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Nelson Obus joined Gilman Ciocia’s Board of Directors in September 2007. Mr. Obus was also appointed as a member of its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees.
Mr. Obus is the President of Wynnefield Capital, Inc. which is the general partner of Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value Offshore Fund, Ltd. Nelson Obus has co-managed Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value L.P. since its inception in November 1992, Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value L.P. since its inception in July 1997 and the Wynnefield Small Cap Value Offshore Fund, Limited since its inception in January 1997.
From February 1990 until September 1992 he was Research Director of Schafer Capital Management, Inc. and Schafer Cullen Management, Inc. Prior thereto, Mr. Obus worked at Lazard Freres & Co., for eight years as an analyst, account executive and research director in its institutional sales department.
He received a B.A. from New York University and an M.A. and A.B.D. from Brandeis University in Politics. Before coming to Wall Street, Mr. Obus worked as an educator and land manager in the environmental field.
Mr. Obus serves on the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee of Layne Christensen Co., the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the Appalachian Mountain Club, the Board of Directors of the Stonybrook-Millstone Watershed Association, and the Princeton Historical Society.
He is married and has a daughter and a son. | 