Michael Beckett

Mike joined Gladstone in March 2005 as an Associate. Prior to joining Gladstone, he was an analyst for MCG Capital from June 2001 to March 2005. Mr. Beckett earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business in 2001 and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Syracuse University in 1993. Mr. Beckett is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the AICPA and of the Massachusetts Society of CPAs.

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Greg Bowie

Mr. Bowie joined Gladstone in October 2004 as an Associate. Prior to joining Gladstone, he was an Associate in Citigroup's Global Corporate and Investment Bank in New York from August 2003 to September 2004. Prior to Citigroup, he flew the S-3B Viking aircraft for the U.S. Navy as a Naval Flight Officer from 1994-2001. Mr. Bowie has an MBA from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business and a BA in International Affairs from George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs.

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Michael Brown

Michael Brown joined Gladstone Investment Corporation in October 2005 as Managing Director and opened a Dallas office. Mr. Brown has over 23 years of principal mezzanine and senior equity investing and portfolio management experience to middle market manufacturing, distribution and business service companies located throughout the United States. Immediately prior to joining Gladstone, Mr. Brown was Co-founder and Managing Partner of Stratford Capital Partners, LP and Stratford Equity Partners, LP, a Dallas-based $130 million mezzanine and senior equity investment fund affiliated with Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst and other large institutional limited partners. Prior to Stratford, Mr. Brown was a Partner with The Sunwestern Investment Group, a Dallas-based private equity fund. Mr. Brown received a Bachelors of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Georgia and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin.

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Terry Lee Brubaker

Mr. Brubaker has been Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer since April 2004. Previously, he was our President and Chief Operating Officer since May 2001. Beginning in March 1999, Mr. Brubaker was a founder, and past Chairman of Heads Up Systems, a company providing process industries with leading edge technology. From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Brubaker served as Vice President of the paper group for the American Forest & Paper Association. From 1992 to 1995, Mr. Brubaker served as President of Interstate Resources, a pulp and paper company. From 1991 to 1992, Mr. Brubaker served as President of IRI, a radiation measurement equipment manufacturer. From 1981 to 1991, Mr. Brubaker held several management positions at James River Corporation, a forest and paper company, including Vice President of Strategic Planning from 1981 to 1982, Group Vice President of the Groveton Group and Premium Printing Papers from 1982 to 1990 and Vice President of Human Resources Development in 1991. From 1976 to 1981, Mr. Brubaker was Strategic Planning Manager and Marketing Manager at Boise Cascade. Previously, Mr. Brubaker was a Senior Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company from 1972 to 1976. Mr. Brubaker holds a MBA degree from the Harvard Business School and a BSE from Princeton University.

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Michael M. Caspani

Mr. Caspani joined Gladstone in July 2008. Prior to joining Gladstone, he was an analyst in the Leveraged Finance group at Banc of America Securities where he focused on structuring, syndicating and executing loans for financial sponsors and corporate clients in the healthcare, technology, media and telecom sectors. Mr. Caspani earned his Bachelor of Science with Special Attainments in Commerce from Washington and Lee University in June 2006.

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Marcelo Co

Mr. Co joined Gladstone in July of 2009. Prior to joining the Gladstone Companies, Mr. Co was a senior finance accountant for Presbyterian Health Plan in New Mexico for one year and an auditor at KPMG, LLP for four years. He obtained a Bachelors' degree in Business Administration from the University of California, Riverside.

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Buzz Cooper

Mr. Cooper has been a Managing Director or Principal since June 2001. From 1986 to 2000, Mr. Cooper served as a Senior Vice President or Principal of Allied Capital Corporation and its affiliate funds. At Allied Capital, Mr. Cooper was responsible for identifying, sourcing, underwriting, managing, financing and servicing all forms of commercial real estate. During his time at Allied Capital, Mr. Cooper also administered an investment portfolio of over $250 million. Mr. Cooper holds a BA from Washington and Lee University.

