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Kurtis J. Kaull joined Gryphon in 2000 and is head of Gryphon's Consumer/Retail Group. He serves as a Director on the Board of Intelligrated and previously was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Eight O'Clock Coffee and a Director at Bright Now! Dental and The Gingiss Group. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Kaull served as a Partner and Chairman of the Investment Committee at American Industrial Partners ("AIP"), a private equity firm with over $1 billion under management. At AIP, Mr. Kaull was responsible for sourcing approximately half of the firm's investment opportunities and managing an advisory network of over 20 former Fortune 500 CEOs. He also served on the Board of Directors of Central Industrial Supply Co. and Stanadyne Corporation, and co-led AIP's investments in Great Lakes Carbon Corporation, Westinghouse Air Brake Corporation and MBA Polymers. Prior to AIP, Mr. Kaull was a principal of Pexco Holdings, Inc., where he led leveraged buyout, turnaround and venture capital investments in both private and public companies. During his tenure at Pexco, he served on the Board of Directors of Worldwide Sports & Recreation, National Tobacco Company, FLA Orthopedics, Malibu Comics, and CapMac Reinsurance, and assisted in Pexco's investments in Marmot Mountain and American Maize Corporation. Before joining Pexco, Mr. Kaull was an investment banker at Goldman, Sachs & Co. focused on merger, acquisition, divestiture, and recapitalization transactions. He earned his B.A. in Economics, J.D. and M.B.A. from Georgetown University. | 