Ms. Phanstiel held several important positions at WellPoint, Inc. from 1996 to 2007, including President, Specialty Products (2003 to 2007), Senior Vice President, Chief of Staff and Corporate Planning in the Office of the Chairman (2000 to 2003), and Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, Controller, and Chief Financial Officer for all WellPoint, Inc. subsidiaries, including Blue Cross of California (1996 to 2000). Previously, Ms. Phanstiel was a partner at the international services firm of Coopers and Lybrand where she served clients in the life and property/casualty insurance, high technology, and higher education industries. Ms. Phanstiel formerly served on the Board of Directors of Inveresk Research Group, Inc. and Charles River Laboratories, Inc. She received a B.A. degree in Accounting from Golden Gate University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Mr. Best is the Chairman and Founder of OXO Capital LLC, an investment firm focused on life sciences and therapeutic medical device companies, since 2007. Mr. Best joined Boston Scientific Corporation in 1992 and served for 15 years as the Company's Executive Vice President-Finance & Administration and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Boston Scientific, Mr. Best was a partner in the accounting firm of Ernst & Young, where he specialized in serving multinational companies in the high technology and life sciences fields. He served a two-year fellowship at the Securities and Exchange Commission from 1979 to 1981 and a one-year term as a White House-appointed Presidential Exchange Executive in Washington, D.C. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Haemonetics Corp. and is a founding director of the President's Council at Massachusetts General Hospital. Mr. Best received a B.B.A. degree from Kent State University.

"We are extremely pleased to welcome Louise and Larry as new members of Myriad Genetics' Board of Directors," said Peter Meldrum, President and Chief Executive Officer of Myriad. "Their tremendous depth and breadth of experience and expertise in the life science and insurance industries will enable them to make a significant contribution to Myriad as the Company advances its strategy of developing important new molecular diagnostic products."

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Myriad Genetics, Inc. is a leading healthcare company focused on developing and marketing novel molecular diagnostic products.