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Robert Corry

Mr. Corry has been a Managing Director or Principal since November 2003. Mr. Corry was with CBA Mezzanine Capital Finance, LLC, a commercial real estate mezzanine conduit from 2001 to 2003. Initially, Mr. Corry held the position of Senior Vice President of Credit and Risk Management. In 2003, he assumed the role of Senior Vice President of Marketing and Loan Production. Prior to joining Mezz Cap, Mr. Corry was a Principal at Allegiance Capital Partners, LLC where he was Chief Credit Officer. From 1992 to 2000, Mr. Corry was a Senior Vice President or Principal at Allied Capital Corporation, and its affiliate funds. Post Allied’s merger, Mr. Corry originated mezzanine transactions associated with corporate mergers, acquisitions and leverage buyouts. Prior to Allied, Mr. Corry held senior management and lending positions at two commercial banks. Mr. Corry received his B.S. degree in Business Administration in 1986 from the E. Claiborne Robins School of Business at the University of Richmond and his Masters Degree in Accounting from The American University.

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Jack Dellafiora

Mr. Dellafiora joined Gladstone in September 2007 as Chief Compliance Officer.  Previously, Mr. Dellafiora held management roles in regulatory compliance, financial and operational risk management, financial reporting, and enterprise data management with Fannie Mae.  Prior to that he lead attestation engagements for BDO Seidman where he worked on a diverse set of client industries.  Mr. Dellafiora has also provided strategic and financial services for an alternative energy developer.  Mr. Dellafiora is a CPA with a BBA in Accountancy from the University of Notre Dame and a MBA from the University of Maryland ’s Smith School of Business.

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Catherine Devine

Miss Devine joined Gladstone in June, 2008. Prior to joining Gladstone, Miss Devine served as a senior accountant at Halt, Buzas & Powell, LTD. Miss Devine received her BS in Accounting from the George Mason University, and is a CPA candidate in the commonwealth of Virginia.

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David Dullum

Mr. Dullum joined The Gladstone Companies in February 2008. He currently serves as President of Gladstone Investment and Senior Managing Director of the Adviser in our McLean, VA Headquarters focusing on debt & equity investments.  Mr. Dullum has extensive experience in equity investing and middle market buyouts.

Prior to joining Gladstone , Mr. Dullum was a General Partner of a Chicago based Frontenac Company, from 1976 to 1990.  He currently serves as a General Partner of New England Partners, a Boston   based private equity fund. Mr. Dullum was also the President and Director of Harbor Acquisition Corp., a Special Purpose Acquisition Corporation listed on AMEX. Mr. Dullum is a former member of the Board of Governors and the Chairman of the National Association of Small Business Companies ( NASBIC ) and a Trustee of the Stanford Business School Trust.  Mr.  Dullum received a BME from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

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Marshall Earl

Mr. Earl joined Gladstone in December 2005 as an Analyst. Prior to joining Gladstone, he served as a telecommunications engineer in WorldCom’s Internal Requirements group from December 1999 to November 2002. Mr. Earl earned his MBA from Virginia Commonwealth University and holds a BA in History from The College of William and Mary.

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Ben Emmons

Mr. Emmons joined The Gladstone Companies in April 2008 as Managing Director and opened an Atlanta office for the firm. Mr. Emmons’ focus is on originations and he has over 17 years of leveraged finance and principal equity investing in lower middle market companies located throughout the United States.

Prior to joining Gladstone, Mr. Emmons was an initial founder and Managing Director for Cratos Capital Partners, an Atlanta based specialty finance company focused on providing senior cash flow financing to the lower middle market. Prior to Cratos, Mr. Emmons was a Managing Director within the Corporate and Investment Bank division of SunTrust Bank. From 2002 to 2005, Mr. Emmons originated and closed new investments for Sun Capital Partners a Boca Raton-based private equity fund. From 1997 to 2002, Mr. Emmons was a Senior Vice President- Marketing Manager with CIT Business Credit for the Southeast Region. Mr. Emmons received a Bachelors of Business Administration in Finance from Georgia Southern University.

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John W. Freal

Mr. Freal joined the firm in February 2002 from American Capital Strategies, where he was a Managing Director. From 1995 through 1997 he was a private investor and financial consultant. From 1989 to 1995, Mr. Freal was President of RDS Capital Partners, a private merchant banking company that he co-founded to acquire middle-market commercial and industrial companies. Prior to founding RDS, he was employed by several Washington D.C. area and Philadelphia banks as a Loan Officer providing general corporate and buyout financing to middle-market and national companies. Mr. Freal received both undergraduate and graduate degrees in Business from George Mason University.

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William Frisbie

Mr. Frisbie joined the firm as an Associate in June 2006. Prior to joining Gladstone, he served as a Financial Analyst in the Treasury Department at American Capital Strategies, Ltd from 2000 to 2004. Mr. Frisbie received his BA from the University of Virginia in 1999 and his MBA from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia in 2006.

