STEPHEN BERGER Odyssey Investment Partners Stephen Berger is chairman of Odyssey Investment Partners. Odyssey Partners is a private New York investment firm that specializes in private corporate transactions. Prior to joining Odyssey Partners, Berger was employed by GE Capital from 1990 to 1993. He served as executive vice president, where he was responsible for a portfolio of companies including the Corporate Finance Group, Railcar Services, Transport International Pool, GE Modular Space, and Financial Guaranty Insurance Company. In that position, Berger was also responsible for establishing and growing GE Capital's insurance annuity business. Previously, he was chairman and chief executive officer of Financial Guaranty Insurance Company, a wholly owned GE Capital company. Berger served as executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey from 1985 to 1990, and was responsible for directing New York and New Jersey's airports, port facilities, interstate network of tunnels, bridges and commuter trains, and real estate investments including the World Trade Center. At the time he was appointed to lead the Port Authority, Berger was a principal with Odyssey Partners from 1983 to 1985. Prior to Odyssey Partners, Berger served as director of corporate development at Oppenheimer & Co. Berger held an appointment at the rank of Professor at the Graduate School of Public Administration at New York University from 1977 to 1984. Berger's public service activities include serving as executive director of the New York Emergency Control Board for the City of New York, and chairman of United States Railway Association. Berger is chairman of the board of Tristar Aerospace and serves as a director on the boards of Forstmann & Company, Hugoton Energy Resources, the Scotsman Group, and Monarch Marketing Systems. He is presently a trustee of Brandeis University. Berger received a degree in history from Brandeis University, graduating magna cum laude in 1959. He attended the University of Chicago from 1959 to 1960 on a fellowship to the department of political science. Berger, his wife Cynthia, and their two daughters live in New York City.