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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.
   
Philip A. McNeill, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer—SPP Mezzanine Partners
Mr. McNeill is currently the Chief Investment Officer for SPP Mezzanine Partners. Prior to joining SPP Mezzanine Partners, Mr. McNeill served as a Managing Director and co-head of mezzanine investing at Allied Capital Corporation where he was co-head of its Private Finance and Mezzanine activities and a member of its Investment Committee. Before joining Allied Capital in 1993, Mr. McNeill served as Vice President of M&T Capital Corporation, the SBIC investment division of M&T Bank. Prior to entering the private finance industry in 1988, he developed, founded, managed and owned a Boston-based retail and manufacturing company and was a founding director of City National Bank of Weatherford, Oklahoma. Mr. McNeill holds an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Finance, Accounting, and Law & Public Policy from Syracuse University.
   
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, Vice President
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.
   
Elizabeth Carmany Perreten, Vice President
Ms. Perreten joined SPP Capital in 2004. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Perreten was a Summer Associate in Global Markets at Merrill Lynch and was previously in the Investment Services Group at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. She received a B.A. with honors in International Relations from Brown University and an M.B.A in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin.
   
Brad Crispin, Associate
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.
   
   
 
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