Susan Barnes

Blum Capital Partners LP (Blum Capital) is an independent investment management firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by Richard C. Blum in 1975. Blum Capital provides investment management services to various private, pooled investment funds. Investors in the funds include corporate and state/local pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, endowments, foundations, charitable organizations and estates, corporations, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, banks and thrift institutions, and high net-worth individuals.

RAE Systems, Inc. provides intelligent gas and radiation detection systems. It offers wireless enabled solutions including personal, hand-held, transportable, and fixed instruments. The firm's products include MultiRAE, QRAE 3 and AutoRAE 2. The company was founded by Robert I. Chen and Peter C. Hsi in 1991 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Northstar Neuroscience, Inc. provides neurostimulation therapies for people who suffer from stroke and other neurological disorders. Its stroke recovery system is an investigational implanted device intended to enhance recovery of function in survivors of stroke. The company was founded on 1999 and is headquartered in Shoreline, WA.

Shire Regenerative Medicine, Inc. develops and commercializes living cell therapies. It manufactures and markets dermagraft, a bio-engineered skin substitute that assists in restoring damaged tissue and supports the body's natural healing process. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Westport, CT.

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.