Mr. Willie R. Barnes Esq. has been a Corporate Secretary of American Shared Hospital Services since 1984. Mr. Barnes has been a Partner in the law firm of Musick Peeler & Garrett LLP since June 1992. He has served as the Commissioner of Corporations for the State of California in 1975 and is a Member of the California Senate Commission on Corporate Governance, Shareholder Rights and Securities Transactions from 1986 to 1991. Mr. Barnes was a Partner at Wyman Bautzer Kutchel & Silbert from January 1989 until its dissolution in March 1991 and a Partner of Katten Muchin Zavis & Weitzman from March 1991 to January 1992. From 1979 to 1988, he was a Senior Partner of Manatt, Phelps, Rothenberg & Phillips and served as Chairman of its Corporate and Securities Department. He served as a Director of Spirit Finance Corp. since December 2003. He served as a Director of GE Franchise Finance (former Franchise Finance Corp. of America) from 1995 to until its acquisition in mid 2001. Mr. Barnes served as a Director of American Shared Hospital Services since 1984. He is a Member of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association, in addition to other committees. He is a Corporate and securities law attorney. Mr. Barnes is a member of the following committees: the Federal Regulation of Securities Committee, the State Regulation of Securities Committee and the Futures Regulation Committee. Mr. Barnes holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1953 and his law degree from the UCLA Law School in 1959.