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C. WILLIAM POLLOCK
Mr. Pollock founded National Insurance Partners (“NIP”) in 2004 in order to become a leading independent risk management and financial solutions organization. Mr. Pollock has more than 25 years experience as Chairman and CEO of various companies he has formed or acquired.
In 2002, Mr. Pollock began a consulting practice focused on director protection and risk management. He advises directors of corporations, banks, and mutual funds on their current protection and how to improve that protection. Mr. Pollock has written several articles on the subject of director protection and has been a featured National Association of Corporate Director (NACD) panelist. NIP offers a full complement of services and solutions such as director and executive compensation, executive benefits, wealth management, and director protection to assist companies, management, and their directors.
During Mr. Pollock’s career, he has practiced law, been general counsel of a large company and has formed, consolidated, acquired and sold several businesses. As Chairman and CEO of all his corporate formations, one of his largest and most successful was Hanover Energy which included the acquisition of United Gas Pipeline, a large interstate gas pipeline which had 1,700 employees and $1.5 billion of assets. He also formed Hanover Compression which began as a consolidation of small compression leasing companies and today is a NYSE traded company.
Mr. Pollock graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa earning a bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and received a juris doctorate from the University of Virginia. He also played quarterback on three consecutive Ivy League Championship football teams. Mr. Pollock is a member of the Texas State Bar Association, American Bar Association and the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD).
J.
MURRY BOWDEN
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Partner
The Hanover Company
Houston, Texas
Mr. Bowden is Chairman, Chief Executive
Officer and Partner of The Hanover Company based
in Houston, Texas. The Hanover Company is one
of the most active private real estate companies
in the United States, specializing in the development
of high quality multi-family residential properties
across the nation. Hanover's portfolio totals
more than 32,000 units across the country and
over $3.8 billion in project costs.
Responsible
for strategic planning, risk management, operational
aspects and investment decisions, Mr. Bowden has
been involved in all aspects of apartment development,
construction, management and finance for more
than 25 years. Prior to forming The Hanover Company
in 1982, he was an attorney in private practice,
specializing in real estate and oil and gas transactions.
Mr.
Bowden graduated cum laude with a bachelor's degree
from Dartmouth College and a juris doctorate from
the University of Texas Law School. Mr. Bowden
was captain of the 1971 undefeated Dartmouth football
team that finished 12th in the nation, he was
voted to the Kodak All American Team, and was
inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
in December, 2004. He devotes time to various
charities and educational institutions and has
served on the Dartmouth Real Estate Advisory Committee.
DAVID G. HETZEL
Partner
Dewey & LeBoeuf
New York and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mr. Hetzel is a senior partner at Dewey & LeBoeuf, an international law
firm with a principal office in New York City
where he practices in the firm's global litigation
practice. He concentrates in complex commercial
litigation (including multi- district litigation
and class actions) for corporate clients, including
cases involving securities fraud, business torts,
breach of contract, insurance coverage, and trademark
and trade dress infringement claims. Mr. Hetzel
has represented Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies,
as well as individuals, in investigations into
allegations of a wide range of civil and criminal
conduct and has represented special litigation
committees of corporate boards in the investigation
of claims made in connection with shareholder
derivative actions. A former assistant United
States attorney for the District of Columbia,
Mr. Hetzel is an experienced trial lawyer in both
civil and criminal cases. He has experience in
D&O matters and the firm has extensive expertise
in the area as well. In the past, Mr. Hetzel has
served as a member of the firm's Executive Committee
and as Co-Chair of the Global Litigation Practice.
He
is a member of the American Bar Association and
New York State Bar Association. He is frequently
asked to lecture on a wide range of civil liability
and trial practice issues.
Mr.
Hetzel graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta
Kappa with a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth
College and received his juris doctorate from
the University of Virginia.
E. MILES PRENTICE III
Partner
Eaton & Van Winkle
New York
Mr. Prentice practices international
and domestic commercial and financial law at Eaton
& Van Winkle in New York City. His practice
involves an emphasis on representation of foreign
and domestic corporations, banks and insurance
companies in their U.S. and off-shore activities.
Those activities include the acquisition of companies,
formation of joint enterprises, transfers of technology,
financings (through the public markets and privately,
including asset and project-based financings)
and general operations. The businesses involved
include banking, cement, medical devices, engineering
and insurance.
