Larry E. Klaff

Hills Stores Co. operates a chain of discount department stores. The company is based in Canton, MA. Hills Stores was acquired by Ames Department Stores, Inc. on March 19, 1999 for $16.91 million.

The May Department Stores Co. owns and operates retail distribution department stores. The company sells designer-label apparel, shoes, cosmetics and home furnishings to middle and upper-middle income buyers. The company operates 489 department stores under the names of Famous-Barr, Filene's, Foley's, Hecht's, Kaufmann's, Lord & Taylor, L.S. Ayres, Marshall Field's, Meier & Frank, Robinsons-May, Strawbridge's and The Jones Store, as well as 241 David's Bridal stores, 452 After Hours Formalwear stores, and 11 Priscilla of Boston stores in its Bridal Group. May operates in 46 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The company was founded in 1877 and is located in St. Louis, MO.

First Eagle Alternative Capital BDC, Inc. is a traded business development company, which invests in middle market companies located in the United States. The fund targets companies operating in a broad range of sectors. It provides equity and debt financing for investment securities with a revenue of $25 - $500 million. The company was founded on May 26, 2009 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

GB Credit Partners LLC (GB Credit Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of Gordon Brothers Group LLC founded in 1995. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Turnaround Management Association is a organization that provides turnaround management, corporate restructuring and distressed investing services. Its members include turnaround practitioners, attorneys, accountants, investors, lenders, venture capitalists, appraisers, liquidators, executive recruiters, and consultants, as well as academic, government, and judicial employees. The company was founded by Thomas J. Allison, Jay Alix, C. Charles Bahr, Jacques H. Belet, Donald B. Bibeault, Gary Brooks Gerald, P. Buccino, John Butler, Melanie Rovner Cohen, John M. Collard, Marvin A. Davis, Peter Dusenberre, Timothy F. Finley, Kenneth E. Glass, Frank Grisanti, David Hansing, William J. Hass, Thomas D. Hays, William K. Marrinan, F. Richard Matthews, Kevin McConnaghy, Gilbert C. Osnos, Victor Palmieri, Peter Pellitier, Sanford C. Sigoloff, Jack R. Stone, James Sullivan, Rollie Tillman, Peter Tourtellot, John Whitney and Carl M. Youngman in 1991 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Gordon Brothers Finance Co. provides debt financing in the form of senior, unitranche, second lien and mezzanine loans. It operates as a commercial finance company that focuses on middle market lending. The firm originates and underwrites secured loans for both asset-rich and cash flow generating businesses across a wide spectrum of industries. The company was founded in November 2014 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.