Board of Directors

Daniel G. Hickey Jr.
Chairman and CEO: Daniel G. Hickey, Jr., 40, has served as our Chief Executive Officer since December 2006, as our Chairman of the Board since September 2005, and as President of Compensation Risk Managers, LLC since its formation in 1999. Prior to December 2006, Mr. Hickey served as our Co-Chief Executive Officer from September 2005. He also has served as the Chief Executive Officer of our operating subsidiaries, Twin Bridges, Majestic Insurance Company ("Majestic"), Compensation Risk Managers, LLC ("CRM"), Compensation Risk Managers of California, LLC ("CRM of CA") and Eimar, LLC ("Eimar"). Prior to September 2005, Mr. Hickey served as President of Twin Bridges, CRM, CRM of CA and Eimar. He has more than 16 years of insurance industry experience. Mr. Hickey graduated from Northeastern University with a B.A. in Finance (with concentrations in insurance and investments). He is the son of Daniel G. Hickey, Sr., who is one of our directors.
David M. Birsner
Director: David M. Birsner, 40, has served as a member of our board of directors since September 2005 and as a member of the board of directors of Majestic from November 2006 until January 2008. Since 1996, Mr. Birsner has served as an insurance broker for Hickey- Finn and Company, Inc., where his responsibilities have involved insurance sales and service. Mr. Birsner graduated from Siena College with a B.A. in Marketing.
Daniel G. Hickey Sr.
Director: Daniel G. Hickey, Sr. , 63, has served as a member of our Board of Directors since September 2005. Mr. Hickey has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of Majestic since our acquisition in November 2006. He also served as a member of the board of managers of CRM, CRM of CA and Eimar since 1999, 2001 and 2003, respectively, and as a director of Twin Bridges since 2003. Since 1980, Mr. Hickey has served as President of Hickey-Finn and Company, Inc., an insurance brokerage firm, where his responsibilities have involved sales and management functions. Mr. Hickey graduated from Marist College with a B.A. in Psychology. Mr. Hickey is the father of Daniel G. Hickey, Jr., who is our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board.
Keith S. Hynes
Deputy Chairman: Keith S. Hynes, 55, has served as a member of our Board of Directors since November 2005 and was appointed Deputy Chairman in December 2006. Mr. Hynes served as a member of Majestic's Board of Directors from November 2006 until January 2008. From September 1999 until his retirement in March 2007, Mr. Hynes served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Max Re Capital Ltd. Mr. Hynes also served as President of Grand Central Re from May 2001 until March 2007, and as a director of Max Europe Holdings and Max Insurance Europe from June 2003 until March 2007, a director of Max Re Diversified from October 2001 until March 2007, a director of Max Re Managers from January 2001 until March 2007 and a director of Max Re Europe from April 2000 until March 2007. From 1994 to 1999, Mr. Hynes held various senior management positions, including chief financial officer, at Renaissance Re Holdings, Ltd. Before this, Mr. Hynes held various positions, including Chief Financial Officer, at Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. From 1978 to 1983, he held various positions at Aetna Life and Casualty Company. Mr. Hynes is a chartered financial analyst admitted to the CFA Institute and served as a director of DaVinciRe Holdings Ltd. from 2001 to 2006. Mr. Hynes graduated from the State University of New York at Albany with a B.S. in math and computer science and holds an M.B.A. in Finance and Accounting from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.
Chair of the Audit Committee
Charles Johnston
Director: Charles I. Johnston, 53, has served as a member of our Board of Directors since May 2006. Mr. Johnston has been the managing member of Johnston Capital Management, LLC, since April 2006. Before this, Mr. Johnston served as Chief Executive Officer of Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., an investment brokerage firm, from April 2004 until March 2005. Mr. Johnston served as a managing director of Lehman Brothers, an investment banking institution, where his responsibilities included acting as the global head of the private client services group, from June 1996 until February 2004. Mr. Johnston graduated from Colgate University with a B.A. in Russian Studies and holds an M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.
Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee
Philip J. Magnarella
Director: Mr. Magnarella, 70, has served as a member of our Board of Directors since September 2005. Mr. Magnarella, who is retired, has significant experience working in various areas of education. From 1994 until 2004, Mr. Magnarella held various administrative and consulting positions with the Moore County Schools in Carthage North Carolina. From 2000 until 2004, Mr. Magnarella was also a program evaluator for Sandhills Community College and Hoke County Schools, both in North Carolina. Mr. Magnarella graduated from the State University College at Buffalo with a B.S. degree in Industrial Arts Education and holds an M.Ed from the State University New York at Buffalo in Counseling and Guidance, a CAS from the State University College, New Paltz, New York in Education Administration, and an Ed.D from Columbia University, New York, N.Y. in Education Administration.
Member of the Compensation Committee
Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Salvatore A. Patafio
Director: Mr. Patafio, 63, has served as a member of our Board of Directors since September 2005. Mr. Patafio, who is retired, has more than thirty years of extensive experience in various aspects of human resources with IBM Corporation, most recently as Human Resources Manager, Commercial Alliances. From 2002 until 2004, Mr. Patafio held the position of Manager of Human Resources at Micron Technology. For more than five years prior to 2002, Mr. Patafio was a Human Resources Consultant at Dominion Semiconductor L.L.C. He is a graduate of the University of Bridgeport with a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations.
Member of the Audit Committee
Chair of the Compensation Committee
Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Louis Rosner Esq.
Director: Mr. Rosner, 59, has served as a member of our Board of Directors since September 2005. Mr. Rosner has been involved in the private practice of law, concentrating in employment, labor relations and related business matters, since 1985. Prior to such time he was a Board Attorney and Litigation Specialist with the National Labor Relations Board. Mr. Rosner graduated from Cornell University with a B.S. degree and holds a J.D. from Antioch School of Law. Mr. Rosner also serves on the board of The Work Group, a community based nonprofit agency which works with disadvantaged youths.
Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee