Howard Rubin has served as a member of our Board of Directors since March 2010 and he was a consultant to Trupanion from May 2014 until December 2020. Mr. Rubin previously served as our Chief Operating Officer from March 2010 to May 2014, and as our Secretary from July 2012 to August 2013. Mr. Rubin founded and served as Chief Executive Officer at BrightHeart Veterinary Centers, a company operating specialty and emergency veterinary hospitals, from November 2007 to October 2009, and as the Chief Executive Officer of the National Commission on Veterinary Economic Issues, a non-profit association supporting the animal health and veterinary industry, from January 2001 to October 2007. Previously, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of Cardiopet, Inc., Divisional Vice President of IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., on the Board of Trustees of the Animal Medical Center in New York City, on the Dean's Advisory Board for the College of Veterinary Medicine at Western University of Health Sciences and on the Board of Overseers of the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University. Mr. Rubin also founded the Veterinary Referral Centre, a comprehensive, multi-specialty veterinary hospital. Mr. Rubin holds an M.B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis Olin Business School and a B.A. from Ohio Wesleyan University.