Governance at a Glance

Chair
Member
Board Members Audit Compensation Nominating and Corporate Governance Valuation

Kevin M. Rendino

Parker A. Weil

Lead Independent Director

Richard P. Shanley

Lead Independent Director

Stacy R. Brandom

Lead Independent Director

Daniel B. Wolfe Ph.D.

Committee Charters

Kevin M. Rendino

Mr. Rendino has served as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Portfolio Manager of the Company since March 2017. He has served as a member of the Company's Board since June 2016. Mr. Rendino is a financial services leader with three decades of Wall Street experience in capital markets, value investing and global equity markets. For over twenty years, Mr. Rendino worked on one fund, Basic Value Fund, with a consistent Graham and Dodd focus, at the same firm, BlackRock/Merrill Lynch. He was the value team leader, overseeing 11 funds and $13 billion in assets, a member of BlackRock’s Leadership Committee and a frequent contributor to CNBC, Bloomberg TV, Fox Business, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. For the entirety of his money management career, Mr. Rendino ranked in top quartile and beat competitor average and SPX by over 100 basis points. He received numerous Lipper awards for Investment Excellence during his tenure. Since December 2023, Mr. Rendino has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Synchronoss Technologies, Inc., a portfolio company in which we have an investment. From March 2019 to April 2021, Mr. Rendino served as a member of the Board of Directors of Synacor, Inc., a portfolio company in which we had an investment. From November 2017 to August 2019, Mr. Rendino served as a member of the Board of Directors of TheStreet, Inc., a portfolio company in which we had an investment. Mr. Rendino graduated from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College (B.S.). 

Parker A. Weil

Mr. Weil has served as a member of our Board since July 2017. Since August 2018, Mr. Weil has served as Vice Chair of Investment Banking at TD Cowen. TD Cowen is a division of TD Bank Group (TSX and NYSE: TD) which offers a full range of financial products and services to more than 27 million customers worldwide. TD Cowen is an institutional financial services firm that operates through Cowen and Company, a broker dealer, and an investment management division. In addition to Investment Banking, Cowen and Company also offers equity and credit research, sales and trading, and a wide array of institutional services capabilities. From June 2012 to April 2018, Mr. Weil served as Managing Director of investment banking for Stifel Financial Corp.  During his almost 30+ years in investment banking, he has served as an advisor, underwriter and placement agent on numerous initial public offerings, add-on financings and merger and acquisition transactions. He has worked with companies in a wide range of industries including Energy, Power, Industrials, Telecommunications and Business Services.  From June 2020 to February 2024, Mr. Weil has served on the board of directors of Clean Energy Fuels Corporation. Mr. Weil has served on the board of trustees of the Ridgewood Lacrosse Association, Maroons Soccer Club and Ridgewood Education Foundation.  Mr. Weil graduated from the University of Pennsylvania (B.A.) and the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University (M.B.A.). 

Richard P. Shanley

Mr. Shanley has served as a member of our Board since March 2007. He has also served as our Lead Independent Director since May 2013. From February 2001 until his retirement in December 31, 2006, he was a partner of Deloitte & Touche LLP. During his over 30 years of public accounting experience, he served as lead audit partner on numerous audit engagements for public and private companies and companies making public stock offerings. He served as lead audit partner primarily for biotechnology, pharmaceutical and high-tech companies. Since March 2017, Mr. Shanley has served as a member of the Board of Directors of HALE.life Corporation, a portfolio company in which we have an investment. From January 2018 to January 2020, Mr. Shanley served as a Managing Director of Great Eastern Behavioral Partners, LLC, a privately held company. He is an active member of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in New York. He graduated from Fordham University (B.S.) and Long Island University (M.B.A.).

Stacy R. Brandom

Ms. Brandom has served as a member of the Company's Board since January 2014. From June 2015 until her retirement in March 2019, she was Chief Financial Officer of Save the Children U.S., a not-for-profit serving the needs of children globally. Prior to joining Save the Children, Ms. Brandom was an Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Trinity Wall Street, an historic Anglican church in lower Manhattan, N.Y. from October 2009 to June 2015. She was a Managing Advisor of Brandom Advisors, from 2008 to 2009. Ms. Brandom served as Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director of Citi Smith Barney from 2005 to 2007. She held various positions at JPMorgan Chase and its predecessor firms from 1984 to 2005, including Chief Financial Officer of JP Morgan Chase Corporate Sector and Chase Commercial Banking Group; Head of Strategy and Administration, Corporate Business Service of JP Morgan Chase; Head of Strategy and Administration and Managing Director, Global Investment Banking (Chase); Head of Strategy and Managing Director, Global Bank (Chemical Bank, pre- Chase merger). She graduated from the University of North Texas (B.B.A.) and the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University (M.B.A.). Ms. Brandom has been a Director of Apple Financial Holdings, Inc., a privately held company, since October 2018. She is the former chair of the board of directors of Bridges to Community, a non-governmental organization dedicated to sustainable development in Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic.

Daniel B. Wolfe Ph.D.

Mr. Wolfe has served as President of the Company since January 2009, as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer since July 2016, and as Portfolio Manager and a member of Company’s Board since March 2017. He served in varying other positions within 180's predecessor company, Harris & Harris Group, Inc., since 2004. Mr. Wolfe led efforts to build an alternative investment platform within 180's predecessor company, including PIPEs, publicly traded securities and debt. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors of multiple privately held and publicly traded companies. From September 2021 to December 2023, Mr. Wolfe served on the board of Parabellum Acquisition Corp., a blank check company sponsored by a company in which we had an investment. Prior to joining Harris & Harris Group, he served as a consultant to Nanosys, Inc., CW Group and to Bioscale, Inc. while completing his graduate studies at Harvard University. He graduated from Rice University (B.A.), where his honors included the Zevi and Bertha Salsburg Memorial Award in Chemistry and the Presidential Honor Roll, and from Harvard University (A.M., Ph.D., Chemistry), where he was a NSF Predoctoral Fellow.