Craig Benson joined the Board of BDSRA in July of 2009. Benson has been the President and CEO at Rules-Based Medicine, Inc. since January 2002, after directing its spin-off from Luminex Corporation. Until 2004, Benson also served as Chairman of the Board for Equity Resource Partners, LLC, a private investment company. From 1987 through September 2000, he was employed by Service Corporation International (NYSE: SCI), a world leader in death care-related services. During his tenure with SCI, he held various senior executive management positions, which included domestic and international merger and acquisition responsibilities, Vice-President of Marketing and Corporate Alliances, as well as President of SCI International, Ltd., SCI's International holding company.

From 1990 to 1994, Benson served as President of Investment Capital Corporation, the private equity arm of SCI, which held over $350 million in assets. From 1984 to 1987, he held management positions with Pulaski Investment Corporation, a private holding company engaged in commercial and mortgage banking activities. Benson has served on the Board of Directors of various publicly held entities, including Florafax International, Tanknology Environmental, Inc., Equity Corporation International and Pinnacle Global Group, Inc. He received a BBA degree from Southern Methodist University in 1984. In addition, Benson is the Founding Director of Beyond Batten Disease Foundation.