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Lee Essner

Lee is the founder and CEO of Inherited Health (formerly AccessDNA), a consumer healthcare company that was acquired by Informed Medical Decisions, Inc. in April 2011. As a result of the acquisition of Inherited Health, Lee became a member of the Board of Directors of Informed Medical Decisions. In addition, Lee is currently a member of the advisory Board at Marriage.com.

Previously, Lee was Executive Vice President and the #2 executive at WeddingChannel.com, Inc., a life-stage media and e-commerce company that was successfully sold to The Knot, Inc. in September 2006. Lee joined WeddingChannel in early 1999 as Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary, and quickly grew to hold a variety of other senior management positions at the Company.

At WeddingChannel, Lee was involved in every aspect of building the organization from its early stages of development to the achievement of profitability and a successful liquidity event. Lee also helped lead the company through, and survive, the early downturn experienced by the Internet industry during the period from early 2000 to late 2002. Lee ran three of the company’s most important business units (the Gift Registry Group, the National Sales and Advertising Group, and the Travel Services Division) and managed all corporate development and business development activities (including acquisitions, dispositions, venture capital investments, and strategic partnerships). He was also key relationship manager for all significant partners, advertisers, and investors, and was directly involved in all administrative functions and operations, including legal, finance, and human resources.

Prior to joining WeddingChannel, Lee served as Assistant General Counsel of Mattel, Inc., a $6 Billion Fortune 500 consumer toy company, which he joined in September 1998. He was also an Associate in the Corporate Finance and Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, a leading international corporate law firm, which he joined in September 1993. Lee has a degree in Economics and Business from the University of California at Los Angeles and a J.D. from the University of Southern California Law Center.

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