NAVAL WAR COLLEGE FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES

LEADERSHIP

Philip M. Bilden Chairman Philip Bilden is a retired Senior Advisor with over 20 years of service to HarbourVest Partners, a leading global investment firm. Mr. Bilden joined HarbourVest Partners in 1991 in and relocated to Hong Kong in 1996 to establish the firm’s Asia Pacific business, HarbourVest Partners (Asia) Limited, which he managed for 15 years. In 2011, Philip received the Asia Journal Special Achievement Award, which recognizes an Asian private equity professional who has had a distinguished career over at least one decade in promoting and assisting the growth of the Asian private equity and venture capital industry. Philip has served on the advisory boards of several international private equity partnerships, including funds managed by Archer Capital, Bain Capital Asia, Brait Capital Partners, Castle Harlan Australian Mezzanine Partners (CHAMP), KKR Asia, Olympus Capital, Pacific Equity Partners, TPG Asia and Unitas Capital. He serves as the inaugural Chairman of the Asia Advisory Council for the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA).

Philip received a BS in Foreign Service (magna cum laude) from Georgetown University in 1986 and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1991. Philip serves on the Board of Visitors of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, the Asia Pacific Advisory Board of Harvard Business School, and the Board of Directors of the United States Naval Academy Foundation. In addition to educational philanthropy, Philip is active in several philanthropic and non-profit organizations including: No Greater Sacrifice, Advisory Board; Arts Foundation at Newport, Inc., Board Member; International Yacht Restoration School, Advisory Council; Newport Historical Society (former Trustee); The Foundation Vice Chairman; Hope Funds for Cancer Research; Aquidneck Island Land Trust; and Save the Bay.

Philip is married to Patricia Bilden, a retired physician (Dermatology), and has three children.

Daniel E. Holland III Vice Chairman and Treasurer Dan Holland is a managing director in the Investment Management Division in Boston, where he serves as region head for the firm's Private Wealth Management (PWM) business in New England. Previously, he had responsibility for the Global Securities Services (GSS) business in the Boston region, responsible for Prime Brokerage, Capital Introduction and Relationship Management with hedge fund clients. Before that, he was co-manager of Prime Brokerage Sales in New York and managed Fixed Income Prime Brokerage.

Prior to joining GSS in 2001, Dan was in the Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities (FICC) Division, where he headed the Institutional Client Services, Dealer Sales and PWM Sales trading teams. From 1999 to 2000, he was chief operating officer of FICC North American Sales. Dan joined Goldman Sachs in 1987 as a Fixed Income Sales generalist in Boston. He became co-resident manager of the Boston office and head of FICC in Boston in 1997. Dan was named managing director in 1999.

Dan served in the U.S. Navy as lieutenant, surface warfare officer from 1981 to 1985 and in the U.S. Naval Reserve as an intelligence officer from 1986 to 1990.

Dan earned an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1987 and a BA in Economics from Boston College in 1979. He serves on the board of the New England Center for Homeless Veterans and is on the advisory boards of both the Boston College CaiToll School of Management and the Center for Asset Management at Boston College.

Dan and his wife, Deborah, have four children and live in Sherborn, Massachusetts.

Nancy Cushing-Evans Secretary Nancy Cushing-Evans is the Former Chairman, CEO, and President of Squaw Valley Ski Corporation, as well as General Counsel. She received degrees from the University of South Carolina Law School, Columbia, South Carolina: J.D.; Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: S.S.; University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado: B.A.; Masters School, Dobbs Ferry, New York; and Tuxedo Park School, Tuxedo Park, New York. She was admitted to the Bar in California, Massachusetts, and New York. She has been a member of The Board of the Tahoe Forest Hospital Foundation; The Excellence in Education Foundation; The Squaw Valley Community of Writers; and The Squaw Valley Council, a non-profit community group. Prior to Squaw Valley, Mrs. Evans worked in private practice as an attorney in New York, focusing on corporate matters. Mrs. Evans served as Member of the Corporation of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution for 29 years, as well as having worked for the United Nations at the Law of the Sea Conferences in Committee III, which dealt with international environmental matters and scientific research. MEMBERS

Stephanie M. Bennett-Smith, Ph.D. Stephanie is an academic administrator. She graduated with honors and has a master's degree in English from the University of New Mexico and a doctorate in American civilization from the University of Iowa. She was a Ford Foundation fellow, 1963-1965, Earhart Foundation fellow, 1974, National Endowment of the Humanities summer fellow, 1975, program grantee Xerox, International Business Machines Corporation, 1978.

