Justin Abelow is a Managing Director in the Financial Sponsors Group at Deutsche Bank Securities, where he is responsible for providing advice to leading private equity firms on mergers and acquisitions, leveraged finance, equity issuance and other aspects of corporate finance.

Mr. Bangs joined NYLCAP in 2006 and is currently a Managing Principal primarily focused on limited partnership investing. Prior to NYLCAP, Mr. Bangs oversaw NYLIM’s Private Finance and Public Investment Grade Corporate Bond Groups, which included leveraged loans and emerging market bonds. Prior to that, Mr. Bangs was the Co-Head of NYLIM’s Private Finance Group. He joined New York Life in 1996 from Kemper Securities where he was responsible for all aspects of originating, structuring and placing private placements, primarily for middle market companies. Prior to that, he worked for Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company working on all aspects of their private placements business. He has over 20 years of investment experience, which includes serving on NYLCAP’s Investment Committee since its inception. Mr. Bangs received a BA in Political Economy in 1983 from Johns Hopkins University and an MBA in Finance in 1989 from New York University.

Mr. Coughlin is the founder and Managing Partner of Longroad Asset Management, LLC, where he leads the investment strategy and key negotiations and provides executive leadership for Longroad companies. He has been involved in distressed investing for the past 18 years and has extensive experience in leading creditors committees, negotiating reorganization plans, and assuming control of distressed companies through debt.

Carolyn Glick is a Senior Vice President at Wells Fargo Foothill, a leading provider of senior secured financing to middle market companies. As Managing Director of the company's New York Loan Originations office, she and her team are responsible for sourcing, analyzing and structuring financings for recapitalizations, acquisitions, re-financings, and turnarounds. Prior to joining Foothill in 2002, Carolyn held positions at Murphy Noell Capital and FINOVA Capital Corporation. Carolyn graduated with a dual major in Government and Economics at Claremont McKenna College.

Kelly Holman is an assistant managing editor at Investment Dealer’s Digest where he writes about private equity and leveraged finance.

Prior to joining IDD in 2007, he reported on leveraged buyout transactions, private equity fundraising activity, corporate auctions, the middle market and credit markets as a senior writer for The Deal.

Mr. Halpern has invested in, managed and advised companies in special situations for more than 18 years. His experiences cover a wide spectrum of industries in circum Mr. Halpern has invested in, managed and advised companies in special situations for more than 18 years. His experiences cover a wide spectrum of industries in circumstances ranging from underperformers to companies on the verge of liquidation.

Mr. Harris co-founded Harris Williams & Co. in 1991 as a national investment banking firm focusing on mergers and acquisitions. Since the firm's founding in 1991, Mr. Harris has led Harris Williams & Co. to become one of the largest and most influential mergers and acquisitions boutiques in the country. Mr. Harris has nearly 20 years of transactional experience focused in middle-market mergers and acquisitions assignments.

Mr. Hermann is a founding partner of Heritage. He has been the senior partner for the portfolio companies: AmerTac Holdings, Cecilware Corporation, Castle Rock Industries, WA Butler Co. and Bennett Footwear Group. In that role, he has been responsible for leading the investment team through the acquisition process, managing the value enhancement effort post-acquisition, and executing the optimal exit strategy.

Thomas W. Janes is Managing Director of Lincolnshire and is the head of Lincolnshire's Boston office. Mr. Janes, with 20 years of investment banking and private equity experience, previously was the Managing General Partner of Boston Capital Private Equity Partners and a co-founder and Managing Director of Triumph Capital Group. Mr. Janes extensive private equity experience includes serving as a senior member of a private equity team that successfully sourced, invested, and achieved realizations in investment funds with approximately $900 million in private equity capital under management.

Mr. Jester is a Managing Director and Director of Business Development. Previously, Mr. Jester was a General Partner with Florida Capital Partners, a middle market private equity firm. Mr. Jester also worked at Bowles Hollowell Conner & Company.

Mr. Jester received a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

David Lobel founded Sentinel in 1995 and serves as the firm's Managing Partner. He currently is Chairman of Interim Healthcare, and a Director of Buffets and Strategic Partners. He also served as Chairman of Alemite Holdings, Castle Dental Centers, Cottman Transmission Systems, Floral Plant Growers, Growing Family, Met Merchandising Concepts, Spinrite, and Tony Roma's, and as a Director of Border Foods prior to the sale of these businesses.