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Gary Gerson

Mr. Gerson joined our firm in February 2006 as Treasurer. From 2004 to early 2006 Mr. Gerson was Assistant Vice President of Finance at the Bozzuto Group, a real estate developer, manager and owner, where he was responsible for financing over $350 million of multi-family and for-sale residential projects. From 1995 to 2004 he held various finance positions, including Director, Finance from 2000 to 2004, at PG&E National Energy Group where he led, and assisted in, the financing of over $3.5 billion in power generation assets. Prior to PG&E, from 1993 to 1995 he was a business consultant at American Management Systems. From 1986 to 1991 Mr. Gerson served on submarines in the U.S. Navy. Mr. Gerson holds an MBA from the Yale School of Management, a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy, and is a CFA charter holder.

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Blair Gertmenian

Mr. Gertmenian joined Gladstone in July 2005. Prior to joining Gladstone, Mr. Gertmenian worked as a financial analyst in J.P. Morgan’s Global Mergers & Acquisitions Group from 2003 to 2005, where he provided advisory services to both public and private companies. In 2002, he joined J.P. Morgan’s Middle Market Financial Sponsors Group. Mr. Gertmenian holds a BSBA with a concentration in finance from Georgetown University where he graduated Cum Laude. He is also a member of the Friends Committee for the Lymphoma Research Foundation.

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David Gladstone

Mr. Gladstone is the founder of Gladstone Capital Corporation and has been our Chief Executive Officer since inception. From August 1997 to August 2001, Mr. Gladstone served as Chairman or Vice Chairman of American Capital Strategies, a publicly-traded leveraged buyout fund and mezzanine debt finance company. From 1974 to February 1997, Mr. Gladstone held various positions, including Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, with Allied Capital Corporation, Allied Capital Corporation II, Allied Capital Lending Corporation, Allied Capital Commercial Corporation and Allied Capital Advisors Inc. The Allied companies were the largest group of publicly-traded mezzanine debt funds and were managers of two private venture capital limited partnerships. From 1992 to 1997, Mr. Gladstone served as a Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Business Mortgage Investors, a private mortgage REIT managed by Allied Capital. Mr. Gladstone served as a Director of The Riggs National Corporation (the parent of Riggs Bank) from 1993 to May 1997 and of Riggs Bank from 1991 to 1993. He has served as a Trustee of The George Washington University and currently is a Trustee Emeritus. He is a past member of the Listings and Hearings Committee of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. He is a past member of the Advisory Committee to the Women's Growth Capital Fund, a venture capital firm that finances women-owned small businesses. Mr. Gladstone was the managing member of The Capital Investors, a group of angel investors, and is currently a member Emeritus. He is also the Chairman and owner of Gladstone Land Corporation a private land holding company in California. Mr. Gladstone is also a past Director of Capital Automotive REIT, a real estate investment trust. Mr. Gladstone holds a MBA degree from the Harvard Business School, a MA from American University and a BA from the University of Virginia. Mr. Gladstone has co-authored two books on financing for small and medium sized businesses, Venture Capital Handbook and Venture Capital Investing published by Prentice Hall.

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Laura Gladstone

Ms. Gladstone has been a Managing Director or Principal since August 2001. From 2000 to 2001, Ms. Gladstone worked as an Associate in equity research at ING Barings, where she was responsible for covering companies in the telecommunications industries. From November 1999 to May 2000, Ms. Gladstone worked for Salomon Smith Barney as an Assistant Analyst in equity research. From 1997 to November 1999, Ms. Gladstone worked for HSBC, an international bank, as their only Syndications Analyst in Argentina. At HSBC, she completed numerous loan transactions in diverse industries, including cable, telecommunications, oil, manufacturing and distribution. From 1994 to 1997, Ms. Gladstone served as the Marketing Director at Allied Capital Corporation and its affiliate companies. She received her BBA from The George Washington University. She is the co-author of two books on lending to small business: Venture Capital Handbook and Venture Capital Investing both published by Prentice Hall.

