Mr. Mickelson chairs our investment committee and is actively involved
with acquisition strategy.

Mark has been a private equity investor in small businesses for
over 30 years. These investments were made in a range of transaction types including
leveraged buyouts, growth equity, public offering, acquisitions, restructurings, distressed
buyouts and leveraged recapitalizations. During his career, Mark has invested his own
capital and has acted as a fiduciary for some of the largest institutional investors in the
world including the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, the New York State
Common Retirement Fund and General Electric Capital Corporation. He has participated
on numerous operating committees and boards of companies including Art Brand Studios,
Next Point Bearing Group, G.I. Joe’s Sporting Goods, Chick’s Sporting Goods, Jon Douglas
Real Estate Services Group, Media Arts Group, Video King Gaming Systems and
Consolidated Foundries.

He received an MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA and a
double BA in Business and Economics from the University of Redlands.