Mr. Prentice is a director
of several companies including National Life Insurance
Company of Vermont, Snorkel Holdings, Inc. and
North American Insurance Lenders, Inc. He is also
a director of a number of U.S. subsidiaries of
foreign corporations and is also a director of
the Texas League of Professional Baseball Clubs
and the Southern League of Professional Baseball
Clubs.
Mr. Prentice is a trustee of
Washington & Jefferson College, St. Hilda's
& St. Hugh's School, the Shelbourne Museum,
the Center for Security Policy, Hudson Institute,
and the Union League Club. He is also President
of the Midland Rockhounds, the Huntsville Stars
(minor league baseball teams) and the Odessa Jackalopes
(minor league hockey team).
Mr.
Prentice earned his bachelor's degree from Washington
& Jefferson College and his juris doctorate
from the University of Michigan.
F. SHELDON PRENTICE
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
Merchants Bancshares, Inc.
Burlington, Vermont
Mr. Prentice is Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Merchants Bancshares, Inc. in Burlington, Vermont. He is responsible for all legal affairs of the Bank including merger agreement negotiations, preparation of registration materials, diligence investigation of companies and products, interpretation of contracts and agreements and investment strategies. He is also responsible for business development, introducing many current and prospective customers to the Bank and personnel recruitment, recruiting senior level employees in various departments. Mr. Prentice serves as intermediary counsel between management, board members, legislators, stockholders, regulators and investors.
Prior to joining Merchants Bancshares, Mr. Prentice was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for Chittenden Corporation in Burlington Vermont.
Mr. Prentice earned a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College and received his juris doctorate from Fordham University Law School. He was with Davis Polk and Wardwell and was in charge of the summer associate program. He currently serves as Dartmouth Mini-Reunion Chair for the Class of 1972 and is a member of the Vermont Bar Association and the NASD Board of Arbitrators. He served on Dartmouth's Alumni Council and as Chair of the Nominating Committee (which nominates future council members and alumni trustees). Mr. Prentice devotes time to various charities and educational institutions within his home State of Vermont.
FRED CROSSMAN
Investor
Chicago, Illinois
Mr. Crossman currently consults and manages
individual portfolios, specializing in stocks
and derivatives. After graduating from Dartmouth
College, Mr. Crossman practiced accounting with
Price Waterhouse, where he earned his CPA, and
briefly practiced tax law with Pedersen and Haupt,
while attending law school at night at DePaul
University.
Mr. Crossman traded stock options and made markets
for his own account for 18 years on the Chicago
Board Options Exchange. He is co-founder of a
chemical start-up, defoamer.com.
Mr.
Crossman has an MBA from the University of Chicago
and is a member of the Illinois Bar.
RICHARD M. SPAZIANO, CLU
President
Creative Resources, Inc.
Providence, Rhode Island
Mr. Spaziano is the President of Creative Resources,
Inc., Creative Broker Services, LLC (a NASD Registered
Broker Dealer), and Creative Resources Investment
Advisors, Inc. (a SEC Registered Investment Advisor).
Mr. Spaziano founded the Creative companies
in 1987 in order to provide financial planning
and financial product implementation for his
corporate and high net worth private clients.
His primary focus has been in the areas of estate
tax and business planning and regularly provides
consulting and analytical services to his clients
as well as assisting client advisors, tax attorneys,
CPA’s and trust officers. With over 30
years of experience in the financial planning
arena, he also develops and markets various proprietary
financial programs on a national basis in addition
to advising employers on plan design, ERISA requirements,
product/service implementation and pricing.
Prior to forming the Creative companies, he
was Executive Vice President and Partner of Brokers’ Service
Marketing Group, where he spent ten years marketing
life insurance, retirement benefit plans, and
structured settlement annuities.
Mr. Spaziano graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s
degree from Dartmouth College. He also received
his CLU degree from the American College. While
at Dartmouth he played football and track.
GREGORY
C. YADLEY
Partner
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
Tampa, Florida
Mr. Yadley is a partner and chair of
the corporate practice group in the Tampa, Florida
office of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick. His principal
areas of practice include securities, mergers
and acquisitions, corporate and general business
law.
Mr. Yadley has extensive experience
representing business entities of all sizes, including
closely-held and family businesses as well as
large and small public companies. He regularly
represents these clients in financing transactions,
mergers and acquisitions, contract negotiations
and disputes, strategic planning, legal compliance
and general corporate matters. He also has extensive
experience in securities matters, including advising
clients with regard to their private and public
offerings of securities (including initial public
offerings) and their on-going disclosure obligations.
