Board of Directors

Larry L. Enterline has served as Chair of our Board since July 2022 and as a director of the Company since July 2019. Mr. Enterline has been the chief executive officer of Vulcan Holdings Inc., a private investment holding and consulting services company he founded, since 2010. Previously, Mr. Enterline was the executive chairman of Greentech Environmental, an air purification systems provider from August 2021 to December 2022. Prior to that, Mr. Enterline was the chief executive officer of Fox Factory Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: FOXF), a former subsidiary of the Company, from 2011 through 2019. Mr. Enterline served in various executive and management roles earlier in his career, including chief executive officer of COMSYS IT Partners Inc., an IT staffing and solutions company, senior vice president of worldwide sales and service organization at Scientific-Atlanta Inc., a Georgia-based manufacturer of cable television, telecommunications and broadband equipment. Mr. Enterline is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University and the Monte Ahuja College of Business at Cleveland State University.

Elias J. Sabo has served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company and as a director since May 2018. Mr. Sabo is one of the founding partners of our Manager and has been instrumental in guiding the organization's strategic growth since 1998. As a member of the Investment Committee, he plays a critical role in identifying and evaluating transaction opportunities applying the investment principles established by the Company. Mr. Sabo also directs the financing activities of the Company and together with the executive leadership team, develops and implements the organization's strategic vision. As a member of the organization's ESG committee, Mr. Sabo is responsible for driving the organization's ongoing commitment to environmental stewardship, corporate social responsibility, corporate governance and sustainability as relevant to the Company. Mr. Sabo previously served as a director and as the chairman of the board of Fox Factory Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: FOXF), a former CODI subsidiary from 2007 to 2017. Previously, Mr. Sabo was with CIBC Oppenheimer, Boundary Partners and Colony Capital. Mr. Sabo is a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Alexander S. Bhathal has served as a director of the Company since January 2022. Mr. Bhathal is executive chair of Revitate, building upon the legacy and success of the RAJ Capital family investment office he founded in 2006. Since 2013, Mr. Bhathal has also been the co-owner and executive director of Sacramento Basketball Holdings, which owns the Sacramento Kings franchise of the National Basketball Association. Previously, Mr. Bhathal served as the chief executive officer of RAJ Swim, a company which designs, manufactures, and markets designer and private label swimwear under nationally recognized brands. He serves as managing partner and as a director of RAJ Capital Management and its affiliates, as an operating partner for Rx3 Growth Partners, and serves on the board of directors of Mark IV Capital and Aspyr Holdings (Orange Theory Fitness Franchises). Mr. Bhathal is a graduate of the University of California Los Angeles and the USC Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California and completed the Presidents Program in Leadership at Harvard Business School.

James J. Bottiglieri has served as a director of the Company since December 2005. Mr. Bottiglieri was the Company's chief financial officer and an executive vice president of the Company's Manager from 2005 to 2013. Previously, Mr. Bottiglieri was the senior vice president and controller of WebMD Health Corp. Prior to that, Mr. Bottiglieri was with Star Gas Corporation and a predecessor firm to KPMG LLP. Mr. Bottiglieri also serves on the board of directors and as chair of the audit committee of Horizon Technology Finance Corporation (NASDAQ: HRZN). Mr. Bottiglieri is a graduate of Pace University.

Gordon M. Burns has served as a director of the Company since May 2008. Mr. Burns has been a private investor since 1998. Previously, he was responsible for investment banking at UBS Securities and before that was a managing director at Salomon Brothers Inc. Mr. Burns served on the board of directors of Aztar Corporation (NYSE:AZR), from 1998 through 2007. He is a co-founder and/or board member (past and present) for several private entities focused on cyber security. Mr. Burns is a graduate of Yale University and the Harvard Business School.

Harold S. Edwards has served as a director of the Company since April 2006. Mr. Edwards has been the president and chief executive officer of Limoneira Company (NASDAQ: LMNR), since 2003. Previously, Mr. Edwards was the president of Puritan Medical Products, a division of Airgas Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Edwards held management positions with Fisher Scientific International, Inc., Cargill, Inc., Agribrands International and the Ralston Purina Company. Mr. Edwards is currently a member of the board of directors of Limoneira Company. Mr. Edwards served on the boards of directors of Calavo Growers, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVGW) from 2005 to 2022 and Inventure Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNAK) from 2014 to 2017. Mr. Edwards is a graduate of Lewis and Clark College and The Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University.

Heidi Locke Simon has served as a director of the Company since July 2023. Previously, Ms. Locke Simon was a partner at Bain & Company, a global management consulting organization, where she worked from 1993 to 2012. Prior to this, she was an Investment Banking Analyst at Goldman, Sachs & Co. Ms. Locke Simon has served as a director of Teekay Corporation (NYSE:TK) since September 2017, as Board Chair of Reflex Protect, Inc. since August 2021, and as a director of Turning Green since October 2004. She is a National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Certified Director and holds the CERT Cybersecurity Governance Certification from Carnegie Mellon. Ms. Locke Simon is a graduate of Middlebury College and the Harvard Business School.

Nancy B. Mahon has served as a director of the Company since May 2023. Ms. Mahon has been the Chief Sustainability Officer of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. since January of 2023. Previously, Ms. Mahon was the Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability at Estée Lauder, from April 2016 to January 2023. Prior to that she served as the Senior Vice President, Social Initiatives, MAC Cosmetics, Bobbi Brown & La Mer, from July 2011 to March 2016. She has served as a Trustee of the New York University School of Law Foundation since October 2018. She also served as a director for TPG Pace Beneficial Finance Corporations I and II (NYSE: TPGY-UN and YTPG), from October 2020 to April 2023. Ms. Mahon was the Chairperson of The Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from December 2011 to December 2016. She completed the Rock Center for Corporate Governance Directors' College executive education program at Stanford Law School. She received a certificate in brand marketing from The Wharton School, certification as a woman on boards of directors from Yale School of Management and is admitted to the State Bar of California, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Ms. Mahon is a graduate of Yale University, and the New York University School of Law.

Teri R. Shaffer has served as a director of the Company since July 2022. Previously, Ms. Shaffer was the Americas and Regional Financial Audit Information Technology Leader for Ernst & Young from 2016 to July 2022, and served in various other leadership roles at Ernst & Young since 1984. She is a National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Certified Director, a Harvard Business School Certified Director, Certified Public Accountant and Certified Information Security Manager. She holds the CERT Cybersecurity Governance Certification from Carnegie Mellon. Ms. Shaffer is a graduate of Oklahoma State University and the Hult International Business School.