Education - Bachelor, University New Mexico, 1963. Master of Arts, University New Mexico, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy, University Iowa, 1973.

Instructor Loretto Heights College, Denver, 1967-1968. Assistant professor Albion (Michigan) College, 1968-1976. Dean Westhampton College, University Richmond, Virginia, 1976-1984. President Centenary College, Hackettstown, , since 1984. President Southern Association Colleges for Women, 1981- 1982. State coordinator Virginia (Women Administrators Program), 1983- 1984.

Board directors, executive committee Virginia Women's Cultural History Project, Richmond, 1983-1984. Treasurer Indiana College Fund New Jersey, 1987-1989, vice president, 1989-1990, president, 1991-1992. Board directors United Jersey Bank Northwest.

Duncan A. Chapman Duncan serves as a partner at Lexington Partners L.P. He joined Lexington Partners on March 23, 2004. He is primarily engaged in management of Lexington’s operations and origination and evaluation of equity co-investments and secondary purchases of private equity and alternative investments. He has been a Principal at Butler, Chapman & Co. Mr. Chapman served as the President at Butler, Chapman & Co. L.L.C., which he co-founded in 1991. He was a Senior Investment Banker of Lehman Brothers Inc. Prior to that, he served as a Senior Vice President in at Lehman Brothers, where he concentrated on merger and acquisition and transactions for domestic and international clients in the retail, textiles, and department store segments. He served as a Director of Pathmark Stores, Inc., SMG-II Holding Corporation, and PTK Holdings, Inc. Mr. Chapman served as a Director at Trident Rowan Group Inc. until resigning on April 19, 2002. Mr. Chapman served as a Director of Supermarkets General Holdings Corporation since 2000. He holds a BA. in Economics from . Duncan Cocroft Duncan currently serves on the board of directors of SBA Communications and GEO Specialty Chemicals. SBA an owner and operator of 31,000 wireless communication towers. He is Chairman of the Audit Committee and member of the Compensation Committee. GEO is a privately-owned specialty chemical company. Mr. Cocroft’s corporate experience included Executive Vice President, Finance and Treasurer of Cendant Corporation, a $19 billion consumer and business services company, including real estate, mortgage banking, leasing, car rental, and travel services; Senior Vice President - Chief Administrative Officer of Kos Pharmaceuticals; and Chief Financial Officer of International Multifoods a $2.5 billion international food company. Mr. Cocroft also served in financial positions at Smithkline Beckman, Marriott Corporation, and Citibank.

His military service was as a 1st Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, 509th Airborne Infantry. (Updated as of 8 Fe19)

The Honorable Michael Coulter Michael is the senior vice president for international strategy and business development at DRS Technologies, Inc. Michael brings diverse experience from a career in government, industry, and military service. From 2010 to 2013, Michael worked for General Dynamics (GD), where he most recently led the corporation's international business efforts. He joined GD after a career in the U.S. government, as a member of the Senior Executive Service at the Department of Defense. Michael served as assistant secretary of defense (acting), principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, and principal deputy for strategic plans and policy on the Joint Staff.

Before his time at the Pentagon, Michael served at the Department of State as deputy assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs, coordinator for coalition operations, and foreign policy advisor to the commanding general of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. He began his government career on Capitol Hill, working national security and foreign and military policy for former Sens. John Warner, R-VA., and Chuck Hagel, R-NE., the former Secretary of Defense. A reserve officer in the U.S. Navy with multiple combat tours and experience in the Middle East, Europe, Asia and Africa, Michael, in his military capacity, currently advises the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency.

Michael earned a BS in political science from the University of Maryland and master's degrees in business administration and national security studies from Georgetown University and the U.S. Naval War College, respectively. He has also studied at the National Defense University and the Foreign Service Institute. Michael has been honored with numerous awards for his military and civilian service including the Secretary of Defense Outstanding Service Medal, the Department of State Superior Honor Award, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Award for Distinguished Service, the U.S. Army Superior Civilian Service Award and several Afghanistan Campaign and Global War on Terrorism Medals.

