James B. Hawkins ’77 has been appointed to the board of directors of Digirad Corporation, a leading provider of diagnostic imaging products and personnel and equipment leasing services, and will serve as chair of the Compensation Committee. Hawkins has more than two decades of experience as chief executive of successful medical device companies. Since April 2004, Mr. Hawkins has served as the president, CEO, and a director of Natus Medical Incorporated, a provider of healthcare products used for the screening, detection, treatment, monitoring, and tracking of common medical ailments such as hearing impairment, neurological dysfunction, epilepsy, sleep disorders, and certain newborn conditions. Prior to joining Natus Medical, Mr. Hawkins was president, CEO, and a director of Invivo Corporation, a developer and manufacturer of multi-parameter vital sign monitoring equipment, and its predecessor from 1985 through January 2004. Mr. Hawkins also served as Secretary of Invivo from 1986 until January 2004. Mr. Hawkins has served as a Director of IRIDEX Corp. since October 2007. Mr. Hawkins holds an undergraduate degree in Business Commerce from Santa Clara University and holds a M.B.A. from San Francisco State University.