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Mr. Dresner founded Dresner Partners in 1991 to provide formerly exclusive Wall Street investment banking services to middle market businesses. His distinguished corporate finance career spans nearly 25 years, including mergers, acquisitions, debt and equity financing, recapitalizations and international transactions. In addition to his transactional experience, Mr. Dresner has led numerous valuation, fairness opinion and strategic financial consulting engagements. He has worked extensively in several industries including healthcare, business services, building products, textiles, industrial manufacturing, retailing and media. Prior to founding Dresner Partners, Mr. Dresner held management positions with First Chicago Corporation (JP Morgan Chase), Arthur Andersen (corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions practices), Heller Financial and GE Capital Corporation. A community leader, Mr. Dresner is on the boards of the Chicago Association for Corporate Growth, the Michael Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago, North Shore Congregation Israel, The Entrepreneurship Institute and Jobs for Youth. He is also on the Ravinia annual fund committee and is a member of The Economic Club of Chicago. | 