Friedrich K.M. Böhm - Senior Partner, Chairman
Mr. Böhm serves as Senior Partner and Chairman of the Operating Committee. Previous to joining White Oak Partners, Mr. Böhm was Chairman of NBBJ. Under his leadership the firm grew into the world's third largest architecture practice, which last year designed projects exceeding $3 billion in total construction cost.

In addition to his defining contributions to large projects in Beijing, Taipei, London, Istanbul and Moscow, Mr. Böhm has been credited with helping shape the modern character of downtown Columbus, Ohio, through projects like One Columbus, The Vern Riffe State Office Tower, Three Nationwide Plaza, and Nationwide Arena.

As a diplomat, Mr. Böhm has served on the Special Advisory Committee to the Austrian Chancellor, was named Honorary Consul for Austria in 1993, and in 1995 received the Grand Decoration of Honors in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria. His other recognitions include Inc. Magazine's Entrepreneur of the Year, American Institute of Architects Fellowship, Design Futures Council Fellowship, and in 2002, the AIA Ohio Gold Medal Award.

He currently serves on the boards of M.I. Schottenstein Homes, TRC Companies, and NBBJ. Mr. Böhm is also a founding Partner of Transmap, The Daimler Group of Developers, and Travel Partners. He has been a Board Member of Huntington Banks for 15 years and many community organizations such as The Wellington School, Muskingum College, The Columbus Symphony Orchestra, and The Columbus Museum of Art.

A Fulbright Scholar, Mr. Böhm received his undergraduate degree from Technische Universitat Wien in Vienna, and holds a Master's in City and Regional Planning from the Ohio State University, where he has served as adjunct professor, lecturer, and Chairman of the Advisory Board of the School of Architecture. Mr. Böhm and his wife reside in Columbus.

W. Don Ellis - Senior Partner
Senior Partner for Banking and M&A, W. Don Ellis also is the Founding Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Patriot Bank, which is a $1 Billion Texas community bank ranked in the top 1% of the fastest growing banks in its peer group. A twenty-five year veteran of the banking industry, Mr. Ellis has an exceptional track record founding, heading, and managing high performing institutions and divisions.

Prior to founding Patriot Bank, Mr. Ellis served as the Texas Regional President for Regions Bank, overseeing the fastest growing division of the twelfth largest bank in the US. Before his arrival in Texas, he served as the Senior Retail Banking Executive in Washington, D.C. for BB&T, the country's thirteenth largest bank.

Mr. Ellis currently serves as the Chief Performance Advisor at Velocity Bank Advisors, a bank consulting firm that he founded, which specializes in bank organization, capital acquisition, and strategic planning.

Mr. Ellis resides in Houston, Texas. He has received his undergraduate degree from Mississippi College and a MBA from University of North Alabama.

Mark Jenson - Operating Partner
Operating Partner Mark Jenson has worked in the Electrical Wholesale industry for over 24 years in the UK and the USA. In February 2008, he partnered with White Oak to form First Source Electrical, a full line electrical products distributor in Houston employing state of the art technologies and an intensive focus on customer service.

Mr. Jenson currently serves as President and CEO of First Source Electrical, responsible for the day to day operations and expansion of the company. Prior to forming First Source, he was President of Key Electrical Supply, a wholly owned subsidiary of Integrated Electrical Supply. During his ten years as President and chief strategic manager, he successfully guided the company from a struggling enterprise to an industry leading position. He was instrumental in creating and leading a successful management and sales team, and implementing new, enterprise enhancing technologies.

Mr. Jensen holds BA (Hons) in Business from the University of Teesside, in the UK and attended the Graduate MBA program at the University of Houston. Mr. Jenson resides in Richmond, Texas with his wife and two children.

John W. Mecom III- Senior Partner
Senior Partner for Energy M&A Mr. Mecom is President of Mecom Oil, an oil and gas exploration company based in Houston, Texas. Throughout the course of his career, he has excelled at managing large-scale energy concerns as well as more diverse investment and acquisition firms.

Beginning in 1996, Mr. Mecom served as Managing Member of Mecom Group LLC (private investments), Rhino I LLC (mineral and royalty acquisitions), Rhino II LLC (oil and gas exploration), and MMTD Acquisitions (equipment leasing). He also served as Chief Executive and board member of Rhino Pak Inc, the US's second largest independent contract synthetic oil and chemical blending and packaging plant.

In 1991, Mr. Mecom founded GM Hydrocarbons, a natural gas transportation and trading company with deliveries of over 300 million cubic feet of gas per day. He sold GM Hydrocarbons to Olympic Natural Gas in 1995.

Mr. Mecom joined the family oil and gas business in 1984, where he was responsible for oil and gas leasing and drilling operations in an expanse covering 50 counties and parishes in Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma. During that period, he managed over 250,000 acres of fee lands along the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast.

Mr. Mecom attended the University of Oklahoma and University of St. Thomas. He currently serves on the board of Patriot Bank and as a Trustee of the Crossbell Ranch. He resides with his wife and four children in Houston, where they are actively involved in many charitable organizations.

Michael J. Menzer - Senior Partner, CEO
Senior Partner Michael Menzer founded White Oak Partners and its affiliates in 2003. His extensive experience in finance, asset acquisition, and the hands-on practice of growing businesses provides an exceptional framework for ensuring the continued growth and development of White Oak and its affiliates.

Prior to forming White Oak Partners, Mr. Menzer was the founder and President of Paramount Financial Group, a real estate investment and management company owning commercial, multi-family and hospitality properties in 46 states. Under his leadership, Paramount raised over $4.2 billion from institutional investors to facilitate the acquisition of a $10 billion property portfolio. In 2001, Mr. Menzer sold Paramount to a subsidiary of GMAC, remaining on as President until 2003.

He has formerly served on the board of the publicly traded Park National Bank and its parent company, Park National Corporation, and is a Trustee of the Central Ohio Technical College. He serves on the boards of the Ohio State Newark Campus Development Fund, Knowledge Works, Hospice Foundation and also on the boards of companies where White Oak Partners is a key investor such as Patriot Bank, Woodlands Financial, Auriga Measurement Systems, Turning Technologies, Mecom Oil and Performance Building Products.

Mr. Menzer, his wife and two sons live in Granville, Ohio, and is a graduate of Bucknell University.

Michele R. Souder - Senior Partner, CFO
Ms. Souder serves as Senior Partner and Chief Financial Officer, overseeing the acquisition, management and performance of White Oak Partners' investments. Ms. Souder has served as the CFO of five firms during her career, including three publicly traded companies. She has a wide range of financial and operational experience and has managed organizations through mergers, acquisitions, initial public offerings, start-ups, workouts, bankruptcies, and liquidations.

Previous to her association with White Oak Partners, Ms. Souder was a partner at Novogradac & Company LLP, a national public accounting firm based in San Francisco. Ms. Souder has also worked in the Crisis Management Division of Jay Alix & Associates, a nationally renowned crisis management firm based in Southfield, MI and New York City.

In addition to her experience as a senior financial executive, she has managed IT, human resources, asset management, internal audit, treasury, construction, and operational activities for both public and private firms throughout the United States.

Ms. Souder lives in Austin, Texas, and works from both Austin and White Oak Partners' office in Granville, Ohio. She holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Dayton, and is a Certified Public Accountant, licensed to practice in multiple states.