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 W Keith	John Kerry, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, Joseph Patrick Kennedy II, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Democratic National Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Scott P Brown, Katherine Clark
Frank V Sica	John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, Gordon Harold Smith, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Free and Strong America PAC Inc., Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Scott P Brown
George S Kaufman	John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, 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
William E Oberndorf	Barack Obama, Gordon Harold Smith, Tom Daschle, 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
Steve Grossman	John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, Tom Daschle, Joseph Patrick Kennedy II, Democratic National Committee, Forward Together PAC, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Howard Dean, Elizabeth Warren
Robin L Rosenzweig	John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Gordon Harold Smith, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic National Committee, Wesley Clark, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Howard Dean
Terry S Semel	John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, Tom Daschle, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic National Committee, Mitt Romney, Romney Victory
Alan F Horn	John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, Tom Daschle, Joseph Patrick Kennedy II, Democratic National Committee, Wesley Clark, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Howard Dean, Elizabeth Warren
David T Fischer	Barack Obama, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic National Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Free and Strong America PAC Inc., Commonwealth PAC, the, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Romney Victory
Paul J. Finnegan	Joe Lieberman, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Venture Capital Association Venturepac, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic National Committee, Free and Strong America PAC Inc., Mitt Romney, Scott P Brown
Stephen M Ross	John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic National Committee, Forward Together PAC, Free and Strong America PAC Inc., Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Romney Victory
Suzanne Nora Johnson	Ed Markey, Tom Daschle, Joseph Patrick Kennedy II, Republican National Committee, Democratic National Committee, Christopher F Gabrieli, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Wesley Clark, Mitt Romney, Howard Dean, Scott P Brown
Steven S Fischman	John Kerry, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Elizabeth Warren, Daniel William Daly
Barry S Friedberg	Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, 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, Scott P Brown, Romney Victory
David Belluck	John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, Tom Daschle, Democratic National Committee, Forward Together PAC, Wesley Clark, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Elizabeth Warren, Katherine Clark
Michael A Feiner	John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, Gordon Harold Smith, Tom Daschle, Democratic National Committee, Mitt Romney, Howard Dean, Obama Victory Fund, Romney Victory
Sheldon Adelson	Gordon Harold Smith, Tom Daschle, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic National Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, Alexander T Tennant, Scott P Brown, Romney Victory
Martin A Harmon	John Kerry, Barack Obama, Tom Daschle, Joseph Patrick Kennedy II, Republican National Committee, Democratic National Committee, Free and Strong America PAC Inc., Commonwealth PAC, the, Mitt Romney, Scott P Brown, Obama Victory Fund
John W Childs	John Kerry, 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
Susan K Hess	John Kerry, Barack Obama, Tom Daschle, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic National Committee, Wesley Clark, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Mitt Romney, Romney Victory

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