Alta and Daniel K. Thorne

Mr. Thorne is President of Star Lake Capital, Inc. a private equity management and venture capital company. Mr. Thorne is also Chairman of the eponymous Daniel K. Thorne Foundation supporting historic preservation and wildlife conservation worldwide. An ardent preservationist and conservationist, he currently is a Trustee of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and served on the board of the Wildlife Conservation Society.

Since 1995 he has also been a principal shareholder and member of the Board of Directors of Hamilton Thorne Ltd.,. a biotechnology firm based in Massachusetts and since 1999 a managing partner of Thacher Associates a New York firm specializing in integrity risk management for corporate and government entities. Mr. Thorne has in the past served on the boards of CCH, Inc, SLT Communications, and the Imperial Sugar Company as well as serving as Chairman of the Georgetown Steel Company, subsequently sold to the Mittal Steel Group.

Mr. Thorne and his family reside in London.