THE STATE OF PRIVATE EQUITY PROGRAM GUIDE SPONSOR
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 • The California Club
TODAY’S PANELISTS FRANK B. DO Riverside Partners Frank Do is a general partner of Riverside Partners, a middle market private equity firm that currently manages over $630 million and is primarily focused on investing in growing healthcare and technologyrelated companies owned by founders. Do opened the West Coast office of Boston-based Riverside Partners in 2010. Prior to joining the firm, he was a managing director of American Capital, Ltd. Having spent eight years with American Capital, Do was in charge of its West Coast offices with a focus on middle market buyouts. Previously, Do was a general partner of Westar Capital. He started his twenty-year career in private equity in New York and was a principal with JP Morgan Partners. Mr. Do holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and International Relations from Claremont McKenna College and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.
KEN FIRTEL Transom Capital Group Ken Firtel is a founder and managing director of Transom Capital Group, a lower middle market, operationally focused private equity firm with a specialty in buyout, turnaround and special situation transactions. Prior to founding Transom Capital, Firtel was an investment professional at Platinum Equity, a global M&A&O® firm. Prior to joining Platinum Equity, Firtel was an attorney in the transactions department at O’Melveny & Myers. Firtel currently serves on the boards of Blue Microphones, Uncle Milton Industries, Cinder Block, and Stresscenter Holdings and on the operating committee of SCORE, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the rehabilitation of people with spinal cord injuries. He holds a B.A. from Yale University, a M.S. from the London School of Economics and a J.D. from the USC Gould School of Law.
MICHEL GLOUCHEVITCH Riordan Lewis & Haden Michel Glouchevitch is a general partner at Riordan, Lewis & Haden, a leading Southern California private equity firm, which primarily invests in midsized growth companies. Glouchevitch returned to Riordan, Lewis & Haden in 2005 after having been a partner of the firm from 1988 to 1991. He has actively been involved in raising the firm’s most recent $260 million private equity fund from a renowned group of investors. Prior to rejoining Riordan, Lewis & Haden, Glouchevitch was a managing director of Westar Capital. Previously, he served as a managing director and member of the investment committee at Triumph Capital Group. Glouchevitch began his career at Continental Illinois National Bank. He holds a B.A. from Swarthmore College and an M.B.A. from Hautes Etudes Commerciales in Paris, France.
TODAY’S PANELISTS JEREMY HOLLAND The Riverside Company Jeremy Holland is a regional director of origination for The Riverside Company, a global private equity group focused on acquiring growing enterprises valued at up to $200 million. Since its founding in 1988, Riverside has invested in more than 245 transactions with a total enterprise value of more than $5.4 billion. Holland has been investing and acquiring companies in the lower middle market for over 12 years. Prior to joining Riverside, Holland served as a principal at Vintage Fund Management and Wedbush Capital Partners. His experience encompasses both minority and majority ownership positions in companies ranging from the venture capital stage to established public companies as well as up and down the capital structure. Holland holds a B.S. in finance from California State University, Northridge.
TODAY’S MODERATOR JERI J. HARMAN Avante Mezzanine Partners Jeri Harman is a founder and partner of Avante Mezzanine Partners, an SBIC focused on making subordinated debt and minority equity investments in sponsored buyouts and non-sponsored transactions. Prior to founding Avante, Harman started up and led Los Angeles offices for American Capital and Allied Capital. Previously she was a managing director at First Security Van Kasper and managing director at Coopers & Lybrand. Prior to that, Harman was with The Prudential Insurance Company of America. Harman serves as co-chair of ACG LA’s Business Conference and as a director of the Women’s Leadership Council. She is also on the Board of NASBIC. Harman graduated summa cum laude from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with a B.S. in business administration and received an M.B.A. in finance from the University of California, Berkeley.
SPONSOR ACG LA Sponsoring ACG LA meetings is a great way to increase your firm’s visibility among the decision makers and deal makers who attend. Members know that your support helps maintain our high quality programming and they appreciate your involvement. For more detailed sponsorship benefits, please visit www.acgla.org or call Andrew Apfelberg, Vice President,Sponsorship at 310-286-1700.
TODAY’S SPONSORS
PROGRAM CHAIR Lloyd Gilbert, Managing Director STRATEGIC EQUITY GROUP (“SEG”), 310.693.6956 experience.integrity.results.
