Alan J. Mintz serves as one of our directors. Mr. Mintz has been a Managing Principal of Stone Lion L.P. since he co-founded it in August 2008 and launched the Stone Lion Funds in November 2008. From 1997 to 2008, Mr. Mintz was employed by Bear Stearns, where he served as a Senior Managing Director, a Global Co-Head of Distressed Debt Trading and Proprietary Investments and the Director of Distressed Research. Mr. Mintz served on the board of directors of Ultra Petroleum Corporation from 2017 through 2020. He also served as a board member of various Bear Stearns’ portfolio companies. From 1990 to 1997, Mr. Mintz worked at Policano & Manzo as a Restructuring Advisor, advising creditors and debtors of financially troubled companies. For several years prior to that, he worked in public accounting, beginning his career at Arthur Andersen & Company, a nationally recognized accounting firm, where he was employed from 1983 until 1989 and was a Senior Manager in the Tax Division.