HOPE P. KREBS is a partner with the law firm of Duane Morris LLP, where she is the co-chair of the firm’s International Practice Group and practices in the area of international tax matters.  Prior to joining Duane Morris, Ms. Krebs was a senior manager of International Tax Services for Ernst & Young LLP and, prior to that, was associated with the New York tax department of another major national law firm.  She is a member of the International Fiscal Association, the International Tax Institute, the Committees on U.S. Activities of Foreign Taxpayers and Foreign Activities of U.S. Taxpayers of the Taxation Section of the American Bar Association, the Committees on U.S. Activities of Foreign Taxpayers and Financial Instruments of the Tax Section of the New York State Bar Association and the Philadelphia Bar Association.  She is also a member of the Executive Committee and Planning Board for the annual Philadelphia Tax Conference.  Ms. Krebs is a graduate of New York University School of Law (LL.M., taxation), a graduate of Villanova University School of Law and a graduate of Drexel University.  She is the co-author of a Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.-Tax Management Portfolio titled U.S. Withholding - Foreign Persons and the author of numerous tax articles.  Ms. Krebs is a lecturer in law in the Graduate Tax Program at Villanova University School of Law and is a frequent speaker on international tax topics at tax conferences across the country.  She is a member of the American-Israel, French-American and British-American Chambers of Commerce and is admitted to practice law in New York and Pennsylvania.  Ms. Krebs is also listed in Who’s Who in American Law, Who’s Who of American Women and Who’s Who in Finance and Industry.