation; Corporator, Discovery Square; Member, American, Pennsylvania and Erie County Bar Associations; Director, Pennsylvania Assigned Risk Plan; Director, Pennsylvania Assigned Claims Plan; President, Pennsylvania Insurance Collection Services; Pennsylvania Supreme Court Disciplinary Review Board; Pennsylvania Lawyers Client Security Fund; and Erie Art Museum - Board Member.