Michael resides in Alexandria, VA, with his wife, Jennifer, and their two children. (Updated as of 8 Feb) Paul Dimitruk Paul is a Partner and Chairman of Partners Capital. He co-founded the firm in London in 2001. Partners Capital is a private investment office that manages $24B for a group of ultra-high net worth families and institutions. The institutions are predominantly schools, including 10 Oxford and Cambridge College endowments, and foundations in the Arts and Healthcare, including the Metropolitan Opera Company and the Cancer Research Institute. Paul is responsible for many of its largest U.S. client accounts, including institutional and individual clients. He is also responsible for firm-wide risk management, from cyber-security to the Firm's monitoring of all major asset manager relationships.

Previously, Paul was Chairman and Chief Executive of Hawker Capital, a global commodities fund; Chairman and Chief Executive of Pareto Partners, an institutional investment manager; Group Managing Director of General Atlantic Group, the holding company for the General Atlantic interests; an Executive Director of INVESTCORP, an international private equity firm; and Managing Partner of the European practice of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, a global law firm based in . With each of these films Paul was based in London, but had extensive business experience and responsibility across Europe and in , Asia and Asia- Pacific as well.

Paul holds a JD from NYU School of Law and is a member of the California Bar (Inactive). He is a Life Trustee of Denison University and has been a member of its investment committee since 1999. He is Chairman of the Navy SEAL Foundation New England. Previously he has been on the Advisory Board of the CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies) and a member of the Private Sector Advisory Group to the Department of Homeland Security.

My wife, Ingrid, and I are based in Boston and Santa Fe, New Mexico, and have four sons. Two were Majors in the Marine Corps, a Harrier pilot and a Cobra Pilot, and one is a Navy SEAL. The Harrier pilot is currently at Harvard Business School. After getting his MBA at MIT Sloan and a stint at McKinsey, the Cobra pilot is at an early stage AI company whose primary customer is the DOD. The Navy SEAL is active duty and based in Virginia Beach. To round things out, one of our daughters-in-law is a Major in the Air Force and teaches in the ROTC program at MIT. As a family we have seen numerous deployments to Afghanistan, Iraq and locations around the Indo-Pacific.

As you can imagine, educating our very best young officers is a mission I can identify with, and I am honored to be a new Trustee of the Foundation. (Updated as of 11 Feb 19)

The Honorable Paula J. Dobriansky Paula is a foreign policy expert and former diplomat specializing in national security affairs. She is a Senior Fellow in the Future of Diplomacy Project at ’s JFK Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.

From 2010 - 2012, Ambassador Dobriansky was Senior Vice President and Global Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs at Thomson Reuters. In this position, she was responsible for designing and implementing a corporate approach for engagement in Washington, D.C. and other key capitals around the globe. During this time, she was also appointed the Distinguished National Security Chair at the U.S. Naval Academy.

Ambassador Dobriansky served as Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs from 2001 to 2009. Among her primary accomplishments, she established and led the U.S.-India, U.S.-China, and U.S.- Brazil Global Issues Fora -- which advanced crucial work and international cooperation on environment, energy, health, development, and humanitarian issues. Additionally, she was head of delegation and lead negotiator on U.S. climate change policy.

In February 2007, as the President's Envoy to Northern Ireland, Ambassador Dobriansky received the Secretary of State’s highest honor, the Distinguished Service Medal, for her contribution to the historic devolution of power in Belfast. During her more than 25 years in national security affairs, Ambassador Dobriansky has held many Senate-confirmed and senior level positions in the U.S. Government including Director of European and Soviet Affairs at the National Security Council, the White House, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, Deputy Head of the U.S. Delegation to the 1990 Copenhagen Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) and Associate Director for Policy and Programs at the United States Information Agency.

From 1997- 2001, Ambassador Dobriansky served as Senior Vice President and Director of the Washington Office of the Council on Foreign Relations and was the first George F. Kennan Senior Fellow for Russian and Eurasian Studies. During this time, she also served on the Presidentially-appointed U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.

