Palisade Capital Leadership

Mr. Goldman joined Palisade Capital in 2006 and is responsible for the management and oversight of the Firm's legal affairs and securities compliance efforts. Mr. Goldman also spends a portion of his time working with the Firm's Private Equity team. Prior to joining Palisade in 2006, Mr. Goldman was a corporate associate at the law firm of Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti LLP. There, he worked with his clients on a variety of governance, contractual, and general corporate matters. Mr. Goldman began his career as an associate in the mergers and acquisitions group of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where he represented companies in large private equity, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate finance transactions. Mr. Goldman is a member of the New York and New Jersey Bars. He received his Juris Doctor with Honors from the Rutgers-Newark School of Law, where he served as Senior Articles Editor of the Rutgers Law Review and member of The Order of the Coif, and his B.A. with Honors from Rutgers College as a Henry Rutgers Scholar.

Financial executive with broad experience in the asset management business gained from working in both large institutions and smaller boutique firms. Experienced with responsibilities for corporate finance, financial planning and reporting, partnership and corporate tax, private equity and hedge fund accounting, compliance, payroll, investor relations, and information technology.

Mr. Fern joined Palisade Capital in 2004. As Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Fern is responsible for the safeguarding of the firm's assets as well as financial oversight for all private equity entities managed by the firm. He also works closely with the firm's outside auditors and with fund administrators on both onshore and offshore private partnerships. Prior to joining Palisade Capital, Mr. Fern was a Vice President and Controller of CIBC-World Markets, working with the Real Estate, Credit Capital Markets and Investment Banking groups. Mr. Fern is a CPA; he received his B.S.B.A. from Boston University School of Management.

Mr. Veru is a Principal of Palisade Capital and a member of the Investment Policy Committee. Mr. Veru has oversight responsibilities for all the investment strategies at Palisade Capital involving publicly traded securities. From 1992 through 1999, Mr. Veru was the President and Director of Research at Awad Asset Management and helped oversee the firm's growth from start up to more than one billion of small cap institutional and high net worth assets. Prior to Awad, Mr. Veru became associated with the partners of Palisade in 1984 at Drexel Burnham Lambert and later at Smith Barney Harris Upham where he held a variety of analytical roles. In addition to his professional responsibilities, Mr. Veru is a member of the Board of Overseers of the St. Lukes and Roosevelt hospital, a member of the finance committee of the Dwight-Englewood School, and a member of the Board of the McCarton School for autistic children. A graduate of Franklin & Marshall College in 1983, Mr. Veru is a frequent guest on CNBC, Bloomberg News, Fox News and CNN. He also contributes market opinions to various financial publications.