Norman Alpert
Managing Director
Vestar Capital Partners

Norm was one of the founding partners of Vestar Capital in 1988.  At Vestar, he has been responsible for originating, negotiating and financing private equity investments in multiple industries and providing ongoing strategic direction to various portfolio companies.  He currently manages the firms consumer, media and communications practices.

He is currently a Director of Border Media Partners, MediMedia and St. John Knits.

Norm began his career in 1980 as a Commercial Banker at Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company and was a member of the Special Finance Division from 1982 to 1984 when he left to become a member of the Management Buyout Group at The First Boston Corporation.

Norm is originally from Winchester, MA and lives in Purchase, N.Y. with his wife, Jane, and children (Caroline, Erin, Heidi, Adam and Natalie).  He is a 1980 graduate of Brown University with an A.B. in American History and Economics.

Norm’s a Trustee of The Brown Hillel Foundation and a Director of the Brown Sports Foundation.

Glenn R. August
President
Oak Hill Advisors, L.P.

Glenn R. August is the President of Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. (“OHA”), a $10 billion investment firm specializing in the leveraged capital markets. He supervises all investment, trading and operational activities of the firm, co-founded each of OHA's funds and serves as the managing partner of each of their management entities. In addition, he is a Managing Partner of the advisor to Oak Hill Special Opportunities Fund, L.P., an investment partnership focused on investments in distressed companies. Mr. August previously worked in the mergers and acquisitions department at Morgan Stanley in New York and London. He earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar, and a B.S. degree from Cornell University. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of iStar Financial Inc., Vertex Data Science, Mount Sinai Children's Center Foundation and the 92nd St. Y.

Donald B. Marron
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Lightyear Capital LLC

Donald B. Marron has been a prominent figure in the financial services industry for more than 40 years, during which time he led a major Wall Street firm and distinguished himself as a successful entrepreneur.  Most recently, Mr. Marron founded Lightyear in November 2000 and today serves as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.  Prior to founding Lightyear, Mr. Marron served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PaineWebber Group, Inc., until its merger in November 2000 with UBS which created the world's largest wealth management firm for private clients with over $1.5 trillion of invested assets.  Mr. Marron came to PaineWebber as a result of a merger he led between the firm and Mitchell Hutchins, a leading institutional brokerage firm that he served as Chairman and CEO.  On a separate track, Marron co-founded Data Resources Inc. in 1969, with Harvard economist Dr. Otto Eckstein.  The company became the largest nongovernmental source of economic data in the world and was purchased by McGraw-Hill Companies in 1979. 

Among numerous civic, political, and professional affiliations, Mr. Marron is a member of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center’s Board of Overseers and Managers, a former director of The Charles A. Dana Foundation and a member of the board of trustees of New York University.  He is a Trustee of the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and  Chairman Emeritus of the Center for the Study of the Presidency,

A collector of twentieth century art, Mr. Marron is a longtime trustee, former chairman and currently president emeritus and trustee of the Board of The Museum of Modern Art and a  former member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities.

Mr. Marron is the former chairman of the Board of Managers of Collegiate Funding Services (2004-2006); a former Director of Fannie Mae (2001-2006); a former board member of Shinsei Bank (1999-2005; a former Director of the New York Stock Exchange (1974-1981); a former Governor and Vice Chairman of the Securities Industry Association (1974-1977); and a former Governor of the National Association of Securities Dealers (1997-2001).

Scott Schoen
Co-President
Thomas H. Lee Partners

Thomas H. Lee Partners is one of the oldest and most successful private equity investment firms in the world.  THL Partners is focused on generating and leading leveraged acquisitions of large growth-oriented companies, primarily North American based, with enterprise values of $1 billion to $15 billion.  THL Partners has total assets under management in excess of $15 billion.  It is currently investing Thomas H. Lee Equity Partners VI, with closed and committed capital of approximately $8 billion.  During its history, THL Partners has invested more than $10 billion of capital in acquisitions with total enterprise value in excess of $100 billion.  THL Partners has delivered a thirty year track record of performance in the top decade of the private equity industry.  Notable transactions include Warner Music Group, VNU Inc., Dunkin Brands, Inc., Houghton Mifflin Company, Simmons Bedding Company, Fisher Scientific International, Inc. and Nortek Inc.

Mr. Schoen joined Thomas H. Lee Partners in 1986.  Prior to that time he was in the private finance department of Goldman, Sachs & Co.  He received a B.A. in history from Yale University, a J.D. from Harvard Law School and an M.B.A from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.  Mr. Schoen’s current and former corporate board directorships include VNU Inc., Spectrum Brands, Inc., Simmons Bedding Company, Transwestern Publishing, L.P., Axis Specialty Ltd., and Rayovac Corporation, among others.  Mr. Schoen is a Trustee of the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Network, a member of the Board of Advisors of the Yale School of Management and a member of the Yale Development Board. 

Jeffrey Stevenson
Managing Partner
Veronis Suhler Stevenson

Jeffrey T. Stevenson is the Managing Partner and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Veronis Suhler Stevenson, a private equity fund with $2.5 billion of capital under management. VSS manages equity and Structured Capital funds dedicated to companies engaged in the media, communications and information industries.  He joined the Firm in 1982 shortly after its formation and has been the head of its private equity business since its first investment in 1989.  Mr. Stevenson serves as the President of each of the Equity Funds, approves all capital commitments, and directs the investment activities of the Equity Funds.  Previously, Mr. Stevenson was Executive Vice President in charge of corporate finance at VSS, a department he founded.

Mr. Stevenson currently serves as a Director of Xtreme Information, Access Intelligence, Infobase Publishing, User Friendly Phone Books, Market Strategies, ITN Networks, TMP Worldwide, Medizine, Cambium Learning and Southern Theatres.  Previously, he served as a Director of The Official Information Company, Centaur Communications, Birch Telecom, ITE Group, Pepcom, Yellow Book USA, Rifkin Acquisition Partners, Triax Midwest Associates, Broadcasting Partners Holdings, Spectrum Resources Towers, PJS Publications, Kansas Broadcasting Systems, B&B Merger Corporation, Cable Management Ireland, International Media Partners, Hughes Broadcasting Partners, Triax Southeast Associates, Canon Communications, Hanley Wood, De Telefoongids, Mediatel and Broadcasting Partners.

Mr. Stevenson holds a B.A. from Rutgers College.

Malon Wilkus
Founder, Chairman, CEO, and President
American Capital Strategies

Malon Wilkus is the founder of American Capital and has been the Chief Executive Officer and President since the company's inception in 1986; he is also the Chairman of the company. He is a recognized leader in implementing and financing management and employee buyouts of subsidiaries, divisions and product lines of major corporations. Mr. Wilkus has been a frequent speaker and has published a number of articles on the subject.

Mr. Wilkus was past chairman of the National Center for Employee Ownership and was a member of the Board of Governors of the ESOP Association. He has served on the board of over a dozen middle market companies in a variety of industries.

During 1986, Mr. Wilkus also served as President of Working Assets, a mutual fund with assets in excess of $100 million. From 1982 until the beginning of 1986, Mr. Wilkus was Vice President and Director of Marketing of Calvert Securities Corporation, a $2 billion investment management company. As Director of Marketing, Mr. Wilkus was responsible for distribution and development of eleven different mutual funds.