A member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the American Academy of Diplomacy, Ambassador Dobriansky serves on Concordia's Leadership Council, IRI's International Advisory Council, the Naval War College Foundation, Middle East Institute and the Atlantic Council. She is a Trustee of the Trilateral Commission, on the Advisory Board of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and Chair of the Bush Center's Women's Initiative Policy Advisory Council. Previous boards include the Western NIS Enterprise Fund, Smith Richardson Foundation, National Endowment for Democracy (Vice Chair), George Mason University Board of Visitors and the World Affairs Councils of America as Chairman of the National Board.

She received a B.S.F.S. summa cum laude in International Politics from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and a M.A. and Ph.D. in Soviet political/military affairs from Harvard University. She is a Fulbright-Hays scholar, Ford and Rotary Foundation Fellow, a member of Phi Beta Kappa and a recipient of various honors such as the Foreign Policy Association Medal for her service to country and leadership of the World Affairs Councils of America and the International Republican Institute's Women's Democracy Network Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Award (2008). She has received other high-level international recognition including the Commander Cross of the Order of Merit of Poland, Poland's Highest Medal of Merit, Grand Cross of Commander of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas, National Order "Star of Romania", Hungary’s Commander’s Cross Order of Merit and Ukraine’s Order of Merit. She has also received three Honorary Doctorates of Humane Letters, one Honorary Doctorate of Laws and one Honorary Doctorate of International Affairs. Philip Dunmire Philip is the National President of the Navy League of the United States, a civilian organization founded in 1902, dedicated to supporting the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and the U.S.-flag Merchant Marine, and educating American citizens and elected officials about the importance of sea power.

Philip has been an active member of the Navy League for 24 years. Since joining he has served at the Council level as Council President, Executive Vice President, Sea Notes Editor, Vice President-Programs, Vice President Membership and Retention. Philip’s Navy League involvement also includes serving at the National level. He was a National Director for 16 years and National Vice President for 3 years. During his first year as National Vice President he focused on youth programs; during his second and third year he focused on Development and Corporate Affairs, including Sea-Air-Space. Philip also served as Chairman of the National Public Affairs Committee as well as on the Member Liquidity Committee, Compensation and Personnel Policy Committee, and the Search Committee for Executive Director. He was a member of the National Nominating Committee for two years. Philip enlisted as a Private in the U.S. Army in 1967 and was later commissioned as a Second Lieutenant after graduation from Transportation Corps Officer Candidate School. He then served in a number of junior officer staff positions in Germany ending his tour as Commanding Officer of a linehaul trucking company and as Post Commander at Russelsheim. He ended his career on active duty as Operations Officer of the 2nd Region, Traffic Management Agency in Qui Nhon, Vietnam, where he earned the Bronze Star medal. As a Captain, he then transitioned to the Army Reserve where his assignments included Company Commanding Officer, Battalion Executive Officer and Brigade S4.

Philip completed his undergraduate college studies in Finance and Business Administration at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and began a 26-year career at First Wisconsin Trust Company in 1973. Dunmire became the first President and Chief Executive Officer of First Wisconsin Trust Company of in 1986. He established offices in West Palm Beach and Sarasota, Florida. Upon leaving the organization in 1999, its assets exceeded $400,000,000.

He moved on to become Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Merchants Bancorp of Pennsylvania, a commercial and retail bank with four offices.

Philip lives in Wellington, Florida, and is a member of the Palm Beach Council of the Navy League.

David Hunter David is a Vice President & Chief Technologist for Technology Strategy Software Defined & Cloud Group Hewlett Packard Enterprise within the Software Defined and Cloud Group. In this role David is responsible for defining and developing technology partnerships, investments and cross business unit collaborations to enable the realization of HPE’s Simplified Hybrid IT . He also serves as an advisor to HPE’s Venture Capital Pathfinder program. He previously served as the Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for HP’s Converged Data Center Infrastructure. Prior to HPE, David was at VMware, where he last served as the Chief Architect for the Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) Division and led technical and business evaluations of new technologies with a heavy focus on enterprise security architectures, distributed computing infrastructure for new cloud workloads and the integration of products across the company’s product portfolio. Previous roles at VMware included Chief Technology Officer for Platform Security, Chief Technology Officer for Worldwide Public Sector, Senior Director R&D Engineering and Director of Partner & Ecosystems Engineering. David has held senior engineering positions within Compaq Computer Corporation, SQU Systems and Digital Equipment Corporation in the areas of hardware engineering, software engineering, advanced development and research.

David holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Northeastern University in Boston, Ma. He is a graduate of the Naval War College and the National Defense University’s Joint Staff College. He holds several patents and has had his work published in professional refereed journals. He is a long-time member of the Electrical & Computer Engineering Industry Advisory Board at Northeastern University; a founding member of National University’s Cyber Security and Information Assurance Advisory Council and served as a member of the Secretary of the Navy Reserve Policy Board for three years.

Carl C. Liebert Carl Liebert is a global business executive and board member with more than 30 years of experience leading customer-driven transformations and creating shareholder value within retail (AutoNation, 24Hour Fitness, The Home Depot, Circuit City), financial services (USAA), and industrial (General Electric) organizations.

Most recently Carl served as Chief Executive Officer and President of AutoNation [NYSE: AN], America’s largest automotive retailer, where he was recruited by its Executive Chairman and Board of Directors after significant turnover of Board and leadership team to lead the company through a period of tremendous opportunity and evolution in the mobility industry. During his tenure, AN delivered 2 quarters of EPS beat - rebuilding confidence after prior years of declining performance, and Carl developed a strategy for both Extension growth and AutoNation Experience Platform, launched One Nation, One Team, One Purpose moving from top-down/hub & spoke hierarchy leadership team to a distributed, transparent, collaborative operating model, and stabilized the field management team, upgraded necessary talent quickly, and stabilized existing leadership team.

Prior to being appointed Chief Executive Officer and President of AutoNation, Carl spent six years at USAA, a full service financial services company, serving nearly 13 million member customers, primarily military personnel, military retirees, and their families, most recently as EVP, Chief Operating Officer. In this role, he led USAA’s business strategy and operations functions across the U.S. and overseas, including full P&L accountability for $28B in revenue and over $4.5B in profits for USAA’s Bank, Investment, Life, Property and Casualty, and its commercial Real Estate Company. He was also responsible for delivering integrated and seamless omni-channel experiences through USAA’s website, tablet, mobile devices, voice and emerging channels while maintaining world-class Net Promoter Score (NPS) performance in service to members. Throughout his career, he is known for bringing an agile, innovative and design-driven mindset developed from extensive customer service and process excellence experience. He previously served on USAA’s Board of Directors and joined as an operating executive in 2013.

Prior to joining USAA, Carl was the President and Chief Executive Officer of 24Hour Fitness, the world’s largest privately owned and operated fitness center chain and third in number of clubs. In this role, he led the operations of 415 fitness clubs across the United States and Asia. Carl was also an Executive Vice President and Head of Supply Chain and Stores worldwide for The Home Depot, the world’s largest home improvement retailer with nearly 300,000 employees and more than 2,200 stores in the US, Canada and Mexico. In addition, Carl opened the first stores in China as well as establish a global supply chain that included offices in Asia and throughout Europe. Carl also held general management roles with General Electric and Circuit City, following his tour as a Naval Officer. While in the Navy, he served as a supply corps officer onboard USS Caloosahatchee as well as holding several roles at the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, GA.

This strong commitment to serving others continues today. He currently serves as a board member for the V Foundation for Cancer Research, the Naval War College Foundation Board of Directors, and the Naval Academy Foundation Athletic & Scholarship Program. Formerly, he served as Chairman of the Board for the USAA Real Estate Company and Vice Chairman of the Board for the USAA Bank. Prior roles include the Consumer Bankers Association Board of Directors, Board member for the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS), Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation Board of Directors; the Board of Directors for the children’s non-profit organization, KaBoom!; the Naval Academy’s Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership; and the Deming Center for Quality, Productivity and Competitiveness at Columbia Business School.

Carl has a Six Sigma master black belt, is a member of the Global 50 since 2016, is a contributor with the Bain B10 CEO Global Banking Consortium, holds a master’s degree in business administration from Vanderbilt University and a degree from the United States Naval Academy, where he helped lead the 1986 Midshipmen team to a 30-5 record and Elite 8 NCAA tournament appearance.

