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 F Fish	John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, Tom Daschle, Joseph Patrick Kennedy II, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Democratic National Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Commonwealth PAC, the, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Howard Dean, Elizabeth Warren, Alexander T Tennant, Scott P Brown, Katherine Clark, Markey Grassroots Victory Fund
Seth Klarman	John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic National Committee, Forward Together PAC, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Wesley Clark, Free and Strong America PAC Inc., Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Howard Dean, Scott P Brown, Katherine Clark, Scott Brown Victory Cmte
Theodore Cutler	John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Ed Markey, Tom Daschle, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Free and Strong America PAC Inc., Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Commonwealth PAC, the, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Alexander T Tennant, Scott P Brown, Romney Victory, Scott Brown Victory Cmte
Paul B Fireman	John Kerry, Barack Obama, Joseph Patrick Kennedy II, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic National Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Free and Strong America PAC Inc., Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Commonwealth PAC, the, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Scott P Brown, Obama Victory Fund, Romney Victory
Robert L Beal	John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, Joseph Patrick Kennedy II, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic National Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Bill Weld, Scott P Brown, Katherine Clark, Obama Victory Fund, Scott Brown Victory Cmte
Irwin Chafetz	John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Ed Markey, Tom Daschle, Joseph Patrick Kennedy II, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic National Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Commonwealth PAC, the, Mitt Romney, Howard Dean, Alexander T Tennant, Scott P Brown
Elaine Schuster	John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, Tom Daschle, Joseph Patrick Kennedy II, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Wesley Clark, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Mitt Romney, Elizabeth Warren, Katherine Clark, Markey Grassroots Victory Fund
Jim Davis	John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, 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, Alexander T Tennant, Scott P Brown, Romney Victory
Thomas G Stemberg	John Kerry, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, 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., Commonwealth PAC, the, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Alexander T Tennant, Scott P Brown
Edward Johnson III	John Kerry, Ed Markey, Gordon Harold Smith, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic National Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Alexander T Tennant, Scott P Brown, Daniel William Daly, Scott Brown Victory Cmte
David Fialkow	John Kerry, Barack Obama, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic National Committee, Forward Together PAC, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Elizabeth Warren, Scott P Brown, Obama Victory Fund, Romney Victory, Scott Brown Victory Cmte
Leon Black	John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Ed Markey, Tom Daschle, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic National Committee, Forward Together PAC, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Wesley Clark, Mitt Romney, Scott P Brown, Romney Victory
David S Mack	Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, Gordon Harold Smith, Tom Daschle, Joseph Patrick Kennedy II, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic National Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Wesley Clark, Mitt Romney, Scott P Brown, Romney Victory
Richard M Burnes Jr	John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, National Venture Capital Association Venturepac, Democratic National Committee, Forward Together PAC, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Howard Dean, Elizabeth Warren, Daniel William Daly, Katherine Clark
Amos Hostetter Jr	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, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Katherine Clark
Douglas Krupp	John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, Joseph Patrick Kennedy II, George W Bush, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic National Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Elizabeth Warren, Alexander T Tennant
Raul J Fernandez	John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic National Committee, Forward Together PAC, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Mitt Romney, Obama Victory Fund, 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
Abigail Johnson	John Kerry, Barack Obama, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic National Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Alexander T Tennant, Scott P Brown, Romney Victory, Scott Brown Victory Cmte
Robert L Reynolds	John Kerry, 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, Scott P Brown, Romney Victory, Scott Brown Victory Cmte

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John F Fish