LittleSis: Bob Higgins

Bob is a co-founder of Highland Capital Partners and former general partner. He continues to advise Highland and represents Highland on several boards. In 2013, Bob co-founded Causeway Media Partners, a growth equity firm focused on the sports media industry. He founded Causeway with the CEO of the Boston Celtics, Wyc Grousbeck, who is also a former general partner at Highland. Bob has been a faculty member at the Harvard Business School since 2001. With more than thirty years of experience in venture capital, Bob has served as a director of many public and private companies. He is a former director of the National Venture Capital Association and President of the New England Venture Capital Association. He has been recognized by the prestigious Forbes Midas List as one of the top venture capitalists in the industry. Bob is Chairman of the Board of Senior Advisors of NaviMed Capital. He is also a Member of the Harvard Medical School Health Care Policy Advisory Council, a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a member of the Massachusetts General Hospital Research Advisory Council. In 2012, he was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Bob has been an investor in many successful companies. Some examples include: Community Health Systems (NYSE:CYH), Conor Medsystems (IPO/acquired), Flextronics (NASDAQ:FLEX), Generation Health (acquired), Mariner Health Group (IPO/acquired), New England Critical Care (IPO/acquired), Origin Medsystems (acquired), PerSeptive Biosystems (IPO/acquired), PRAECIS PHARMACEUTICALS (NASDAQ: PRCS), Renal Treatment Centers (IPO/acquired), Staples.com (acquired) and U.S. Labs (acquired). Immediately prior to entering venture capital, he spent four years as the Executive Director of the John A. Hartford Foundation. He also was the Chief Executive of the Clark Foundation and the Burden Foundation. Bob is a former Assistant to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce and an Assistant to the head of the international division of the U.S. Treasury. Bob earned his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and an A.B. from Harvard College.

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John Catsimatidis	John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Ed Markey, Tom Daschle, Joseph Patrick Kennedy II, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic National Committee, Free and Strong America PAC Inc., Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Mitt Romney, Scott P Brown, Romney Victory
Patricia Kessler	John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, Tom Daschle, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Democratic National Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Mitt Romney, Howard Dean, Romney Victory
Constance (aka Elaine) Chambers	John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, Tom Daschle, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic National Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, Howard Dean, Scott P Brown
Howard E Cox Jr	John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Venture Capital Association Venturepac, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Free and Strong America PAC Inc., Commonwealth PAC, the, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Scott P Brown, Daniel William Daly
Gene Sykes	John Kerry, Barack Obama, Gordon Harold Smith, Tom Daschle, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic National Committee, Free and Strong America PAC Inc., Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Howard Dean, Scott P Brown
Thomas Lee	John Kerry, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, Tom Daschle, Republican National Committee, Democratic National Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Wesley Clark, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Howard Dean, Daniel William Daly
Suzanne Kayne	John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, Tom Daschle, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic National Committee, Wesley Clark, Mitt Romney, Howard Dean, Scott P Brown, Romney Victory
Christopher Collins	John Kerry, Gordon Harold Smith, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Free and Strong America PAC Inc., Commonwealth PAC, the, Mitt Romney, Scott P Brown, Romney Victory, Scott Brown Victory Cmte
Gary Winnick	John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Ed Markey, Gordon Harold Smith, Tom Daschle, Joseph Patrick Kennedy II, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic National Committee, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld
Peter M Nicholas	John Kerry, Ed Markey, Gordon Harold Smith, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Scott P Brown, Romney Victory, Scott Brown Victory Cmte
Lewis M Eisenberg	Joe Lieberman, Gordon Harold Smith, Joseph Patrick Kennedy II, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Free and Strong America PAC Inc., Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Scott P Brown, Romney Victory
Alfred A Slifka	John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Ed Markey, Joseph Patrick Kennedy II, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic National Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Mitt Romney, Howard Dean, Scott P Brown, Scott Brown Victory Cmte
Joshua Bekenstein	John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, Tom Daschle, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, Forward Together PAC, Christopher F Gabrieli, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld
David L Cohen	John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, Tom Daschle, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic National Committee, Forward Together PAC, Wesley Clark, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Mitt Romney, Howard Dean
Donald Trump	John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Ed Markey, Tom Daschle, Joseph Patrick Kennedy II, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Commonwealth PAC, the, Mitt Romney, Scott P Brown, Romney Victory
Howard Kessler	John Kerry, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, Tom Daschle, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Democratic National Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Mitt Romney, Howard Dean, Elizabeth Warren
Joel Cutler	John Kerry, Barack Obama, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic National Committee, Forward Together PAC, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Commonwealth PAC, the, Mitt Romney, Scott P Brown, Scott Brown Victory Cmte
Barbara Hostetter	John Kerry, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, Forward Together PAC, Christopher F Gabrieli, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Elizabeth Warren, Katherine Clark
Antonio Frias	John Kerry, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Alexander T Tennant, Scott P Brown, Romney Victory, Scott Brown Victory Cmte
Leonard Blavatnik	John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, Gordon Harold Smith, Tom Daschle, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic National Committee, Mitt Romney, Scott P Brown

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John Catsimatidis