Meet Our Board of Directors

Brett G. Baris

Mr. Baris is a Partner of Inter-Atlantic Group, where he has been employed since 1998. Mr. Baris is responsible for sourcing, analyzing, negotiating, structuring and monitoring private equity investments, and is a member of the firm's investment committee. Mr. Baris was a Vice President of Guggenheim Securities, LLC, the firm's former FINRA broker-dealer operation, until 2003, and held Series 7, Series 24 and Series 63 FINRA licenses.

Prior to joining Inter-Atlantic, Mr. Baris spent two years as an analyst in the Financial Institutions Group of Salomon Smith Barney Inc. At Salomon Smith Barney, Mr. Baris worked predominantly on collateralized debt offerings and securitizations in the student loan finance area. Mr. Baris is a Director of several of Fund I's portfolio companies including Avalon Healthcare Holdings, Inc and Homeowners of America Holding Corporation.

Mr. Baris holds a B.A. in Economics, magna cum laude, from Tufts University and a M.B.A. from Columbia Business School. He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society and the Beta Gamma Sigma National Honor Society.