Kevin J. Conway
Managing Partner
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice

Throughout his 14 years at CD&R, Mr. Conway has been active in a number of the Firm's investments and organizational initiatives. He chairs the Screening Committee, which evaluates all potential investments and is closely involved in all aspects of the Firm's operations. Previously, Mr. Conway was a senior member of the Goldman, Sachs & Co. mergers and acquisitions department and, later, the chief of staff of the investment banking division. Mr. Conway is a graduate of Amherst College. He holds an M.B.A. from Columbia University Graduate School of Business and a J.D. from Columbia University Law School.

Stewart Gross
Managing Director and Member of Investment Committee
Lightyear Capital

Mr. Gross received an A.B., Magna Cum Laude from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School where he was elected to Beta Gamma Sigma. Mr. Gross is chairman of the Civic Capital Corporation, an affiliate of the New York City Investment Fund, a director of Boys & Girls Harbor and a trustee of The Mt. Sinai Children’s Center Foundation.

Ernest Jacquet
Founder and Managing Partner
Parthenon Capital

Ernest Jacquet is a founder and Managing Partner of Parthenon Capital. Currently, Mr. Jacquet is a member of Parthenon Capital's Executive Committee and Investment Committee. He also is the Chairman of the Board of Interline Brands and serves on the board of Xanboo.

Mr. Jacquet served on the Board of Directors for SSG Precision Optronics, Inc., Spheris Inc. and Creditek, three former investments of Parthenon Capital.

EXPERIENCE
Prior to founding Parthenon Capital, Mr. Jacquet was General Partner at Summit Partners, a $3 billion venture capital firm. He joined this technology-based venture capital firm in 1990 to establish and lead an investment team focused on growth recapitalizations of private companies.

Previously, Mr. Jacquet was a principal at Bain Capital. He was recruited to Bain Capital from Morgan Stanley & Co, New York, where he executed international transactions. Mr. Jacquet spent eight years in the United Kingdom, where he became one of the youngest Directors of Trafalgar House Investments PLC. He is a former U.S. Naval Officer and a recipient of the U.S. Navy Citation for superior service.

Mr. Jacquet has served as Chairman of the Board of Acurex Corporation, Astech, Inc., and Paragon Vision Sciences. In addition, Mr. Jacquet has served on the boards of Academic Management Services, Chase Federal Bank, CIDCO Inc., First Marketing Company, Rosco Laboratories, and Somero Enterprises.

EDUCATION
Mr. Jacquet is a licensed Professional Engineer and patent holder. He earned his Masters and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with Honors from the University of Michigan and his M.B.A. from Stanford Business School. He serves as a regional and national judge in the Entrepreneur of the Year Program sponsored by Ernst & Young, and as an Overseer of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Recently, he was elected Trustee of the Stanford Business School Trust.

Steven Klinsky
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
New Mountain Capital

Steve Klinsky, 51, is the founder and chief executive officer of New Mountain Capital, LLC., a firm formed in January 2000 to achieve exceptional long-term capital appreciation through private equity and equity related investments.  New Mountain currently manages approximately $8.5 billion in partnership commitments, with a strategy that emphasizes intensive fundamental research, proactive pursuit of the most attractive “defensive growth” sectors, and a proven ability to add value and build businesses post-investment.  New Mountain believes that its first two private equity funds rank among the highest returning private equity funds for their vintage years.  The firm’s third private equity fund, New Mountain Partners III, L.P., with over $5.1 billion of aggregate commitments, began its investment period in August 2007.  New Mountain manages over $1.0 billion of public equity portfolios through New Mountain Vantage Advisers, L.L.C. (“Vantage”), which is designed to apply New Mountain’s established strengths as an acquirer and builder of businesses toward non-control positions in the U.S. public equity markets generally.

Prior to founding New Mountain, Mr. Klinsky was co-founder of Goldman Sachs & Co.’s Leveraged Buyout Group (1981-1984) where he executed $3 billion of pioneering transactions for Goldman Sachs and its clients.  He joined Forstmann Little & Co. in 1984 as its fifth investment professional, was named a general partner in 1986 and was the most senior partner of Forstmann Little outside of the Forstmann family for the majority of the 1990s (until leaving to found New Mountain in June 1999).  Mr. Klinsky’s tenure at Forstmann Little coincided with a period of exceptional investment success for that firm, generating over $6 billion of gains on investments made in the 1990 – June 1999 time period without one principal loss. 
           
