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Michael Hooks
Managing Director
Michael Hooks is a Managing Director of Black Canyon. Prior to founding Black Canyon, Mr. Hooks was the Co-Head of the Los Angeles Investment Banking Department of Credit Suisse First Boston. Prior to CSFB, Mr. Hooks was a Managing Director in the Los Angeles office of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Mr. Hooks began his career in the Beverly Hills office of Drexel Burnham Lambert. Throughout his investment banking career, Mr. Hooks specialized in complex financings, restructurings and other advisory assignments, with a strong expertise in leveraged finance. Mr. Hooks’ experience spans a wide variety of industries, including media, retail, healthcare, consumer products, industrial services, hospitality and basic manufacturing, among others. Mr. Hooks currently serves on the Board of Directors of Grenax Broadcasting, JDC Healthcare, Logan's Roadhouse, Malibu Boats, Saunders & Associates, Switchcraft, and TASI Holdings, and has previously served on the Board of Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology (NYSE: PV). Mr. Hooks received a degree in Economics from Princeton University and an M.B.A. with distinction from the Wharton School of Business.
 Mark Lanigan
Managing Director
Mark Lanigan is a Managing Director of Black Canyon.Prior to founding Black Canyon, Mr. Lanigan was the Co-Head of the Los Angeles Investment Banking Department of Credit Suisse First Boston and a member of the Investment Banking Executive Board. Prior to CSFB, Mr. Lanigan was the Head of the Los Angeles office of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Mr. Lanigan started his investment banking career in the Beverly Hills office of Drexel Burnham Lambert. Throughout his investment banking career, Mr. Lanigan provided corporate finance and advisory services to a broad range of industries, with an emphasis on negotiating, structuring and financing leveraged acquisitions, recapitalizations, restructurings and mergers on behalf of private equity firms and their portfolio companies. Mr. Lanigan currently serves on the Board of Directors of Archway Marketing Services, JDC Healthcare, Malibu Boats and Saunders & Associates. Mr. Lanigan graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa with a major in Economics from Colgate University, received his J.D. degree from Harvard Law School and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Tom Barber
Principal
Tom Barber is a Principal of Black Canyon. Prior to joining Black Canyon in 2005, Mr. Barber served as a Vice President in the Investment Banking Division at Credit Suisse First Boston, where he executed leveraged buyouts, debt and equity financings and M&A transactions across the media, business services, retail, restaurant and consumer products sectors, among others. Prior to Credit Suisse First Boston, Mr. Barber was employed at JW Childs Associates, a leveraged buyout firm in Boston, and JUMP Investors, a venture capital firm based in Los Angeles. Mr. Barber began his career in the Los Angeles office of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette’s Investment Banking Group. Mr. Barber serves on the Board of Directors of Archway Marketing Services, Grenax Broadcasting, Logan's Roadhouse, Malibu Boats and Triton Media. Mr. Barber graduated magna cum laude from the University of California at Berkeley with a B.A. in Political Science and a minor in Business Administration. Desmond Henry
Principal
Desmond Henry is a Principal of Black Canyon. Prior to joining Black Canyon in 2006, Mr. Henry was a Vice President in Merrill Lynch’s European M&A Group in London, where he executed numerous transactions for clients across a variety of industries including chemicals, financial institutions, general industries, media and real estate. Prior to his move to London in 1999, Desmond was a member of Merrill Lynch’s Technology M&A Group in San Francisco. Mr. Henry graduated from the University of Southern California with a B.S. in Finance. Paras Mehta
Principal
Paras Mehta is a Principal of Black Canyon. Prior to joining Black Canyon, Mr. Mehta served as a Vice President in the Investment Banking Division at Credit Suisse First Boston. In that capacity, Mr. Mehta executed leveraged finance, M&A and other corporate transactions in the media & telecommunications, gaming & lodging, technology, energy and industrial services sectors. Mr. Mehta currently serves on the Board of Directors of Malibu Boats, Saunders & Associates, and TASI Holdings. Mr. Mehta received a B.A. summa cum laude in Mathematics from Harvard University and a master’s degree in Philosophy from Oxford University, where he was a Marshall Scholar, and was a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Cameron Reilly
Principal
Cameron Reilly is a Principal of Black Canyon.Prior to joining Black Canyon in 2007, Mr. Reilly was an investment professional with the Yucaipa Companies, where he was responsible for sourcing, executing and monitoring private and public equity investments in the retail/consumer, distribution/logistics and media industries. Prior to Yucaipa, Mr. Reilly was employed with Sentinel Capital Partners, a middle market private equity firm, and Vantage Oncology, a provider of leading-edge radiation oncology services. Mr. Reilly began his career with Salomon Smith Barney (now Citigroup) in New York and London, executing a broad range of M&A and capital markets transactions in the healthcare and media/telecom spaces. Mr. Reilly serves on the Board of Directors of JDC Healthcare. Mr. Reilly received his M.B.A. with Honors from UCLA Anderson and graduated magna cum laude from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was also a member of their nationally ranked wrestling program and co-captain of their Sprint Football program. Susan Yun Lee
Senior Associate
Susan Lee is a Senior Associate of Black Canyon. Prior to joining Black Canyon, Ms. Lee was an investment professional with Vintage Capital Group, where she was responsible for executing and monitoring private equity investments in middle market businesses. Prior to Vintage Capital Group, Ms. Lee was employed with The Walt Disney Company, where she executed investments and developed joint ventures and strategy for Parks and Resorts. Ms. Lee began her career at Bain & Company advising management on key strategic, financial, and operational issues. Ms. Lee graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a major in Economics from Stanford University and received her M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Tyler Fenelon
Senior Associate
Tyler Fenelon is a Senior Associate of Black Canyon. Prior to joining Black Canyon, Mr. Fenelon was an investment professional with AEA Investors, where he executed transactions in the middle market across the firm’s mezzanine and senior debt funds. Mr. Fenelon began his career with Peter J. Solomon Company, working on several restructuring and M&A transactions. Mr. Fenelon received his M.B.A. with Honors from UCLA Anderson and graduated with honors from the University of Chicago, where he majored in Economics and Political Science. Bradley Spencer
Chief Financial Officer
Brad Spencer is the Chief Financial Officer of Black Canyon. Prior to joining Black Canyon in early 2008, Mr. Spencer was responsible
for accounting, finance and operations for Rustic Canyon Partners, a
venture capital and private equity firm in Santa Monica. Prior
to Rustic Canyon, Mr. Spencer held the position of Corporate Controller
of Mellon Financial Corporation’s West Coast region as well as
Mellon 1st Business Bank, a middle market bank, specializing in small
to mid size businesses and high net worth clients. Mr. Spencer received
his B.S. in Business Administration and Economics from California State
University at Northridge.
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