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Mr. Smith serves as Chairman and as a member of the Investment Committee of all Keystone-managed funds. Prior to co-founding Keystone, Mr. Smith was Chairman and CEO of VistaCare, Inc., a venture capital-funded healthcare company he founded and guided through its initial public offering. Prior to VistaCare, Mr. Smith was Chairman and CEO of ValueRx, Inc. one of the largest pharmacy benefit management companies in the U.S. Mr. Smith has also held senior positions at Advance PCS and Baxter Healthcare and is currently a director of Magellan Health Services (NASDAQ: MGLN), the largest independent behavioral health care company in the United States. He is also a director of multiple privately held companies.
Mr. Earl is active in fund selection, due diligence, and the general management of the firm. Mr. Earl was previously a senior investment banker with Lehman Brothers, where he worked closely with senior management of numerous private equity and venture capital firms. While at Lehman Brothers, Mr. Earl was active in evaluating and executing a broad variety of direct investment opportunities and monetization strategies including initial public offerings, secondary equity offerings, recapitalizations and company sale transactions. Prior to joining Lehman Brothers, Mr. Earl held previous investment banking and structured finance positions at Dillon, Read & Co., Inc. and Credit Suisse.
Mr. Nielson is active in fund selection, due diligence and the general management of the firm. He was previously Managing Director of Regional Investment Partners, a private equity research firm focused on identifying and benchmarking the nation’s top small and lower-middle market buyout fund managers. Mr. Nielson also served as a Vice President at Partners Group, a leading private equity fund of funds with over $8 billion in private equity and hedge fund programs. Based in the firm’s New York office, Mr. Nielson played a key role in building Partners Group’s U.S. presence and in identifying and performing due diligence on U.S. investment opportunities, including buyout fund investments, secondaries and direct co-investments. He later worked at Partners Group’s headquarters in Switzerland where he was active in private equity fund formation and structuring. Prior to his time at Partners Group, Mr. Nielson worked for the accounting firm KPMG and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Lynette has several years of experience in public, industry and private entity accounting and served as the Chief Financial Officer for B&J Smith Investments, a family office based on Scottsdale, Arizona. In her position as CFO, she oversaw the financial management and reporting of various investments and operating companies. Prior to B&J Smith Investments, Lynette was a senior accountant in financial reporting at Arizona Public Service Company, a public utility located in Phoenix, Arizona and was an auditor for Deloitte and Touche. Lynette is a Certified Public Accountant.
Mr. Widmann has been an active member of the U.S. financial community as a lawyer, venture capitalist and investment banker since 1964. He was a Principal of the investment banking firm of Tanner & Co., Inc. from 1996 to 2004 and served as Chairman of Lydall, Inc. (LDL), a manufacturer of thermal, acoustical and filtration materials. He currently serves as director of several additional NYSE listed companies.
From 1986 to 1995, Mr. Widmann was a Senior Managing Director of Chemical Banking Corporation (now JPMorgan Chase Corporation). Prior to joining Chemical, Mr. Widmann was a founder and CEO of First Reserve Corporation, the largest independent energy investing firm in the U.S., and served as a director at First Reserve Corporation for 15 years.
He has been a senior moderator of the Executive Seminar in the Humanities at The Aspen Institute since 1990 and has been a Director of the March of Dimes of Greater New York since 1988. He is also a Director of Oxfam America, an affiliate of Oxfam International, the global humanitarian and crisis relief organization. Mr. Widmann earned a B.A. degree from Brown University, cum laude, and a J.D. Degree from Columbia Law School.
