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M. William Macey, Jr. is a member of the board of directors of our general partner and has been a director of United States Shipping Master LLC since July 2002 and is a co-founder and managing partner of Sterling Investment Partners, L.P., a private equity fund investing in middle-market companies. Prior to co-founding Sterling Investment Partners, L.P. in December 1999, Mr. Macey was a partner and co-founder of Sterling Ventures Limited or SVL, a company formed in 1991 to sponsor private equity investments. Prior to co-founding SVL, Mr. Macey was a managing director of Asian Oceanic Group, an international merchant bank headquartered in Hong Kong, from 1990 to 1991. Previously, Mr. Macey was a managing director in the mergers and acquisitions group of Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co. | 