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Robin Ellis Busch, Managing Partner—SPP Capital and SPP Mezzanine Partners
Ms. Busch has served as a co-head of distribution for SPP Capital since 1993. Ms. Busch has over 19 years of experience in the private capital markets on a broad range of private senior debt, mezzanine debt and equity placements. A founding member of SPP Hambro, SPP Capital’s predecessor, Ms. Busch is responsible for capital raising activities including structuring, selling and negotiating debt and equity securities, bank facilities and structured finance transactions for both U.S. and foreign issuers. Prior to joining SPP Capital, Ms. Busch was with Bankers Trust Company in the Capital Markets Group. Ms. Busch is a cum laude graduate of New York University.
   
C. Todd Kumble, Managing Partner—SPP Capital and SPP Mezzanine Partners
Mr. Kumble has extensive experience in structuring and placing bank financings, senior note private placements, mezzanine and private equity offerings. Having joined SPP Hambro, SPP Capital’s predecessor, in 1993, Mr. Kumble’s transaction experience spans a broad array of industries including manufacturing, distribution, financial services, cable and real estate. Before joining SPP Capital, Mr. Kumble was a Director of Financial Planning for Home Box Office, Inc. where he was involved in acquisition analysis for the company. Prior to this, he was a Manager of Treasury for The Allen Group, Inc. and a Credit Analyst for the Leveraged Buyout Group of Manufacturers Hanover Trust. Mr. Kumble has a B.A. degree in Economics from Yale University and an M.B.A. degree in Finance from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
   
Stefan L. Shaffer, Managing Partner—SPP Capital and SPP Mezzanine Partners
Mr. Shaffer was one of the founding partners of SPP Hambro, SPP Capital’s predecessor. Mr. Shaffer manages the global origination of SPP Capital and is an architect of SPP Capital’s unique joint venture strategy. His 22 years of experience in the private market includes hundreds of transactions in North America and Europe. Prior to becoming a principal at SPP Capital, Mr. Shaffer was a Vice President in the Private Placement Group at Bankers Trust Company where he was responsible for origination, structuring and pricing of private placements for the Capital Markets Group, both nationally and internationally. Prior to his move to investment banking, Mr. Shaffer had been an attorney with the law firm of White & Case where he drafted and negotiated private placements, public securities, leveraged lease transactions and provided general corporate counsel. Mr. Shaffer is a cum laude graduate of Cornell Law School where he earned a J.D. degree and has served on the Board of Editors on the Cornell International Law Journal; he is a magna cum laude undergraduate from Colgate University where he was elected Phi Beta Kappa.
   
Amy S. Lazarus, Chief Financial Officer
Ms. Lazarus was a founding partner of SPP Hambro, SPP Capital’s predecessor, and originally served as the firm’s head of distribution. Prior to joining the firm as a principal, Ms. Lazarus was a Vice President in the Private Placement Group at Bankers Trust Company. Her responsibilities included the structuring and execution of transactions for both U.S. and international clients in all types of issues including senior and subordinated notes, equities, LBOs, project financing and ESOPs. Ms. Lazarus has extensive experience in structuring private placements and derivative products.

A certified public accountant, she began her career at Arthur Andersen. Ms. Lazarus holds an M.B.A. degree in finance from The Columbia Graduate School of Business and a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Vermont. She graduated both Beta Gamma Sigma and magna cum laude, respectively.
   
Donald W. Graham, CFA Partner
Mr. Graham has been involved in originating, structuring and distributing private placement transactions for the last 14 years. Prior to joining SPP Capital in 2000, Mr. Graham was a senior member of the private placement group at RBC Dominion Securities (an affiliate of Royal Bank of Canada). Prior to this, Mr. Graham was with Prudential Securities where he was involved in a wide variety of corporate finance transactions. Mr. Graham began his career in finance as an investment manager for Prudential Capital Group, one of the largest investors in private placements in the United States.

Mr. Graham holds a B.A. degree in Economics and Biology from the University of Virginia and a M.B.A. degree in finance from Cornell University. Mr. Graham is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
   
John Cable, Director
Mr. Cable joined SPP Capital as an Associate in June 2006. Before joining the firm, Mr. Cable held various corporate finance positions at Nike and Coach and was most recently Manager, Operations Finance for Coach, Inc. Mr. Cable began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst with Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown. He holds a B.A. in Economics and Art History from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Dartmouth’s Amos Tuck School of Business Administration.
   
Heather Madland, Director
Ms. Madland serves as a Director of SPP’s San Francisco office working in close partnership with SPP’s New York headquarters to originate and execute transactions developed through her West Coast relationships. Ms. Madland has spent 13 years, originating, structuring, and executing senior debt, second lien, and mezzanine financing for private equity and direct middle market clients; she was most recently a Vice President and Team Leader of Middle Market Banking at Comerica Bank in San Francisco. Ms Madland joined Comerica in 2009 from CIT, where she helped establish a West Coast presence for CIT’s Sponsor Finance group. Prior to CIT, Ms. Madland served as a member of the underwriting and deal execution team at Madison Capital Funding, LLC in Chicago where she focused exclusively on providing leverage finance products to the firm’s middle market private equity clients. She is an active member and Board Member of ACG San Francisco and currently serves on the Chapter’s Executive Committee as head of Sponsorship. Ms. Madland graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University.
   
Brad Crispin, Vice President
Mr. Crispin joined SPP Capital as an Analyst in 2007. Mr. Crispin was previously the Deputy Press Secretary for a national Senate campaign in the 2006 election cycle. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College where he received a B.A. in Classical Studies with a concentration in Latin.
   
Alex Leukart, Analyst
Mr. Leukart joined SPP Capital in 2010. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Leukart was an Associate Analyst in the Oil, Gas, & Chemicals group at Moody’s Investors Service and previously an Analyst in the Syndicated Loans division of Bloomberg. He is a Cum Laude graduate of the University of Richmond where he received a B.S.B.A. in Business Administration with concentrations in Finance and Economics.
   
Sebastian Ramirez-Brunner, Analyst
Mr. Ramirez-Brunner joined SPP Capital in 2011. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College where he received a B.A. in Economics and Arabic.

 

   
   
 
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