R. David Andrews

R. DAVID ANDREWS, has served as President and Managing General Partner
of Gryphon Investors since founding the firm in 1995. He also heads the
General Industry Group and is the Chairman of the Commitment Committee.
Mr. Andrews serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bright Now!
Dental, Intelligrated, and Miller Heiman and as a Director of Kinetics,
Eight O’Clock Coffee, Gryphon Colleges Corporation, and Nursefinders. He
was a former Chairman or Director of Allied Security, Cummins Utility
Supply, Foxfire Consulting, Outsourcing Solutions, PHNS, TASQ
Technology, and the Gingiss Group. Previously, he served as Managing
Director/Partner of Oak Hill Partners, the management company for Acadia
Partners, LP. Founded by Robert M. Bass, Acadia was a $1.8 billion
investment partnership focused on leveraged acquisitions and public
high-yield securities. While at Oak Hill, Mr. Andrews co-lead
investments in CapStar Hotel Company, Pinnacle Automation, and
Holophane, and then served as a director with each company. In addition,
he was a director responsible for monitoring Oak Hill’s control
investments in Butler Aviation, Butterick Patterns, and Multi-Local
Media Corporation. He earned his BA in Economics, JD and MBA from
Stanford University.