Steve Klinsky was raised in Michigan and earned his B.A. with high honors from the University of Michigan in 1976.  He earned his MBA from Harvard Business School (class of 1979) and his J.D., with honors, from Harvard Law School (class of 1981).  He has served as chairman or director of a number of companies, including Strayer Education Inc., Deltek Systems, Inc., National Medical Health Card Systems, Inc., General Instrument Corp., The Thompson×Minwax Co., Yankee Candle Co., Surgis, Inc., Apptis, Inc., Overland Solutions, Inc., MailSouth, Inc., Ikaria, Inc., Inmar, Inc. and Oakleaf Global Holdings.  Mr. Klinsky is active in a range of charitable and educational causes, is married with four children and lives in New York City.

Lawrence D. Lenihan
CEO & Managing Director
FirstMark Capital

Prior to FirstMark, Larry was a Principal at Broadview Associates, L.L.C. (now part of Jefferies & Co.) one of the leading mergers and acquisitions advisory firms focused on the information technology industry. Before joining Broadview, Larry held several operational positions at IBM, and led the development and launch of one of the first transactional multimedia systems for the retail industry.

Larry sits on the boards of Dovetail Insurance, Duck Creek Technologies, Duck Creek Technologies Europe, Ltd., EagleEye Analytics, Health Plan One, Restricted Stock Partners, Saba Software (NASDAQ: SABA), Superior Access Insurance Services and Swingtide. He serves as Chairman of the Duke University Pratt School of Engineering Devil Fund. Additionally, he is an adjunct professor at New York University.

Larry holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. from Duke University.

Marcos A. Rodriguez
Founder and Managing Partner
Palladium Equity Partners

Palladium has invested in Taco Bueno, a premium quality, quick service Mexican restaurant chain based in Texas; PROMÉRICA Bank, the first Latino-owned commercial bank to form in California in 30 years; ATC Panels, a fast-growing producer of wood panels based in North Carolina and led by Chilean and U.S. Hispanic entrepreneurs; Todobebé, Inc., a leading multimedia company focused on Hispanic parenting; Sahale Snacks, a Seattle-based producer of all-natural, gourmet snack food products; Regional Management Corp., a consumer finance company offering loans to individuals with limited access to traditional sources of consumer credit; Starfire Systems, a leading developer and manufacturer of ceramic materials and finished products; DailyMe, an internet news aggregator, content platform and social community; Castro Cheese Company, a leading manufacturer, marketer and distributor of Hispanic cheeses and creams under the "La Vaquita" brand; Carpio Solutions, a Pan American IT company that provides technology solutions, software and services focused on improving operational and financial efficiency for businesses; American Gilsonite Company, an industrial minerals company and the world’s primary miner and processor of uintaite, a variety of asphaltite, a specialty hydrocarbon which the Company markets to industrial customers under its registered trademark name “Gilsonite®”; Remesas Quisqueyana, Inc., a New York City-based company that offers money transfers and other services to largely Hispanic customers; Mission Community Bancorp, a full service community bank headquartered in San Luis Obispo on California’s central coast; and Celeritas, LLC, an integrated sports marketing platform targeting the Hispanic demographic.

Prior to forming Palladium, Mr. Rodriguez was a partner of Joseph Littlejohn & Levy (JLL), a buyout firm which he joined in 1989. Prior to that, he worked in operations for General Electric Company in the U.S., Mexico and France and graduated from GE’s Manufacturing Management Program.

Mr. Rodriguez serves as Chairman of the Board of The Robert Toigo Foundation, a national educational organization that supports the advancement of exceptional minority business degree students and alumni within the finance industry through scholarships, mentoring and job placement. Mr. Rodriguez serves as Board Member of the New America Alliance, a non-profit organization that promotes access to capital and business opportunities for U.S. Hispanics. Mr. Rodriguez also serves on the Board of Trustees of NewYork-Presbyterian, the university hospital for Columbia and Cornell.

Mr. Rodriguez earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University, an M.B.A. from the Wharton School and an M.A. in International Studies from the Lauder Institute of the University of Pennsylvania.