Carl and his wife, Amy, are proud parents of three sons and two grandchildren. They reside in Austin, TX where Carl is advising CEO’s in Retail & Financial Services, Private Equity Firms, and a host of start-up companies.

The Honorable Juliette C. McLennan Judy is retired from the U.S. Government where she served as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women under President George H. W. Bush. Judy also served as The Manager of Blair House, The President’s Guest House under President Ronald Reagan. During President George H. W. Bush’s inauguration, Judy was the inaugurations Protocol Chief whereby she organized the Diplomatic Corps’ attendance at various Inaugural activities. Judy is the founder and serves as the President of the C. Thomas Clagett Jr. Memorial Clinic/Regatta for sailors with disabilities, and she currently is a member of the U.S. Sailing Committee for Sailors with Disabilities. Additional boards she serves on include The Seamen’s Church Institute of Newport, and The Newport Hospital Foundation.

Throughout her life, Judy has been very active on numerous International, National and Local charitable and civic Boards of Directors. Including U.S. Friends of the World Food Program, The Committee for a New Ireland and the International Center for Research on Women. Judy was one of three awardees of the 2010 Newport Daily News Community Service Award.

Judy is now an Associate Member of the Canadian Ski instructors Alliance and was once a Founder and Co- Owner of a ski-school in Canada. She is also an Associate Life Member of The Fraternal Order of Police and an Associate Member of the Talbot County Garden Club in Maryland. Judy was born in Washington, DC and currently resided in Portsmouth, RI. She has two grown children and one grandchild

VADM Allen G. Myers, USN (Ret.) Allen is Vice President, Navy & Marine Corps, Lockheed Martin Government Affairs. He is responsible for liaison with the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Coast Guard on all matters concerning Platforms and Systems.

Prior to joining Lockheed Martin in 2014, he completed over 35 years of service in the U.S. Navy. During that time, he was extensively involved in Tactical Aerospace & Naval Ship Operations and Training. He has commanded an F-14 Fighter Squadron, the Fast Combat Support Ship USS SACRAMENTO (AOE-1), the Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63), the EISENHOWER Carrier Strike Group during combat operations in Iraq & Afghanistan, and was the Commander of Naval Air Forces. His Washington experience ranges from evaluation and integration of aerospace & ship requirements and capabilities to the overall balancing all programs within the Department of the Navy budget through assignments as the Navy’s lead for the Joint Capabilities Integration Development System (N81D), Director of Air Warfare (N88), Director of Warfare Integration (N8F), and Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Integration of Capabilities and Resources (N8). (Updated as of 8 Feb 19) He earned an undergraduate degree from the U.S. Air Force Academy, and a Master’s Degree from . He is also a graduate the Navy’s Fighter Weapons School (Top Gun) and of the Naval War College, and was awarded a Master’s Degree in National Security Policy from the Naval War College.

Douglas L. Newhouse Doug is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Sterling Investment Partners. Sterling is a mid-market focused private equity firm which Doug co-founded in 1991. Sterling is funded by institutional investors which include both domestic and foreign pensions, endowments, sovereign wealth funds, money managers and charitable institutions.

He is involved in all aspects of Sterling’s investment activities including its investment committee, sourcing opportunities, negotiating and structuring transactions and working with management teams after the initial investment. Doug has served on the boards of numerous private and public companies since Sterling’s inception. Prior to co-founding Sterling, he was a Senior Vice President in the Corporate Finance Department of Lehman Brothers where he worked for eight years. Prior to that, he was a Vice President of the Matuschka Group in Munich, West Germany where he worked for two years.

Doug is currently on the Board of Trustees of IYRS, based in Newport and the Newport Historical Society where he is a member of the Executive Committee. He has been on the boards of the Pequot Library in Southport, Connecticut and the Undergraduate Business School Council at Cornell University. He also served for many years as the Head of the Investment Committee of the endowment for Greens Farms Academy in Westport, Connecticut.

