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Director
and Management Biographies
Daniel E. Coughlin, Howe Barnes'
Chairman, President, and CEO, has over 23 years of diverse
experience in the financial services industry. Mr. Coughlin
joined Howe Barnes in 1993, was named to the Board in 1997,
was elected President and CEO in September 2001, and elected
Chairman of the Board in October 2002. His background includes
investment banking, equity research, bank supervision and
regulation, and commercial and community banking. Mr. Coughlin's
professional career began in 1984 with the Federal Reserve
Bank of Chicago, working in the Supervision and Regulation
Division. In addition to his extensive regulatory experience,
Mr. Coughlin has worked in the credit department at American
National Bank, Chicago, Illinois and in various departments
at McHenry State Bank, McHenry, Illinois. He is a member
of the advisory committee for the HBI Private Equity Fund
I, L.P. and the managing director of HBI Investment Funds,
L.L.C. Mr. Coughlin graduated from Western Illinois University
in 1984 with a Bachelor's degree in Finance. He received
an M.B.A. in 1989 from DePaul University.
Matthew C. Boba was appointed Executive
Vice President and General Counsel of Howe Barnes in February
2004. He is responsible for the Firm's legal matters,
regulatory compliance and corporate secretarial functions.
Prior to joining Howe Barnes, Mr. Boba was a partner in
the Corporate and Securities Department of Chapman and Cutler
LLP, Chicago, Illinois, where he began his legal career
in 1987. Mr. Boba's practice involved the representation
of banks, bank holding companies, investment banking firms
and financial advisors in connection with securities issuances,
mergers and acquisitions, and regulatory compliance matters,
and the representation of underwriters, trustees and credit
enhancers of municipal securities, including single-family
and multi-family housing bonds, and structured products.
Mr. Boba received his B.S. in Finance from the University
of Illinois in 1984, and his J.D. from the University of
Illinois in 1987. He is a member of the board of directors
of Sunny Ridge Family Center, Bolingbrook, Illinois, a not-for-profit
child placement and child welfare agency.
Steven J. Didion, Executive Vice
President, Director of Financial Institutions became a member
of the Board of Directors when Howe Barnes Investments,
Inc. merged with Hoefer & Arnett, Inc. Mr. Didion was President and
Chief Executive Officer of Hoefer & Arnett, Inc. prior to its merger with
Howe Barnes Investments, Inc. in 2006. His primary responsibilities include
management of the Firm's San Francisco office and coordination and
development of the Firm's bank and thrift relationships in the
Western United States. Prior to Hoefer & Arnett he was an investment
banker in the Corporate Finance Department of Salomon Brothers Inc. in
New York City, where he was actively involved with financings, mergers,
acquisitions and divestitures for financial institutions.
Mr. Didion graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1988.
James D. Nolan, Jr., Howe Barnes'
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, has
been a Board member since October 2002 and serves as Chairman
of the firm's Compliance Committee. Prior to joining
Howe Barnes, Mr. Nolan was a senior vice president in finance
and operations for 15 years at ABN AMRO Investments (formerly
The Chicago Corporation) and is a CPA. Mr. Nolan graduated
from Loyola University of Chicago, in 1983 with a Bachelor's
degree in Public Accounting, and from DePaul University
in 1993 with a Masters in Finance.
Bob Arnett, Senior Advisor, became a member of the Board of Directors when Howe Barnes Investments, Inc. merged with Hoefer & Arnett, Inc. Prior to this, Mr. Arnett served as a stock and bond broker with Dean Witter, Hayden Stone, and Ernst & Co. in Los Angeles. He participated as a partner in a Los Angeles executive search firm and served as corporate secretary of a closely-held computer software company. Mr. Arnett is a 1959 graduate of the University of Southern California.
