Bennett Rosenthal

Bennett Rosenthal, a director since 2013, is a Co-Founder of Ares, a Director, and Partner of Ares, and Co-Head of the Ares Private Equity Group. He is a member of the Ares Executive Management Committee and the firm’s Management Committee. Mr. Rosenthal additionally serves as the Co-Chairman of the board of directors of Ares Capital Corporation, a specialty finance company that provides debt and equity financing solutions to U.S. middle-market companies and power generation projects. Mr. Rosenthal also is a member of the Ares Private Equity Group’s Corporate Opportunities and Special Opportunities Investment Committees. Mr. Rosenthal joined Ares in 1998 from Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. where he served as a Managing Director in the Global Leveraged Finance Group. He currently serves on the boards of directors of City Ventures, LLC, a homebuilder in California coastal communities, and the parent entities of Aspen Dental Management, Inc., a dental practice management company, CHG Healthcare Holdings L.P., a healthcare staffing services company, DuPage Medical Group, Ltd., an independent multi-specialty physician group, National Veterinary Associates, Inc., an owner and operator of freestanding veterinary hospitals, and other private companies. Mr. Rosenthal’s previous board of directors experience includes Dawn Holdings, Inc., Hangar, Inc. Maidenform Brands, Inc., and Nortek, Inc. We believe that Mr. Rosenthal’s extensive experience in the financial industry, as well as the management of private equity in particular and his experience as a director of other public and private companies, give the board of directors valuable insight.