Lance C. Balk — General Counsel at Six Flags Entertainment Corporation New

Mr. Lance C. Balk has been General Counsel of Six Flags Entertainment Corporation since September 7, 2010 and served as its Executive Vice President since September 7, 2010. Mr. Balk served as a Vice President and General Counsel at Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics. Mr. Balk served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Dade Behring Inc. and Dade Behring Holdings Inc. from May 8, 2006 to November 2007. He served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics from November 2007. Mr. Balk was responsible for all global legal activities for Dade Behring. He also was responsible for all public company and board of directors' matters. Mr. Balk joined Dade Behring from the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, where he served as a Partner since 1989 and key individual responsible for building Kirkland & Ellis, LLP corporate and securities practice in its New York office. He co-founded Kirkland & Ellis's New York corporate and securities practices and was involved in its private equity practice, with his primary focus on mergers and acquisitions and securities law matters. Mr. Balk has been a Director at TomoTherapy Incorporated since May 5, 2010. He has been a Director of Belden, Inc. since March 2000. Mr. Balk holds a Juris doctorate and a master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Chicago and a bachelor's degree in Philosophy from Northwestern University.