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Gresford Gray

Mr. Gray has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Gladstone Capital Corporation since April 2008.  From 2006 to 2008, Mr. Gray was the Director of Financial Reporting and Analysis at Alion Science and Technology, Inc.  From 2002 to 2006 Mr. Gray was employed by The Allied Defense Group, Inc. where he held various positions, including Corporate Controller and Corporate Secretary.  From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Gray was an internal auditor at ExxonMobil Corporation.  From 1994 to 1998, Mr. Gray was an auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP based in Buffalo, New York. Mr. Gray is a Certified Public Accountant who holds a BS in Accounting from the State University of New York at Buffalo, as well as an MBA from the University of Virginia.

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Erika Highland

Ms. Highland joined Gladstone as an Associate in August 2005. Prior to joining Gladstone, she was an Account Executive at Wells Fargo Retail Finance where she was responsible for managing and monitoring a portfolio of senior secured loans to national and regional retail chains. From July 2001 through June 2003, she worked as a financial analyst in A.G. Edwards’ Investment Banking Division. Ms. Highland holds a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from Boston College.

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Arnett James

Mr. James joined the firm as an Analyst in June 2007. Prior to joining Gladstone, he was a Junior Research Associate in Delaware Investments’ Private Placement group from 2006 to 2007. Mr. James received his B.S. in Finance from Rutgers University in 2006.

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Matthew G. Jaramillo

Mr. Jaramillo joined Gladstone in August of 2008. Prior to joining Gladstone, he worked in New York as an Analyst within Deutsche Bank's Mergers & Acquisitions and Financial Institutions Groups. While he worked there he gained significant experience across various industries and across different investment banking products. Mr. Jaramillo earned a Bachelors of Science in Commerce with Concentrations in Finance and Marketing from the University of Virginia.

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Danielle Jones

Ms. Jones joined our firm in July 2004. Prior to joining Gladstone, Ms. Jones served as a Corporate Accountant for AvalonBay Communities, Inc. Ms. Jones has also worked for American Express Tax & Business Services. Ms. Jones is a CPA with the State of Virginia and holds a BBA from James Madison University.

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Pamela Keene

Ms. Keene has been our Portfolio Management Coordinator since September 2002. Her background includes diverse experience in business management and sales most recently with Xerox Corporations and she co-founded and managed Virginia's 41st winery. She holds a Master's Degree from George Washington University.

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Jason Kowalski

Mr. Kowalski joined Gladstone in August 2006 as an Associate. Prior to joining Gladstone , he was a Manager in Capital One’s Treasury Strategy group from August 2003 to July 2006. Prior to Capital One, he was an investment banking Associate in the Consumer/Retail group at Banc of America Securities from August 2001 to April 2003. From 1994 to 1998, he was a Consultant with Price Waterhouse’s Management Consulting Services group. Mr. Kowalski earned an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management and a BSE in Civil Engineering and Operations Research from Princeton University .

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M. Kipp Kranbuhl

Prior to joining Gladstone, Mr. Kranbuhl worked for Petra Capital Partners providing private equity and debt capital to growth companies throughout the United States. While at Petra, he served as an associate responsible for initiating and negotiating new investments, and for monitoring Petra's outstanding debt and equity positions. Mr. Kranbuhl worked for Wheat First Union (now Wachovia Securities) as an analyst in the investment banking division, where he structured and completed equity, mergers and acquisitions and convertible debt offerings. Mr. Kranbuhl also served as a summer associate for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation where he worked in the project finance group providing debt capital for global expansion projects of United States-based corporations.

Mr. Kranbuhl earned a Bachelor of Arts from Duke University and received his Master of Business Administration from the University of Michigan Business School.

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Kyle Largent

Kyle joined Gladstone in November 2006. Prior to joining Gladstone , he was a Vice President for National Capital, an investment bank providing M&A advisory services to small and mid-sized businesses. In 2003, Kyle served as an Associate Analyst in the Research group at Friedman Billings Ramsey. Kyle received a BSBA from the University of Tulsa , an MBA from Georgetown University , and is a CFA charterholder.

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Chris Lee

Mr. Lee joined Gladstone as a Principal in January 2008.  Prior to joining Gladstone , he was a Vice President with MCG Capital where he was a debt and equity investor in middle-market companies across industry platforms, with a focus on telecommunications and publishing and including origination/underwriting and Board advisory roles.  Prior to his work at MCG Capital, Mr. Lee worked as a Consultant with KPMG Consulting (now BearingPoint) from 1993 to 1998 where he performed cost accounting studies for state and local government clients.  Mr. Lee earned a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts from Georgetown University .

