David J. Casariego

SierraConstellation Partners LLC is a national interim management and advisory firm that serves middle-market companies and their partners and investors. The private company is based in Los Angeles, CA, and has a presence in several other locations. SierraConstellation Partners specializes in helping companies navigate through difficult business challenges by providing effective operational improvements and financial solutions. The team of senior professionals at SierraConstellation Partners has decades of experience operating and advising companies, including former CEOs, COOs, CFOs, private equity investors, and investment bankers. The company was founded by Lawrence R. Perkins, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (KBW) is a full-service investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF). KBW offers sales and trading in equities securities of financial services companies.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (MLPFS) is the SEC-registered broker/dealer subsidiary of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., ultimately held by Charlotte-based Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). The firm was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in New York City. In 2010, Banc of America Securities LLC merged with MLPFS and the firm uses the trade name Bank of America Merrill Lynch. MLPFS's global strategy and economics team serves institutional and individual investors using a wide range of macroeconomic disciplines. Their analysis of global issues provides clients with investment ideas, market forecasts, macro overviews and specific sector recommendations across asset classes, regions and disciplines. Their equity research team conducts fundamental analysis on companies globally and provides institutional and retail clients with industry-specific and in-depth research and analysis on numerous industries. The firm's global fixed-income and equity-linked research focuses on fixed-income and equity derivatives, fixed-income strategy, convertibles, commodities, high-yield, mortgages, municipals and global foreign exchange.

Headquartered in New York City, Merrill Lynch Global Partners (MLGP), formerly Merrill Lynch Private Equity Group, is the private equity investment arm of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MER)

Dartmouth College (Investment Management) (dba Dartmouth College Investment Office) is the investment management division of Dartmouth College, a private Ivy League research university headquartered in Hanover, New Hampshire. The investment office is based in Boston, Massachusetts. Dartmouth College Investment Office manages the investments of the College, including most notably the endowment. The endowment provides financial support to the College, including The Geisel School of Medicine, the Thayer School of Engineering, the Tuck School of Business, and the Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies.