ACG LA May Program

Wednesday, May 18, 2011 • The California Club

THE STATE OF PRIVATE EQUITY

PROGRAM GUIDE SPONSOR

FRANK B. DO Riverside PartnersFrank 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 technology- related 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 & HadenMichel 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 CompanyJeremy 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

TODAY’S PANELISTS

JERI J. HARMAN Avante Mezzanine PartnersJeri 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

TODAY’S SPONSORS

PROGRAM GUIDE SPONSOR

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.

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

Lloyd Gilbert, Managing DirectorSTRATEGIC EQUITY GROUP (“SEG”), 310.693.6956experience.integrity.results.

PROGRAM CHAIR

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 GroupJames F. Davidson, Managing Director, 714.924.7888, [email protected]

CenterPoint M&A AdvisorsChris Bandouveris, President, 818.593.7907, [email protected]

DLCRahul Merani, Director of Client Services, 310.895.7000, [email protected]

Frank Crystal & CompanyShawn Bernardini, Executive Director, 619.265.6305, [email protected]

Gallagher Equity AdvisorsMichael Patrick, Managing Director, 818.539.1421, [email protected]

Grant ThorntonDaina Petronis, Marketing Manager, 213.688.1780, [email protected]

Green Hasson & Janks LLPSherri Gastelum, Director Business Development, 310.873.1605, [email protected]

Houlihan Lokey, Howard & ZukinScott Kolbrenner, Managing Director, 310.712.6524, [email protected]

Intrepid Investment Bankers LLCGary S. Rabishaw, Managing Director, 310.478.9000, [email protected]

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPScott Adamson, Marketing Manager, 213.612.7365, [email protected]

PNC Business CreditGail Bernstein, Executive Vice President, 626.432.7540, [email protected]

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLPEric Klein, Partner, 213.228.3728, [email protected]

SingerLewak LLPRonit Koren, Director of Marketing, 310.477.3924. [email protected]

Windes & McClaughryPeter Lee, Partner, 562.435.1191, [email protected]

ABOUT ACG

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.

Driving Middle Market Growth

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 de-tails, 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

UPCOMING EVENTS

Chairman & President: Jason BrownGE Capital213.615.2116Past President: Scott KolbrennerHoulihan Lokey310.712.6524Secretary: Tom ClearySNR Denton213.892.5080Treasurer: Bob PearlmanBDO USA, LLP310.557.8228VP Programs: Suzie DoranSingerLewak LLP310.477.3924VP Awards: Paul GurrolaBDO USA, LLP310.203.1208VP Membership: Ari NadelmanLionfish Advisors, LLC310.396.8000VP Communications: Dianne PrustWells Fargo Private Bank310.426.3849VP Sponsorship: Andrew ApfelbergRutter Hobbs & Davidoff310.286.1700VP Corp Exec Forum: Lewis StantonStanton Associates LLC818.752.6500

Chief Executive Officer: Bill Webster310.245.5942

VP Private Equity: Steve MoonDuff & Phelps Securities310.689.0070VP Research & Dev.: Chris HebbleCerberus California, Inc.310.903.5016VP WIGI: Ivelisse SimonAvante Mezzanine Partners310.667.9243VP ACG Cup: Gary RabishawIntrepid Investment Bankers310.478.9000

DIRECTORS AT LARGEMarc DeneenPNC Business Credit818.752.6196Tom HayesPNC Business Credit818.752.6104Eric KleinSheppard Mullin310.228.3728Rahul MeraniDLC310.895.7000Doug SchreierACG At Large310.892.4972Alain RothsteinVicente Capital Partners310.426.9710

Chapter Executive: Christyne Buteyn310.426.9710 • [email protected]

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