Mr. Crate is the President of Easterly Capital, a firm he founded in 2009 to make personal private equity investments. Mr. Crate also serves as a Partner and member of the Investment Committee of Easterly. From 1998 to 2011, Mr. Crate served as the Chief Financial Officer of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (NYSE: AMG). AMG is a publicly traded asset management holding company. During his tenure, assets under management grew from $35 billion to over $350 billion through mutual fund, pension and high net worth accounts globally, with over half of its clients domiciled outside the United States. Over this same period, the company’s enterprise value increased materially, from $50 million to over $6 billion. Mr. Crate has been active in national accounting policy, standards setting and has been recognized by the Financial Accounting Standards Board for these contributions. Institutional Investor Magazine has named him one of the leading CFOs in the financial services industry. Prior to his tenure at AMG, Mr. Crate was the Managing Director of the Financial Institutions Group of the Chase Manhattan Corporation based in London and New York, focusing exclusively on investment management firms. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Bates College, serving as the chair and co-chair of the advancement and investment committees, respectively. Mr. Crate is one of twelve Trustees of the world’s largest aviation organization, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA). Mr. Crate serves on the Board of Trustees of the Adams Memorial Foundation, an organization chartered to honor the accomplishments of John Adams and his descendants through the construction of a highly interactive exhibition museum in Washington, DC. Mr. Crate is also on the Advisory Board of the Robert F. Kennedy Children’s Action Corps, an organization that advocates for children encumbered in the juvenile justice system. Mr. Crate earned his MBA from Columbia Business School and his BA from Bates College.