BIOGRAPHY - Jill Thurau  (As of March 6, 2004)

Jill Thurau is currently the Customs Analyst for PETsMART, Inc. Corporate Headquarters located in Phoenix, Arizona.  She acts as the Company’s customs broker, importing product into the U.S. per the U.S. Customs Regulations.  She is responsible for import and export compliance for the Company’s U.S. and Canada operations.

Previously, Jill was employed by Honeywell International Inc. for 5 years.  There she served as an Export/Import Officer, responsible for all international trade compliance activities at the Air Transport Division in Phoenix, Arizona.  Her duties included: research and application of the EAR, ITAR, and U.S. Customs Regulations; submittal of export licenses; export/import classifications; and customs broker management.  Prior to that position, she was the Customs Specialist for Honeywell Corporate, International Trade Compliance Division, in which she assisted all Honeywell U.S. Business Unit Import Officers with customs compliance issues.  She conducted training and provided support in the setup of new import compliance programs.

Jill holds an MBA from Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management, and a BA in Business Administration and Spanish from Truman State University.  She is a licensed U.S. Customs Broker, an International Import-Export Institute Certified U.S. Export Compliance Officer^® (CUSECO^®), and Certified Six Sigma Green Belt.