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February 15, 2008

The Magellan Group hosts Tom Morr President of Select Philadelphia

Thomas G. Morr is the President and CEO of Select Greater Philadelphia, a regional economic development marketing organization created to promote the Greater Philadelphia region as a premier business location.

Prior to joining Select in June, 2005, he served as the Managing Partner of the Greater Washington Initiative an organization that markets the National Capital area. Mr. Morr has served as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for WEST*GROUP MANAGEMENT LLC, one of Washington’s leading real estate development companies. Among his responsibilities at WEST*GROUP, Mr. Morr served as the project manager for the development of WEST*QUEST Technology Park, a 30-acre park in Ann Arundel County, Maryland. He is past president of both the Washington Airports Task Force and the Washington Dulles Foreign Trade Zone.

Mr. Morr is an attorney and has served as Minority Counsel to the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee, as well as the Information and Individual Rights Subcommittee of the House Government Operations Committee. He has been the Administrative Assistant to U.S. Representatives Ralph S. Regula and Frank R. Wolf. Mr. Morr practiced law with the firm of Michael F. Colley and Associates of Columbus, Ohio.

Mr. Morr is a member of the CEO Council for Growth, the board of directors for Select Greater Philadelphia. He also serves on the Executive Committee and Board of the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Board of the Smithsonian Institute National Air and Space Museum.

Mr. Morr is a past Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Tourism Corporation, an affiliate of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership. Mr. Morr has also Co-Chaired the Governor’s Commission on Development of the Virginia Travel and Tourism Industry.

Mr. Morr earned his Juris Doctor degree from American University in Washington, D.C and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Ohio University.