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Officers & Management

      Katherine Simmons, Vice President,
      Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
    
Katherine Simmons is Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of ISE. From 1996 to 1999, Ms. Simmons was with the law firm of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, which has been outside counsel to the ISE project since its inception. While at Orrick, she advised broker-dealers and exchanges with respect to a wide variety of regulatory issues, including market structure, best execution and compliance-related matters. From 1993 to 1996, Ms. Simmons was with the Office of Market Supervision in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Market Regulation, where she was involved with market regulation and trading issues. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Law and a member of the American Bar Association.