Guy W. Adams
Director Guy W. Adams joined our Board on January 14, 2014, and currently serves as the Chair of our Executive Committee and as our Lead Technology and Cyber Risk Director. For more than the past fifteen (15) years, he has been a Managing Member of GWA Capital Partners, LLC, a registered investment adviser managing GWA Investments, LLC, a fund investing in various publicly traded securities. Over the past twenty (20) years, Director Adams has served as an independent director on the boards of directors of Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon, Mercer International, Exar Corporation and Vitesse Semiconductor. At these companies, he has held a variety of board positions, including lead director, audit committee Chair and compensation committee Chair. He has spoken on corporate governance topics before such groups as the Council of Institutional Investors, the USC Corporate Governance Summit and the University of Delaware Distinguished Speakers Program. Director Adams provides investment advice to private clients and currently invests his own capital in public and private equity transactions. Mr. Adams serves as the chairman of the board of First Physicians Capital Group, a private company. He served as an advisor to Mr. James J. Cotter, Sr. and provided professional advisory services to various enterprises owned by either the Cotter Estate or the Cotter Trust. Director Adams also provided services to captive insurance companies, owned in equal shares by Chair Cotter, Director Ellen Cotter, and Mr. James J. Cotter, Jr., that provided insurance for the Cotter family agricultural activities. Director Adams received his Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from Louisiana State University and his Master of Business Administration from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.
Mr. Adams brings many years of experience serving as an independent director on public company boards, and in investing and providing financial advice with respect to investments in public companies. In December 2017, Mr. Adams was recognized as a Governance Fellow for the National Association of Corporate Directors, The Gold Standard Director Credential®. In 2018, Director Adams completed the Cyber-Risk Oversight course presented by the National Association of Corporate Directors.