He
is a frequent lecturer and contributor to legal
periodicals and he is Co-Editor of The Florida
Bar Florida Corporate Practice Manual and Co-Director
of the annual Federal Securities Institute.
Mr.
Yadley graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College
and received his juris doctorate (with honors)
from George Washington University. He is Chair
of the American Bar Association, Small Business
Issuers Subcommittee and past Chair of the Florida
Bar Business Law Section. Mr. Yadley is listed
in America's Leading Lawyers for Business 2003-2005
by Chambers & Partners and The Best Lawyers
in America , Corporate Law 2006 by Woodward/White,
Inc. He is a member of the Executive Committee
of the Board of Directors of The Florida Orchestra
and devotes time to numerous other community and
cultural organizations in the Tampa Bay area.
DOUGLAS
A. DONAHUE, JR.
Partner
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Boston, Massachusetts
Mr.
Donahue joined Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
in 1976 as a commercial banker in the firm's Boston
Office. He has been active for the past 22 years
in the development of BBH&Co.'s Global Custody
business.
Mr. Donahue was named a Partner of the firm in
1990. In 1997 he was made a member of the firm's
Steering Committee and was named Partner in charge
of the Boston Office.
Mr. Donahue serves as a Director of Brown Brothers
Harriman & Co.'s subsidiaries, Brown Brothers
Harriman (Luxembourg) S.C.A., Brown Brothers Harriman
Investor Services Limited, and Brown Brothers
Harriman Fund Administration Services (Ireland)
Limited. Mr. Donahue is Treasurer of the Commercial
Club of Boston and a Advisor to the American Textile
Museum.
Mr. Donahue is a 1969 graduate of Phillips Academy,
a 1973 graduate of Dartmouth College and graduated
from the Harvard Business School in 1976.
WILLIAM
H. KING, JR.
Partner
McGuireWoods LLP
Richmond, Virginia
Mr. King is a partner at McGuireWoods
LLP in Richmond, Virginia. He has an extensive
background in the litigation of commercial and
products liability cases, and has specialized
in the management of national products liability
defense litigation for more than 20 years. His
primary emphasis is in the representation of manufacturers
of consumer and industrial products including
automobiles and automotive components, chemicals,
and industrial equipment.
Mr. King is
a member of the firm's board of partners and a
fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers
and the American Bar Foundation. He also serves
on the Product Liability Committee of the American
Bar Association and serves as a member of the
Product Liability Section of the Defense Research
Institute. Mr. King has authored a number of articles
and has lectured on numerous occasions on the
management of national mass litigation.
He
earned his bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College,
his juris doctorate from the University of Virginia
and received a M.A. Honorary Degree from Dartmouth
College in 1991. He served as Chairman, Board
of Trustees, Dartmouth College from 1999 to 2001,
various committees and Chairman of the YMCA of
Greater Richmond, Board of Directors for the John
Marshall Foundation and Board of Directors and
Executive Committee for the Sons of the Revolution
in the State of Virginia.
BRUCE W. LING
Managing Director of Credit Suisse
Chief Operating Officer of Investment Banking
Department
Credit Suisse
New York
Mr. Ling is a Managing Director of Credit Suisse
and Chief Operating Officer of the Investment
Banking department. He is also Chairman of the
Global Corporate Bank and serves as a member
of the Capital Asset Risk Management Committee
and the Global Management Council.
Mr. Ling joined Credit Suisse First Boston in
July, 1994 from Bankers Trust Securities where
he was a Managing Director overseeing the bank’s
non-investment grade loan syndication.
Prior to joining Bankers Trust, Mr. Ling was
Vice President in charge of capital markets at
Citicorp Securities. He was also a Senior Vice
President and General Manager of Corporate Finance
at GE Capital Corporation and Vice President
of capital markets, private placements and syndication
for Citicorp Investment Bank in Toronto.
Mr. Ling received his A.B. degree from Dartmouth
College and his M.B.A. from The University of
Western Ontario.
JOHN C. WALTERS
Investor
Graham, New Hampshire
Mr. Walters was Senior Vice President
and General Counsel for John H. Harland Company.
Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Harland is a $1 billion
provider of checks, database marketing software
and loan and host processing automation to the
financial industry. He was responsible for all
corporate legal activities, real estate and corporate
secretary functions. Mr. Walters also coordinated
M&A activities from a legal perspective and
was part of a senior management team recruited
to reorganize and implement turnaround.
Prior
to joining Harland in 1996, Mr. Walters was Executive
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of First
Financial Management Corporation which was a $3
billion worldwide leader in information processing
and financial services, including credit card
transaction processing, healthcare claims processing
and consumer payment services.
Mr. Walters
joined First Financial Management Corporation
when it purchased Western Union Corporation where
he served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary. Walters coordinated the successful
Chapter 11 reorganization of Western Union's holding
company and sale to FFMC.
Mr.
Walters earned his bachelor's degree from Dartmouth
College and his juris doctorate from the University
of Virginia. He has participated in numerous Dartmouth
alumni programs and activities and is currently
Dartmouth Club of Georgia Trustee, Class of 1962
Activities President, and immediate Past President
of the Association of Alumni.
MATTHEW
P. DWYER, JR.
International Director
Jones Lang LaSalle
Boston, Massachusetts
Mr. Dwyer is an International Director of Jones
Lang LaSalle, the largest real estate firm traded
on the New York Stock Exchange. He joined Spaulding & Slye
(now part of Jones Lang LaSalle) in 1977 and
served Spaulding & Slye in several leadership
capacities, including as a member of its board.
Mr. Dwyer currently leads the firm’s New
England Leasing and Capital Markets activities
and is actively engaged with numerous corporate
clients. He has guided clients through hundreds
of office and industrial real estate transactions,
with an aggregate dollar value in the billions
of dollars. In 1992, Mr. Dwyer was named “Broker
of the Year” by the Greater Boston Real
Estate Board and, in 1995, was recognized by
Commercial Property News as one of the top commercial
brokers in the United States.
In 2001, he founded the Boston Cannons of Major
League Lacrosse (MLL) and is the team’s
President and General Partner. MLL is the outdoor
professional lacrosse league consisting of ten
teams spread across the United States. Mr. Dwyer
is also involved with several real estate industry
groups and non-profit organizations.
Mr. Dwyer earned his A.B. degree, cum laude,
at Dartmouth College in 1975 where he was a four-year
Lacrosse player. Since graduation, he has worked
for Dartmouth in several capacities, including
Class President, Alumni Council Member, Development
Volunteer, and Admissions Interviewer. He also
attended the University of Pennsylvania’s
Graduate School of Fine Arts (Architecture).
THOMAS E. FREEMAN
SunTrust Bank Corporate Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer
Atlanta, Georgia
Mr. Freeman is corporate executive vice president and chief credit officer. In this role, he has company-wide oversight of the full range of credit-related functions, including Credit Policy, Credit Authorization, Credit Review, Credit Risk Metrics, and Credit Technology as well as Capital Markets Risk Management, Special Assets, Portfolio Risk Analytics, and Wholesale Bank Credit Services.
Prior to joining SunTrust, Mr. Freeman was a principal at KMPG where he was responsible for providing credit risk and other advisory services to a variety of clients including larger commercial banks. He joined KPMG in 2004 after a 14-year career at Fleet Boston Financial and its predecessors, where he held a series of increasingly responsible positions including: managing director, corporate strategy and development; consumer lending executive credit officer; director of portfolio management; and corporate vice president, commercial real estate. He began his career with Citibank in 1975 as a bank trainee, progressing to area manger in Houston in 1985, and regional credit officer in 1988.
Mr. Freeman graduated, cum laude, with a bachelor's degree in Economics from Providence College and earned an MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College.
DANIEL L. KENSLEA, JR.
Managing Director, Fixed Income Sales
Bear Stearns & Company
Boston, Massachusetts
Mr. Kenslea is a Managing Director in the Fixed
Income Department of Bear Stearns & Company.
Bear Stearns is a leading Investment Banking
and Brokerage company headquartered in New York.
Mr. Kenslea provides sales coverage for investment
advisory firms, banks, insurance companies and
other institutional investors in the New England
area for Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Structured
Products. He has been with Bear Stearns in Boston
since 1989. Prior to that he was with Goldman
Sachs, Boston for ten years providing essentially
similar services.
Mr. Kenslea earned a bachelor's degree (History
- cum laude) from Dartmouth College in 1975.
While at Dartmouth he played football and rugby.