Doug earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Cornell University and an MBA from the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago. Doug and his wife, Holly Bannister, MD, have two grown children both of whom live and work in . His principal residence is in Weston, CT; he also has homes in Newport, Rhode Island and Stratton Mountain, VT. He loves sports and outdoor activities. He is an avid sailor, golfer, skier and biker. (Updated as of 8 Feb 19)

Joseph G. Nicholas Joseph G. Nicholas is Founder and Chairman of HFR Group LLC and its affiliated companies. The HFR companies specialize in alternative investments, performance indices and research services. HFR Group includes Hedge Fund Research, Inc., and its subsidiaries, HFR Index, LLC, HFR Research, LLC, HFR Index Administration, LLC, and HFR Risk Premia Analytics, LLC. HFR is the established global industry leader in the indexation, analysis and research of the global hedge fund industry. Mr. Nicholas is author of Hedge Investing (Bloomberg Press; December 2003); Market Neutral Investing (Bloomberg Press: August 2000); Investing in Hedge Funds: Revised and Updated Edition (Bloomberg Press: August 2005) among others. He is a frequent lecturer on topics relating to alternative investments. Mr. Nicholas, who is also a Trustee of the Naval War College Foundation, received a Bachelor of Science degree in Commerce from DePaul University and a Juris Doctor degree from the School of Law.

Daniel P. Quigley Daniel is majority owner and President of SGL/ARCRITE Automation, a robotic systems design, fabrication and integration business focused on industrial applications. He is also President of Mowhawk Ventrues a focused on investing in early stage ventures and real estate development. Daniel also serves as a board member/advisor for most portfolio investments.

Virginia Rynne Richard Viginia attended the Friends Academy in Locust Valley, New York. She later attended college at Manhatanville College and was graduated in 1965 with a baccalaureate degree in European History. She earned her law degree from New York University Law School in 1969. She was admitted to practice in New York, Colorado and before the U.S. Supreme Court.

She joined the firm Kane, Dalsimer and Kane in 1969 and became a Litigation Partner responsible for major trademark and copy infringement litigation before Federal Courts throughout the United States. She also handled worldwide trademark litigation cases on behalf of British American Tobacco Corporation and other global trademark owners.

Ms. Richard left Kane Dalsimer in 1999 to become a partner in the international law firm of Winston & Strawn. At Winston, she was head of the Intellectual Property Department and was responsible for the conduct of trademark and copyright litigation matters worldwide on behalf of The Guardian Life Company of America, FAGE S.A. (Greek yogurt), Loews Corporation and many other major U.S. and foreign corporations. She was named a Top Litigation Attorney by the magazine Super Lawyers, was featured in Best Lawyers in America, and earned a place in Who’s Who in American Law.

In 2014, she left Winston & Strawn to assume the position as Chairman of the Board and CEO of TDG Aerospace, Inc., an aerospace parts manufacturer located in Escondido, California, a position she holds to this day.

Ms. Richard was a member of and chaired a number of trademark law committees of the New York Intellectual Property Law Association (1990-1996), served on the Editorial Board of the Trademark Reporter (1988-1989), and frequently lectured at the Practicing Law Institute, International Trademark Association and other continuing legal education organizations and is the author of a number of articles on trademark and copyright law.

Currently, Ms. Richard holds positions on the boards of the following organizations: The Richard Foundation, TDG Aerospace, Inc., The American Museum in Great Britain and the York Country Club. She currently resides in York Harbor, Maine.

Kevin J. Rochford Kevin manages Bessemer’s Chicago office as Managing Director and Regional Director. Prior to Bessemer, Mr. Rochford was a Managing Director for Nuveen Investments. Previously, he spent 13 years with Northern Trust, most recently as Chairman and CEO of Northern Trust’s Western Region. Mr. Rochford also held roles as the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Bankers Trust, and Chemical Banking Corporation. Mr. Rochford served as an artillery officer in the U.S Marine Corps after college.

Mr. Rochford received his Bachelor’s degree from Williams College and an MBA from New York University. He serves on the boards of DePaul University Wealth Management Advisor, Lookingglass Theatre, the Naval War College Foundation, the Joffrey Ballet, and Truth in Accounting. He is also a member of the Economic Club of Chicago and The Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