PROGRAM GUIDE SPONSOR Rutter Hobbs & Davidoff is a full service law firm representing companies across a wide breadth of industries, their principals and entrepreneurs. RHD’s seasoned attorneys provide thoughtful, focused legal counsel at competitive rates in matters involving: Corporate and Securities; Bankruptcy, Reorganization & Capital Recovery; Business Litigation; Estate Planning & Trust Litigation; Intellectual Property, Advertising & Promotions; Internet & New Media; Labor and Employment; and Real Estate. Contact: Andrew Apfelberg, Partner, 310.286.1700
www.rutterhobbs.com
2011 ANNUAL SPONSORS ACG LA is generously supported by our Annual Sponsors, whose commitments enable us to produce the highest quality programming with reasonable attendance fees:
Avant Advisory Group
James F. Davidson, Managing Director, 714.924.7888, JDavidson@AvantAdvisory.com
CenterPoint M&A Advisors
Chris Bandouveris, President, 818.593.7907, chris@centerpnt.com
DLC
Rahul Merani, Director of Client Services, 310.895.7000, rmerani@dlcinc.com
Frank Crystal & Company
Shawn Bernardini, Executive Director, 619.265.6305, bernardinis@FCRYSTAL.COM
Gallagher Equity Advisors
Michael Patrick, Managing Director, 818.539.1421, Michael_Patrick@ajg.com
Grant Thornton
Daina Petronis, Marketing Manager, 213.688.1780, daina.petronis@gt.com
Green Hasson & Janks LLP
Sherri Gastelum, Director Business Development, 310.873.1605, sgastelum@ghjadvisors.com
Houlihan Lokey, Howard & Zukin
Scott Kolbrenner, Managing Director, 310.712.6524, skolbrenner@hlhz.com
Intrepid Investment Bankers LLC
Gary S. Rabishaw, Managing Director, 310.478.9000, grabshaw@intrepidib.com
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Scott Adamson, Marketing Manager, 213.612.7365, sadamson@morganlewis.com
PNC Business Credit
Gail Bernstein, Executive Vice President, 626.432.7540, gail.bernstein@pncbusinesscredit.com
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP Eric Klein, Partner, 213.228.3728, eklein@sheppardmullin.com
SingerLewak LLP
Ronit Koren, Director of Marketing, 310.477.3924. rkoren@singerlewak.com
Windes & McClaughry
Peter Lee, Partner, 562.435.1191, plee@windes.com
ABOUT ACG
Driving Middle Market Growth ACG LA is one of the largest and most active chapters of the Association for Corporate Growth (“ACG”) and the premier association for professionals involved in corporate growth, corporate development and mergers and acquisitions. ACG LA delivers thought provoking, knowledge-based events and networking opportunities for professionals responsible for facilitating corporate growth initiatives at middle market companies. Participants in ACG LA’s monthly meetings, world class conferences and intimate roundtable discussions include corporate officers, private equity sources and service providers who seek to remain abreast of current issues relating to corporate growth and to interact with thought leaders. ACG presently has 53 chapters in North America and Europe, with 14,000 members from corporations, private equity, finance and professional service firms. Visit www.acgla.org or call 310.426.9710 to join.
MEMBER BENEFITS • ACG’s dynamic global membership database. • Intergrowth, ACG’s annual global conference, facilitates informal deal exchange and networking with more than 2,000 leading international corporate growth professionals. • Mergers and Acquisitions: The Dealmaker’s Journal, ACG’s monthly publication. ACG members may submit articles and columns for publication. • Achieving Corporate Growth, ACG’s monthly e-newsletter. •
Merger Mogul, an e-newsletter from Source Media that provides expert commentary, analysis and news on corporate and private equity-backed mergers and acquisitions, focusing primarily on middle market deals, people and transactions.
Become a member today to gain access to the above benefits and more: • Attend ACG LA’s monthly events at a large discount from the non-member rate. • Attend ACG LA’s Annual Conference on September 20-21, 2011 at a $150 savings. As a reminder, any ACG members who refer a new member to our chapter, will receive free admission to one of our monthly chapter meetings. For more details, please contact Christyne or Ari Nadelman, our VP of Membership. For our guests, if you’re considering joining, there’s no time like the present. If you join this month, you will receive 10% off your membership.
2011 ACG LA DIRECTORS & OFFICERS Chairman & President: Jason Brown GE Capital 213.615.2116
VP Private Equity: Steve Moon Duff & Phelps Securities 310.689.0070
Past President: Scott Kolbrenner Houlihan Lokey 310.712.6524
VP Research & Dev.: Chris Hebble Cerberus California, Inc. 310.903.5016
Secretary: Tom Cleary SNR Denton 213.892.5080
VP WIGI: Ivelisse Simon Avante Mezzanine Partners 310.667.9243
Treasurer: Bob Pearlman BDO USA, LLP 310.557.8228
VP ACG Cup: Gary Rabishaw Intrepid Investment Bankers 310.478.9000
VP Programs: Suzie Doran SingerLewak LLP 310.477.3924 VP Awards: Paul Gurrola BDO USA, LLP 310.203.1208 VP Membership: Ari Nadelman Lionfish Advisors, LLC 310.396.8000 VP Communications: Dianne Prust Wells Fargo Private Bank 310.426.3849 VP Sponsorship: Andrew Apfelberg Rutter Hobbs & Davidoff 310.286.1700 VP Corp Exec Forum: Lewis Stanton Stanton Associates LLC 818.752.6500
Chief Executive Officer: Bill Webster 310.245.5942
DIRECTORS AT LARGE Marc Deneen PNC Business Credit 818.752.6196 Tom Hayes PNC Business Credit 818.752.6104 Eric Klein Sheppard Mullin 310.228.3728 Rahul Merani DLC 310.895.7000 Doug Schreier ACG At Large 310.892.4972 Alain Rothstein Vicente Capital Partners 310.426.9710 Chapter Executive: Christyne Buteyn 310.426.9710 • info@acgla.org
UPCOMING EVENTS June 15, 2011 - Aerospace Panel Evening Event at the California Club Downtown Los Angeles
July 20, 2011 - Investment Banking Panel Evening Event at the California Club Downtown Los Angeles