Charles V. Doherty has been a director
of Howe Barnes since 1993. Mr. Doherty also recently
served as non-executive Chairman of Knight Trading Group,
Inc., and has served on its board since that company's initial
public offering, and before that, as an advisory board member
of Roundtable Partners, L.L.C., the company's predecessor,
since March 1995. He has been a Managing Director of Madison
Advisory Group (formerly Madison Asset Group), an investment
advisory firm, since 1993. From 1986 to 1992, Mr. Doherty
was President and Chief Operating Officer of the Chicago
Stock Exchange. He is a CPA and founder of Doherty, Zable
& Company, an accounting firm specializing in the securities
industry, where he served as President between 1974 and
1985. Mr. Doherty received his B.A. in Accounting from the
University of Notre Dame in 1955 and his M.B.A. from the
University of Chicago in 1967. Mr. Doherty is involved with the Navy War College Foundation.
Philip Economopoulos, Senior Vice President, Private Client Services, became a member of the Board of Directors when Howe Barnes Investments, Inc. merged with Hoefer & Arnett, Inc.
Mr. Economopoulos began his career as a stock and bond broker at Dean Witter in San Francisco in 1979 after
graduating from Stanford University with a degree in Economics.
Phil is the portfolio manager for Hoefer & Arnett Advisors, a division of Howe Barnes Capital Management, Inc.
Phil has a disciplined approach to investing and client relationship management which has resulted in strong client loyalty.
Thomas R. Kowalski, a Director of
Howe Barnes since 2001, was formerly Chairman, Chief
Executive Officer and majority owner of Megabank Financial
Corporation, Englewood, Colorado, a $300 million bank holding
company, which he founded in 1984. In April 2000, Megabank
was sold to Compass Bancshares. From 1980 to 2000, he also
served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the First
State Bank of Hotchkiss, a Colorado bank. From 1972 to 1992,
Mr. Kowalski served as President of Realtek Company, a general
contractor and real estate development corporation. He also
served as a director of the Fortress Group, Inc., a publicly
traded home building company from 2001 to 2002. Mr. Kowalski
continues to be involved in real estate and investments
through Respond Corp., Englewood, Colorado. Mr. Kowalski
graduated from the University of Colorado with a Bachelor's
degree in Business Administration. Mr. Kowalski is involved with the National Jewish Medical & Research Center, a leader in the treatment and research of respiratory, immune and allergic disorders and the Denver Rescue Mission which helps those in need become self-sufficient by providing physical and spiritual help.
William R. Rybak has been a director
since 2001 and serves as Chairman of the Audit and Ethics
Committee. Mr. Rybak retired from VanKampen Investments,
Inc. in 2000, where he served as executive vice president
and chief financial officer since 1986. Mr. Rybak was previously
a partner with the accounting firm of KPMG LLP (formerly
Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co.) since 1982, and is a
certified public accountant. Mr. Rybak is currently a member
of the board of directors of PrivateBancorp, Inc., a $2.4
billion bank holding company located in Chicago, and the
Calamos Mutual Funds. Mr. Rybak previously served as a director
of Alliance Bancorp, Inc. and its predecessor, Hinsdale
Financial Corp., from 1986 until 2001. Mr. Rybak received
his B.A. in Accounting from Lewis University and an M.B.A.
from the University of Chicago. Mr. Rybak currently serves
as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Lewis University
in Romeoville, Illinois and Chairman of the Board of Directors
of St. Coletta’s of Illinois, Inc., a non-profit, social
service agency providing residential, educational, and vocational
programs for developmentally disabled children and adults
in the least restrictive environment, maximizing individual
potential.
Ronald A. Sirt, Senior Vice President
and Manager of Howe Barnes' Private Client Services Group,
joined the firm in April 2004. Mr. Sirt has over
20 years of experience in financial services and marketing.
He began his career as an account executive at Cowen and
Company in the mid-1980s before moving on to a successful
ten year affiliation with Citicorp Investment Services where
he held various sales management positions. Mr. Sirt joined
Raymond James & Associates as a branch manager for the
wealth Management Division of MB Financial, Chicago, Illinois
in 2000 where he held the title of First Vice President,
Branch Manager for the Private Client Group immediately
prior to joining Howe Barnes. Mr. Sirt received his Bachelor's
degree in Marketing from Southern Illinois University in
1984 and his M.B.A. from DePaul University in 1993.
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