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John A. Canning, Jr.
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John
A. Canning, Jr. is Chairman of Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC ("MDP"),
which specializes in management buyout and special equity investing.
MDP manages over $18 billion of committed capital and portfolio
investments. Prior to founding MDP in 1993, Mr. Canning spent 24 years
with First Chicago Corporation, most recently as Executive Vice
President of The First National Bank of Chicago and President of First
Chicago Venture Capital. He currently serves on the Boards of Directors
of The Economic Club of Chicago, Exelon Corporation, Milwaukee Brewers
Baseball Club, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, TransUnion Corp., and
Children's Inner City Educational Fund. He also serves on the Boards of
Trustees of the Big Shoulders Fund, The Field Museum, Museum of Science
and Industry, and Northwestern University. Mr. Canning is also a
Commissioner of the Irish Pension Reserve Fund, a Trustee and Chairman
of The Chicago Community Trust, and a Director and Chairman of the
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Mr. Canning has an A.B. from Denison
University and a J.D. from Duke University.
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Bryan C. Cressey
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Bryan
Cressey is a Co-founder of Cressey & Company, Golder, Thoma,
Cressey, Rauner, Inc., Thoma Cressey Equity Partners. Which manage over
a billion dollars of private equity funds. Numerous highly successful
companies have evolved from GTCR’s industry consolidation strategy,
including the world’s largest paging company, the nation’s second
largest networking cable company, the fourth largest funeral home
company in the U.S. and the nation’s fourth largest propane
distribution company. Fortune and Time have recognized his
industry consolidation leadership, and his particular expertise in the
healthcare services field has been widely acknowledged. Mr. Cressey
serves as Chairman of Belden, Inc., a New York Stock Exchange company,
and is a Director of several other companies. Mr. Cressey holds an
M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, a J.D. from Harvard Law School and
a B.A. from the University of Washington.
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W. James Farrell
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W.
James Farrell is the recently retired Chairman and CEO of Illinois Tool
Works Inc. (ITW), a multi-national manufacturer of highly engineered
fasteners, components, assemblies and systems. ITW is comprised
of approximately 825 decentralized operations in 52 countries with more
than 60,000 employees and 2005 Revenues of approximately $16.2 billion.
Mr. Farrell was elected Chairman in May 1996 before which he had served
as President and CEO. Prior to that time, he was Executive Vice
President of the company. Since joining ITW in 1965 Mr. Farrell
held numerous general manager and vice president positions. Mr. Farrell
is active in numerous business, educational and cultural organizations.
Currently, he serves on the Board of Directors of Abbott, Allstate
Insurance Company, 3M and UAL Corporation. Mr. Farrell also serves on
the Board of Directors of the Economic Club of Chicago, the Lyric Opera
of Chicago, Junior Achievement of Chicago, and the United Way of
Metropolitan Chicago and is the former Chairman and Director of the
Federal Reserve of Chicago. He serves on the Board of Trustees of the
Museum of Science and Industry, Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical
Center, and Northwestern University and is the Chairman of the Campaign
Steering Committee of the Kellogg Graduate School of Management. In
addition, Mr. Farrell is a member of the Business Council and a member
of the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago. Mr. Farrell
holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Detroit.
He also served in the U.S Army from 1965-1967.
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Brian Knitt
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Brian Knitt is a Managing Director of Cheyenne Capital Fund. Mr. Knitt has experience in private equity as a director and an investor. In the private equity area, he has expertise in a full range of matters, including sourcing and selecting investment opportunities, due diligence, negotiating deal terms, and adding value to investments. Mr. Knitt joined Cheyenne Capital Fund in 2003. Prior to joining Cheyenne Capital Fund, Mr. Knitt focused on telecommunications and information technology private equity investments as an investment professional at Meritage Funds. Meritage is one of Colorado’s largest private equity funds with over $500 million of committed capital under management. Prior to Mr. Knitt’s private equity career, he was an officer in the U.S. Air Force. He left the service in 1998 with the rank of Captain. Mr. Knitt received a B.S. from Colorado State University, a M.S. from the University of Southern California and a M.B.A. from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.
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Hunter S. Reisner
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Hunter
Reisner is a Managing Director of ACI Capital. Prior to joining ACI, he
was the Founder and Managing Partner of Citigroup Investments Private
Equity Group and became Senior Partner of its successor, Citigroup
Private Equity. In these capacities, Mr. Reisner was responsible for
investing over $3 billion and managing over $6 billion of proprietary
and client capital in over 30 private equity direct investments and
over 125 private equity partnerships. Previously, he invested in
private equity as well as public equity and equity-related securities
at Butler Capital, Salomon Brothers and Morgan Stanley. He has also
served as a senior equity capital markets professional at Smith Barney
and Salomon Brothers. Mr. Reisner has held seats on the advisory
boards, investment committees and boards of directors of over 20
private equity funds and portfolio companies, most of which operate in
the middle market. He received a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics from
Yale University, graduating summa cum laude, and an M.B.A. from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.
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Jennifer W. Steans
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Jennifer
W. Steans is the President of Financial Investments Corporation
("FIC"), where she oversees private equity investments and the Steans
family office operations. Prior to founding FIC in 1994, Ms. Steans
served as Treasurer of Prime Graphics, Inc. and as a Senior Consultant
then as Manager for the Management Consulting arm of Deloitte &
Touche, primarily in the finance and health care industries. Ms.
Steans’ business affiliations include service as a Chairman of MCS
Holdings, LLC and USAmeribancorp, Inc., a privately held Tampa Bay area
middle market bank. She is also a Director of Provest Holdings, LLC and
Elektra Holding Company, LLC. Ms. Steans also actively helps lead a
number of nonprofit entities, including serving as past Chair of
Leadership Greater Chicago. She currently serves as Trustee of Eleanor
Foundation, City Year Chicago, Ravinia Festival, The Steans Family
Foundation and Swedish Covenant Hospital. Ms. Steans received her
Masters of Management from the Kellogg School of Management at
Northwestern University and holds a B.S. degree from Davidson College.
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Cornelius B. Waud
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Ron
Waud is a former senior executive of Illinois Tool Works Inc. Mr. Waud
joined ITW, a company founded by his grandfather in 1963, when it had
$33 million in revenues. Today ITW is a $16 billion multinational
corporation with over 825 operating units in 52 countries. During his
tenure at ITW, Mr. Waud held a variety of positions, including General
Manager, Chief Engineer, Vice President, Group President and, finally,
President of one of ITW’s worldwide business units. Mr. Waud has a B.A.
in Economics from St. Lawrence University. In addition, he serves as a
Director of American Louver Company and Whitehall Products, L.L.C. He
was previously a director of the Chicago Crime Commission and Junior
Achievement of Chicago. From 1996 until 1999, Mr. Waud served as the
Mayor of Lake Forest, Illinois.
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