Mr. Del Giudice is the Chairman of Rockland Capital Management and is on the Investment Committee. He was a founding member of Rockland Capital in 2003 and has been its Chairman since inception. Mr. Del Giudice's role is to assist in shaping the company's strategic business goals, source acquisition and investment opportunities using his many connections in the energy and financial sectors, and to manage regulatory and political issues for Rockland and its portfolio companies. Mr. Del Giudice combines a twenty-year career in senior government positions with a subsequent twenty years in investment banking and private equity. He currently serves on the boards of various companies including Consolidated Edison Inc. as lead director and formerly of Barnes & Noble, Inc. He is the former Chairman of Orange & Rockland Utilities Corp., a New York based electric and gas utility company, and led its effort to merge with Consolidated Edison in 1999. Mr. Del Giudice also previously served as a General Partner at Lazard Frères & Co., Chief of Staff to New York Governor Mario M. Cuomo and deputy Chief of Staff to New York Governor Hugh L. Carey. Mr. Del Giudice graduated from the City College of New York (BBA 1960) and completed graduate studies at New York University.