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William F. Dawson joined Wellspring as a partner in 2001. He previously spent one year at Whitney & Co., where he was head of the middle market buyout group. Prior to that, William spent 14 years at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation where he was most recently a managing director at DLJ Merchant Banking. William has been involved in numerous acquisitions and recapitalizations as well as leveraged financings and restructurings. He has served on the boards of a variety of public and private companies. William received a Bachelor of Science degree from St. Francis College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Rich Caputo works at The Jordan Company and a Member at Resolute Fund Partners II LLC; Board Member at CAPSTONE COMPANIES, INC.; and Board Member at The Jordan Company. He has experience at Milestone Aviation, VENARI RESOURCES, and Transcendia Inc and has worked as Vice President at AMERIKING INC, Manager at NTT Acquisition Corp, and Board Member at Universal Technical Inst Inc.. Rich works or has worked at American Fast Freight and works or has worked as BOARD MEMBER at Brown University Sports Foundation, CEO/Managing Partner at The Jordan Company, and Board Member at American Fast Freight. He studied at Brown University.

Mr. Huff co-founded ContourGlobal in 2005 and serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Huff co-founded Reservoir Capital in 1998, and is a member of all fund Investment Committees. He currently serves on the boards of many of Reservoir Capital’s portfolio companies in industries such as energy, power, aircraft leasing, and insurance. He has also been instrumental in the formation and development of a variety of hedge funds and private investment firms. Mr. Huff is the President of the Board of Trustees of St. Bernard’s School and serves as a Trustee of the Princeton Theological Seminary. Prior to founding Reservoir Capital, Mr. Huff was a Partner at Ziff Brothers Investments and, prior to business school, served in the U.S. Navy as a nuclear submarine officer and nuclear engineer. Mr. Huff graduated magna cum laude from Abilene Christian University with a B.S. in Engineering Physics. He completed his M.B.A. at Harvard Business School, where he graduated with high distinction as a Baker Scholar.