Mr. Dash joined Goldman, Sachs & Co., a New York based investment bank, in 1974 and rose to become a General Partner and Head of the firm’s Private Capital Markets Group. He retired in 1992 as a General Partner and became a Limited Partner and consultant to the firm. When Goldman Sachs became a public company in 1999, he became an Advisory Director. He retired as an Advisory Director at the end of 2001. During his career, Mr. Dash concentrated on financing large-scale energy development projects and headed many of the firm’s most important project financing assignments. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1966 and a Master of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the same institution in 1968. He worked as an engineer with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration from 1962 to 1972. In July 1974, he graduated from the Harvard Business School with an MBA degree and joined Goldman Sachs as an associate. Mr. Dash served as an adjunct professor at Georgia Tech for 10 years teaching courses in capital markets and finance. He is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Arizona.