Nathaniel M. Sims, MD Nat is the grandson of U.S. Navy admiral William S. Sims, Nathaniel Sims, MD, is a cardiac anesthesiologist and biomedical engineer at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, an Associate Professor in Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School, and a research scientist and medical device inventor. He received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Harvard College and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons with residency and fellowship training at MGH. Dr. Sims holds numerous U.S. patents and has received awards for his contributions to patient safety, including the 2016 establishment of the Nathaniel M. Sims, MD, Endowed Chair in Anesthesia Innovation and Bioengineering at Massachusetts General Hospital, and the 2018 Nathaniel Bowditch Prize awarded by the MGH Board of Trustees, recognizing innovative work throughout his career in engineering medical devices that have improved patient care not only at the MGH, but at institutions throughout the world. Dr. Sims is currently involved with MGH projects involving digital health initiatives, remote monitoring, and improvements to drug infusion devices. He is an active aircraft pilot and owner, with over 50 years and 2,500 hours of flight experience, including holding an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) rating.

Dr. Sims remains heavily involved with the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, where his grandfather twice served as President (February–April 1917 and April 1919– October 1922). He has coordinated the donation (2016-2019) of the Sims Family Collection, a large body of documents, photographs, and artifacts pertaining to the lives and work of Admiral Sims and his wife, Anne Hitchcock Sims, to the Hattendorf Historical Center, leading to the establishment of a new, permanent exhibit at the Naval War College Museum: “To Win or Lose All: William S. Sims and the U.S. Navy in the First World War”, which opened in December, 2017. (Updated as of 10 Feb 19)

Dwight Sipprelle Dwight is currently CEO of Sipprelle Capital Advisors, a family investment office. From 2001 to 2008, he was the founder and CEO of ARX, a global $1.5 billion investment firm, and previously spent 16 years at Morgan Stanley as a managing director and founder of the Global High Yield Department, for many years the leading global underwriter and trader of below investment grade debt.

Dwight graduated from Harvard Business School as a Baker Scholar in 1984 and received his BA from Williams College in 1980, graduating cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. Born in California, he is the son of American diplomats. He grew up in Colombia, Sweden, Turkey, Venezuela and Austria, which gave him an early perspective and appreciation for the extraordinary history of the United States and Newport, RI, where his family has early colonial roots.

Dwight is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, the Manuscript Society, the Preservation Society of Newport and the Naval War College Foundation and serves on the boards of the Newport Historical Society and the Aquidneck Land Trust. He lives in the New York metropolitan area and is married to Susan, an award-winning documentary filmmaker.

Dwight and Susan have five children and two grandchildren

Mitchell B. Waldman Mitchell “Mitch” B. Waldman is executive vice president of government and customer relations for Huntington Ingalls Industries, America’s largest military shipbuilding company and a provider of professional services to partners in government and industry. Named to this position in 2011, Waldman is responsible for leading the corporation’s engagements with the legislative branch, the executive branch including all federal agencies, business and trade associations, and think tanks. He also leads the corporation’s advanced technology effort, and is based in Washington, D.C.

Prior to this appointment and since 2009, Waldman served as vice president, business development of advanced programs and technology, for Northrop Grumman’s Aerospace Systems sector. Before joining Northrop Grumman, Waldman served as national security advisor for former Sen. Trent Lott and as a national security consultant to the office of the Senate Majority Leader. Waldman also served in a number of executive positions for the U.S. Navy, including deputy assistant secretary of the Navy (SHIPS).

Waldman earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Florida and a law degree from Catholic University. He is also a graduate of ’s Executive Management Program and the Defense Systems Management College Program Managers course. He’s been honored with the U.S. Navy Distinguished Civilian Service Award, the State of Mississippi Distinguished Civilian Service Award and the D.C. City Council of Engineering Societies Architect of the Year award.

He serves on the board of directors for the Shipbuilders Council of America, the National Bureau of Asian Research, the Armed Services YMCA, the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation, and the Naval War College Foundation. He is also a member of the External Advisory Board for the University of Florida’s department of mechanical and aerospace engineering.

Huntington Ingalls Industries is America’s largest military shipbuilding company and a provider of professional services to partners in government and industry. For more than a century, HII’s Newport News and Ingalls shipbuilding divisions in Virginia and Mississippi have built more ships in more ship classes than any other U.S. naval shipbuilder. HII’s Technical Solutions division supports national security missions around the globe with unmanned systems, defense and federal solutions, nuclear and environmental services, and fleet sustainment. Headquartered in Newport News, Virginia, HII employs more than 42,000 people operating both domestically and internationally.