Meredith Adler

MEREDITH ADLER is Lehman Brothers’ Equity Analyst following the
supermarket and drug store industries, including major chains such as
Safeway, Kroger, Albertson’s, Walgreen and CVS. She joined Lehman’s
equity research department in mid-1996 after spending 10 years as a high
yield bond analyst. Ms. Adler ranked number two in the food and drug
retailing category in the 2001 poll of equity analysts conducted by
Institutional Investor magazine. Prior to joining Lehman Brothers, Ms.
Adler worked in high yield research at Chase Securities, CS First
Boston, and L.F. Rothschild. She received her MBA in Finance from New
York University and a BA in Comparative Religion from Boston University,
and she is a Chartered Financial Analyst.