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With over twenty years of professional business experience, Mr. Barnes has been featured in articles in FORTUNE, Chain Store Age, INC Magazine, FAST Company, PRSM, Waste News and the recently published "Inside the Minds: Jump Start, Launching Your Business Venture, Profitably and Successfully." Barnes founded OAKLEAF Waste Management in 1995, and in August of 2007, Barnes led OAKLEAF through a recapitalization with New Mountain Capital in a transaction valued at $655 million. Mr. Barnes is continually called upon as a regular speaker and panelist at numerous national conferences on facilities management including Store Planning and Construction, (SPECS) and the Professional Retail Maintenance Association (PRSM). Prior to starting OAKLEAF Waste Management, he was Director of Marketing at Coldwell Banker Real Estate and was a partner in Downtown Development Corporation. He serves on the Board of Governors for the National Solid Wastes Management Association. Mr. Barnes holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Marist College. | 