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Lud Kimbrough

Mr. Kimbrough joined Gladstone in September 2008 and opened a Richmond office for the firm. With 30 years' experience in operations, management consulting, and M&A transactions, he concentrates on portfolio management. Prior to joining the firm he was a Managing Director of Windward Advisors, an investment banking firm and advisor to lower middle-market companies. Before Windward, Mr. Kimbrough spent eight years as a management consultant to process manufacturing companies as President of Heads Up Systems. He was President of Alliance Agronomics, an agriculture consulting and services firm, from 1996-1998. Prior to Alliance he was Vice President and Group Executive of the Consumer Specialties Division of James River Corporation, a paper manufacturer where he served in various capacities over 15 years, including responsibility for Corporate Development. He began his career in production at a family-owned manufacturing firm. He received his MBA from Virginia Commonwealth University and his BS from Tufts University.

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Michael LiCalsi

Mr. LiCalsi has been our Internal Counsel since October 2009. A graduate of the George Mason University School of Law, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the George Mason Law Review from 2004-2005, Mr. LiCalsi is currently a member of the Virginia State Bar and District of Columbia Bar. Before joining the Gladstone Companies, Mr. LiCalsi served as an associate attorney in the Washington, D.C. office of Baker Botts L.L.P., a multinational law firm. From 1996 to 2004, Mr. LiCalsi held various positions at TD Waterhouse Investor Services, Inc. (currently TD Ameritrade, Inc.), including those of regional and national vice president. While at TD Waterhouse, Mr. LiCalsi held several securities brokerage licenses, including the Series 7, 9, 10, 63, and 66. Prior to his tenure in the financial services industry, Mr. LiCalsi graduated from Rutgers College, with a B.A. in History.

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Geoff Lyle

Mr. Lyle joined Gladstone in July of 2009. Prior to joining the Gladstone Companies, Mr. Lyle worked with The Carlyle Group accounting for a group of privately held domestic and international real estate funds from 2007 until 2009. He began his career with McGladrey and Pullen, LLP in 2005. Mr. Lyle received his BSBA in Accounting from West Virginia University.”

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Chris Massey

Mr. Massey has been a Managing Director since May 2004.

Prior to joining Gladstone, Mr. Massey was Vice President of Asset Management with Kennedy Associates Real Estate Counsel, a $6 billion pension fund advisor. Mr. Massey’s responsibilities included asset management of approximately $450 million of Class A office and industrial properties with over 200 tenants located throughout the eastern half of the United States.

Formerly, Mr. Massey was President of a broadcast tower acquisitions company focused in US and Latin America. Prior, he was the Director of Business Development for two domestic & international cellular tower & in-building network companies.

Previously, Mr. Massey held acquisitions and asset management roles with other commercial real estate firms. Mr. Massey's responsibilities included coordination and evaluation of more than 40 nonperforming loan and REO portfolios, in addition to underwriting several hundred debt and equity investments valued at nearly $4 billion. Further, Mr. Massey was directly responsible for a portfolio of nonperforming loans and REO properties valued at approximately $100 million.

Mr. Massey began his career in consumer banking, where he was responsible for daily operations at a 3,000-member credit union. He received his undergraduate degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

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David Meier

Mr. Meier joined Gladstone as a Managing Director in March 2007.  Prior to joining Gladstone, Mr. Meier was a Vice President in Wells Fargo Foothill’s Specialty Finance division.  At Wells Fargo Foothill, Mr. Meier was responsible for originating and underwriting senior loans in the media and telecommunications sector.  Mr. Meier joined Wells Fargo Foothill in 2004, at which time Wells Fargo Foothill purchased a portion of Westburg Media Capital’s loan portfolio and hired most of the Westburg staff to target senior media loans of less than $10 million.  From 1994-2000, Mr. Meier served as Vice President-Business Development Officer, in the Communications Finance Division at FINOVA Capital Corporation, where his primary responsibility was the origination of media loans of up to $250 million.  From 1990-1994, he served as a Vice President in the Corporate Finance Group and the Media Business Division at Heller Financial Inc.  In the Media Business Division, he had primary management responsibility for a diversified portfolio of senior loans.  In addition, he was the Radio Team leader, which was responsible for managing Heller’s radio loan portfolio.  Mr. Meier began his banking and lending career at Continental National Bank in 1986.  He served in a variety of roles including middle market corporate lending and loan workouts.  Mr. Meier holds a Master of Science in Finance from the University of Illinois , a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Western Illinois University , and attended Washington University in St. Louis .