Joseph, Littlejohn & Levy in New York, where he was the lead partner responsible for operations at its portfolio companies. During his tenure at JLL, the group and its affiliates created and managed two highly successful investment partnerships, which focused on financially distressed and underperforming companies. Over a ten-year period, Mr. Littlejohn was instrumental in investing over $500 million in transactions valued at approximately $3.6 billion. Prior to founding JLL, Mr. Littlejohn was a managing director of Quadrex Securities in New York, where he specialized in leveraged buy-outs. Before that, he was a private entrepreneur in mining, aviation and equipment leasing. He began his career as an associate in corporate finance at S.G. Warburg & Co. in London, England after receiving his B.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1973.

Mr. MacFadyen is the editor of Mergers & Acquisitions Journal, a SourceMedia publication that focuses on M&A, specifically targeting the middle market. Prior to joining the magazine, Mr. MacFadyen served as managing editor of Investment Dealers Digest and Buyouts Magazine.

Mr. MacFadyen received his bachelor of arts in English from the University of New Hampshire (Phi Beta Kappa).

Terrence M. Mullen is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Arsenal Capital Partners, a leading New York-based private equity firm with $800 million of equity capital under management. Arsenal invests in healthcare, specialty industrial product and services, and financial services companies.

Kristin joined Riverside's New York office in 2000. Prior to joining Riverside, she was a VP with Citigroup Investments Private Equity Group and an Associate with Citibank's Technology Investment Group and Strategic Investment Group. Kristin holds a BA in American Studies from Brandeis University and an MA in History from Columbia University. She currently serves on the following Riverside portfolio boards of directors: American Hospice, ASAP, L-Com, and Stoffel Seals.

Dan is a Principal based in San Francisco and serves as the National and West Region Service Line Leader of the Transaction Advisory Services. Dan is also on the senior leadership team for the Firm’s Private Equity industry initiative and Grant Thornton International’s Leadership Board for Transaction Advisory Services.

Mr. Raina joined Boston Ventures in 1999 as a Director and brings more than 16 years of investment banking, strategic consulting, and principal investment experience to the Firm. Previously, he was an Executive Director in the Communications, Media, and Technology Group at Goldman Sachs (Asia), LLC from 1997 to 1999. From 1994 to 1997, he was a Project Leader at The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.

Jeff Rosenkranz is a managing director and head of Mergers & Acquisitions at Piper Jaffray based in the firm's Chicago office. Rosenkranz has spent more than 20 years in middle market corporate finance and has extensive transaction experience, including exclusive sale mandates, buy-side advisory services, leveraged buyouts, divestitures, fairness opinions and defensive advisory assignments. He has executed successful transactions for Fortune 500 companies, private equity Teams and entrepreneurs within many industry sectors, including industrial, consumer, transportation, business services and health care.

Frank Schiff is a Partner of MidOcean Partners. Prior to his current position, Mr. Schiff was a Managing Director at DB Capital Partners. Previously, Mr. Schiff was a Partner at White & Case LLP, where he was head of the corporate department and represented parties in major corporate transactions and financings, including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts and public and private securities offerings. Mr. Schiff received his J.D., cum laude, from Cornell Law School and his B.S., magna cum laude, from the University of Colorado. Mr. Schiff is a member of the New York State Bar.

Mr. Stearns joined AIG Investments in 2006 and is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, executing and managing direct equity and mezzanine investments. Mr. Stearns brings 20 years experience in private capital investing in a variety of industries, capital structures and stages of development in companies located in the U.S. and Western Europe. Prior to joining AIG Investments, Mr. Stearns was the founder of Associated Partners, a private investment firm. He joined Abbott Capital in 2001 as a Director, and actively invested and managed its private equity co-investment program. From 1994 to 2000, he was a Managing Director of Equinox Investment Partners, a private capital investment company with over $300 million under management. Formerly, he was a Director with various subsidiaries of Kleinwort Benson, PLC where he was actively involved in managing private capital investments in the U.S. and Western Europe. Mr. Stearns received his B.A. in history and political science from The University of the South and studied economics and politics at the graduate school of Cornell University.

Lynn Tilton is a founder and member of  Patriarch  Partners  LLC. Prior to founding Patriarch Partners, Ms. Tilton was an executive at Long Drive Management Trust (LDMT).  Preceding her tenure at LDMT, Ms. Tilton was the founding principal and Executive Managing Director of Papillon  Partners,  Inc. In 1989, Ms. Tilton worked as an asset manager for the Oppenheimer Horizon Fund at Oppenheimer & Co. In December, 1990, she joined Kidder, Peabody & Co., Inc. to head the effort in distressed debt research and direct certain proprietary investments.