He served as President of the Rugby Club his
senior year, and is currently the Chair of
the Board of Governors of the Dartmouth Rugby
Football Club. He has also served on a number
of committees for his alumni class. Mr.
Kenslea earned an MBA from the Harvard
Business School in 1979.
Mr. Kenslea has devoted much of his time to
various non-profit organizations in his home
area, and is currently serving as a Trustee Associate
for Boston College High School, from which he
also graduated.
MARK
A. DINGLEY
President
TMIT Communications
Providence, Rhode Island
Mr. Dingley is currently President of TMIT Communications,
LLC, an early stage software company focused
on solutions for accelerating corporate strategy
execution. Mr. Dingley also currently serves
as Business Development Consultant, and formerly
served as President and CEO, of Modular Energy
Devices, Inc., an advanced battery company with
proprietary technology that enables massive parallelization
of small lithium ion cells to create low cost,
high energy density power systems.
Prior to joining Modular Energy Devices, Inc.,
Mr. Dingley worked in a number of roles at Cookson
Group plc, a UK based London Stock Exchange company.
His roles at Cookson Group included General Counsel
and Sr. VP Administration, as well as Sr. VP
Corporate Development and Sr. VP HR for the Group’s
Electronics Division, and General Manager of
the Group’s PWB Chemistry business. Mr.
Dingley also practiced corporate law for 20 years
where he was a partner and member of the Executive
Committee at Adler Pollock $ Sheehan LLP in Providence,
RI.
Mr. Dingley graduated magna cum laude from Dartmouth
College, received his juris doctor (with honors)
from Cornell University, and received an LLM
in Taxation from Boston University. He is a member
of the Rhode Island Bar and American Bar Associations.
He also devotes time to various charitable organizations
in Rhode Island.
KIRK G. ANDRUS, MD
Family Physician
Hospitalist
Kelseyville, California
Dr. Kirk Andrus grew up in the Salinas Valley, graduated from Dartmouth College in 1972, and received his MD from the University of California at Davis Medical School in 1976. He completed a UCSF Family Practice residency program in 1979 after which he worked as an Emergency Room physician, Family Physician, and Hospitalist. He and his wife Quincy have run a solo practice in Kelseyville, California since 1986.
Active in his profession, Dr. Andrus has served as Chief of Staff at two different hospitals and has been involved in physician leadership activity throughout his career. He is an associate clinical instructor and a member of the University of California at Davis Family Nurse Practitioner program. His community service includes serving as trustee for the local high school and he currently serves as Director of the Lake County Rodeo Association.
While at Dartmouth, Dr. Andrus played rugby and was selected as a member of the U.S. National Team to tour South Africa and Rhodesia in 1978. He refereed and played for a number of years retiring from play in 1994. Since 1979, Dr. Andrus and his family have run a small ranch raising cattle, hay, and horses. He is active in the local business association and Rotary Club.
CHUCK WATSON
Chairman
Eagle Energy
Houston, Texas
Chuck Watson is the chairman and a founding partner of Eagle Energy. Chuck's experience includes 13 years at Conoco before he established Natural Gas Clearinghouse in 1985. He led that company for 17 years as it expanded and became Dynegy Inc., a fortune 100 company. Chuck is a Houston real estate and sports entertainment entrepreneur. He is a principal of Caldwell Watson Real Estate Group and recent chairman of the Houston Super Bowl XXXVIII Host Committee. He is an owner of the AHL Houston Aeros hockey franchise and a minority owner and board member of the NFL Houston Texans. He is currently on the board of Baker Hughes and Baylor College of Medicine and is a senior energy adviser for Katzenbach Partners.
Educated in business and economics at Oklahoma State University (OSU), Chuck has served as governor, trustee, and chairman of the OSU Foundation; was inducted into the OSU Alumni Hall of Fame in 1997; and in 2001 received OSU’s highest honor of the Henry G. Bennett Award. Chuck served as the citywide chairman of the United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast’s fundraising campaign and as chairman of the Alexis de Tocqueville Society campaigns for the United Way. Currently, he serves on the board of Theater Under the Stars, Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo, the Greater Houston Partnership, Houston Arts Fund, and Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. In 2001, Chuck was inducted into the Texas Business Hall of Fame and was named a “Master Entrepreneur” by Ernst & Young
JOHN GLEASON
Investor
Hanover, New Hampshire
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