Peter Schulte, Chairman of the Board : Mr. Schulte has served as Chairman of the Board of 3001 since 2004. He is a Managing Partner, and was a founder of private equity firm CM Equity Partners ( www.cmequity.com, ) From 1992 to 1996, Mr. Schulte managed a predecessor private investment partnership associated with Carl Marks & Co., and focused on acquisitions of middle-market companies. From 1990 to 1992, Mr. Schulte was a member of the buyout group at Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder, Inc., and from 1983 to 1990, Mr. Schulte was a Vice President of Salomon Brothers Inc. in corporate finance. Prior to graduate school, Mr. Schulte was employed at IBM in its Data Processing Division (DPD) focused on the financial services sector.

Related to CMEP’s private equity investing activities, Mr. Schulte is a member of the Board of Directors of the following companies: Echo Bridge Entertainment, LLC, ICF International, Inc. (Vice Chairman) (NASDAQ: ICFI), Falcon Communications, Inc., Xebec Global Corporation, RGS Associates, Inc. (Chairman), Laguna Ventures, Inc. and Preferred Systems Solutions, Inc. Mr. Schulte is also a director of ATS Corporation (OTCBB: ATCT).

Mr. Schulte is a graduate of Harvard College (A.B.) and holds a master’s degree in public and private management (M.P.P.M.) from Yale University. He is currently a member of the boards of Marymount School in New York City and the Rainforest Alliance, and is on the NY Advisory Council of The Trust for Public Land.