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Travis Myers

Mr. Myers joined Gladstone in October 2008. Prior to joining the company he served as a Middle Market Credit Analyst at TD Bank where he participated in the underwriting, structuring, and portfolio management of loans to a wide range of businesses. He holds a BS in Business Administration with concentrations in Finance and Marketing from the University of Pittsburgh.

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Paula Novara

Ms. Novara has been Head of Resource Management since April 2004. Ms. Novara served as Assistant Vice President of Human Resources with the WMF Group and as a Consultant to Prudential Financial. From 1996 to 1997, Ms. Novara worked for TREEV a publicly held imaging software vendor. From 1992 to 1996, Ms. Novara worked for Environmental Products Corporation in their corporate Human Resources department. Ms. Novara is certified through SHRM as a PHR, holds an MA from Marymount University in Human Resources Management and a BA in Spanish and French from St. Mary’s College of Notre Dame.

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Malinda Ortega

Ms. Ortega joined Gladstone in March 2008. Prior to joining Gladstone, she was a Title Agent with Old American Title in Sterling, Virginia. While there, she conducted all real estate closing transactions and disbursements. Prior to Old American Title, she worked as a Paralegal in the areas of Family Law, Personal Injury, Insurance Defense, Foreclosure, Criminal, and Corporate Law at law firms located in Virginia to North Carolina. In 2001, Ms. Ortega earned her BS degree in Business Administration and Pre-Law with a Minor in Paralegal Studies from Methodist University in Fayetteville, North Carolina. She is a Certified Paralegal, Licensed Title Insurance Agent, and a Virginia Notary Public.

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Lewis Parrish

Mr. Parrish joined Gladstone in August of 2008. His previous experience includes three years in public accounting, and three years abroad in Korea teaching English. He obtained a Bachelors' degree in Accounting from Virginia Tech, and he is a CPA in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Robert Pierce

Mr. Pierce joined our firm in May 2004 from GE Commercial Finance where he was a Senior Vice President in the Global Sponsor Finance Group. While at GE, Mr. Pierce helped oversee a team of professionals that was responsible for sourcing senior debt opportunities from private equity sponsors in the Midwest. The team's portfolio consisted of approximately 75 accounts aggregating nearly $1.5 billion in commitments, and the team managed all aspects of the accounts, from the original underwriting through documentation and closing, and ongoing account management and administration, including the execution of workout strategies when necessary. From 1996 to 2000, Mr. Pierce was Vice President with Heller Financial in Chicago, originating and underwriting transactions from private equity firms in the Midwest and on the West Coast. From 1985 through 1996, Mr. Pierce was with Bank of America in Chicago, and its predecessor, Continental Bank, in a variety of roles, including loan workouts, asset based lending, and leveraged finance. Mr. Pierce received his undergraduate degree from Marquette University in Milwaukee, and an MBA in Finance from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

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John Sateri

Mr. Sateri has been with The Gladstone Companies since April 2007. He currently serves as a Managing Director in our McLean, VA Headquarters focusing on private business debt, equity, and real estate Portfolio Management. Prior to joining Gladstone, Mr. Sateri directed an independent consultancy providing distressed debt valuation, CMBS securitization and loan sale advisory services to institutional investors, national advisory firms and government clients. From 1989 to 1998, Mr. Sateri worked for Wachovia Bank (predecessor/affiliated companies) in a variety of areas including credit risk management, special assets, commercial lending, and lastly capital markets where he served as Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manger overseeing a team responsible for underwriting, servicing and managing an asset based loan portfolio with half a billion dollars in commitments to highly leveraged, growth oriented, middle market companies. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from The University of Hawaii at Manoa, a master’s degree in Real Estate Development from the University of Maryland at College Park, and is a member of the Risk Management Association.

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Christopher Seneta

Mr. Seneta joined The Gladstone Companies in September 2007.  Before coming to Gladstone he worked in corporate banking for five years.  As a credit analyst with Fleet Bank, he underwrote senior loans to small public and large private borrowers.  As a portfolio manager with the structured finance group at Sovereign Bank Capital Markets, he managed a portfolio of leveraged mortgage warehouse lines and repurchase facilities.  He holds a BA in economics and philosophy from Bates College and a Master of Public Affairs from Brown University .

