Richard Cavanagh - BlackRock Health Independent Co-Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Mr. Richard E. Cavanagh serves as Independent Chairman of the Board of Trustee of BlackRock Health Science Trust. He is Trustee, Aircraft Finance Trust from 1999 to 2009 Director, The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America since 1998 Trustee, Educational Testing Service from 1997 to 2009 and Chairman thereof from 2005 to 2009 Senior Advisor, The Fremont Group since 2008 and Director thereof since 1996 Faculty MemberAdjunct Lecturer, Harvard University since 2007 President and Chief Executive Officer, The Conference Board, Inc. from 1995 to 2007. Mr. Cavanagh brings to the Boards a wealth of practical business knowledge and leadership as an experienced directortrustee of various public and private companies. In particular, because Mr. Cavanagh served for over a decade as President and Chief Executive Officer of The Conference Board, Inc., a global business research organization, he is able to provide the Boards with expertise about business and economic trends and governance practices. Mr. Cavanagh created the blue ribbon Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprise in 2002, which recommended corporate governance enhancements. Mr. Cavanaghs service as a director of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America and as a senior advisor and director of The Fremont Group provides added insight into investment trends and conditions. Mr. Cavanaghs longstanding service on the boards of the ClosedEnd Complex also provides him with a specific understanding of the Funds, their operations, and the business and regulatory issues facing the Funds. Mr. Cavanagh is also an experienced board leader, having served as the lead independent director of a NYSE public company and as the Board Chairman of the Educational Testing Service.