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Jennifer Simpson

Ms. Simpson joined the firm as a Managing Director in early 2007. Prior to joining Gladstone , Ms. Simpson worked for Morgenthaler Partners arranging debt financing for their leveraged buyouts. From 1999 to 2006, Ms. Simpson worked for National City Bank, most recently as Senior Vice President in Credit Administration, as well as a relationship manager for closely held and equity sponsor-owned middle market companies. Ms. Simpson served on active duty for four years as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army. She holds a BS in Economics from University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Case Western Reserve University .

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Shannon Soleau

Ms. Soleau has been a Marketing Assistant with Gladstone Capital since February, 2005. Previously she was a Marketing Assistant at AOL and spent several years in the hospitality industry with Trade Center Management Association and The Grand America Hotel including running events for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. She has a BS in Hotel and Restaurant Management with a minor in Business Administration from Georgia Southern University.

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George Stelljes, III

Mr. Stelljes has been our President and Chief Investment Officer since April 2004. Previously he was our Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer since September 2002. Until joining the Company in 2002, Mr. Stelljes had served as a Director since August 23, 2001. From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Stelljes was a Managing member of Camden Partners and Cahill Warnock & Company, private equity firms which finance public growth companies in the education, healthcare and business services sectors. From 1997 to 1999, Mr. Stelljes was a Managing Director and Partner of Columbia Capital, a venture capital firm focused on investments in communications and information technology. From 1989 to 1997, Mr. Stelljes held various positions including Executive Vice President and Principal with Allied Capital Corporation and its affiliates, where he served on its Investment Committee. Mr. Stelljes currently serves as a General Partner and Investment Committee member of Patriot Capital, a private equity fund, and he is a member of the board of directors of Intrepid Capital, an investment firm. He is a former Board member and Regional President of the National Association of Small Business Investment Companies. Mr. Stelljes holds an MBA degree from the University of Virginia and a BA from Vanderbilt University.

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Matt Tucker

Mr. Tucker joined the firm as an Associate in May 2005. Prior to joining Gladstone, Mr. Tucker provided management and strategic consulting services to early stage and start-up companies, as well as deal evaluation services for private equity investors. In 2003, he was summer associate at Liquid Realty Partners, a real estate private equity secondaries firm, where he was responsible for valuing portfolios of properties held by institutional sellers of limited partnership interests. From 2000 to 2002, Mr. Tucker worked as an associate for SG Capital Partners, a private equity and venture capital fund. From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Tucker was an analyst and associate in Chase Securities’ High Yield Finance group. Mr. Tucker earned his MBA with highest honors from the University of Michigan Business School as a member of the Beta Gamma Delta society and holds an AB in Psychology from Princeton University.

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David Watson

Mr. Watson joined Gladstone as Chief Financial Officer of Gladstone Investment Corporation in January 2010. Prior to joining Gladstone, he was the Director of Portfolio Accounting for MCG Capital Corporation from 2007 to 2010. Mr. Watson was employed by Capital Advisory Services, LLC, which subsequently joined Navigant Consulting, Inc., where he held various positions providing finance and accounting consulting services from 2001 to 2007. Prior to that, Mr. Watson was an auditor at Deloitte and Touche. He received a BS from Washington and Lee University, an MBA from the University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business, and is a CPA with the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Allyson K. Williams

Ms. Williams joined Gladstone in June 2005 and served as our Chief Compliance Officer from April 2006 through August 2007. Ms. Williams currently serves as our Internal Counsel.  Prior to joining Gladstone, Ms. Williams served as a business associate with Cooley Godward LLP of Reston, Virginia, and as a corporate and securities associate with Bass, Berry and Sims PLC of Memphis, Tennessee. Ms. Williams is a member of the bars of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the States of Arkansas and Tennessee . She holds a JD from the University of Arkansas School of Law and a BA from Rhodes College .

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Kristina Wilmer

Kristina Wilmer joined Gladstone in August 2007.  Prior to joining Gladstone, Ms. Wilmer worked as a Summer Associate at Perseus, LLC, where she evaluated investment opportunities in the biotechnology and energy sectors.  Prior to Perseus, Ms. Wilmer worked for Dean & Company as a Market Manager.  She was responsible for identifying investment opportunities and managing investment portfolios in the New York wholesale electricity market for Dean’s client DC Energy.  Ms. Wilmer earned her BA from the University of Virginia in 2002 and her MBA from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia in 2007.