Leslie B. Daniels
Independent Director
Mr. Daniels joined our Board as an Independent Director in September 2020. Currently, he is an Operating Partner of AE Industrial Partners, L.P., a private equity firm specializing in aerospace, power generation and specialty industrial markets. Mr. Daniels was a Founding Partner of CAI Managers & Co., L.P., a private equity firm and served in that capacity from 1989 to 2014. Prior to CAI Managers, he was President of Burdge, Daniels & Co., Inc., a company engaged in venture capital and buyout investments and trading of private placement securities. Mr. Daniels also served as Senior Vice-President of Blyth, Eastman, Dillon & Co.
Mr. Daniels has served on numerous Boards. Currently, he serves on the Moeller Aerospace and the GAMCO Investors, Inc. (GBL) Boards. He also is an Advisor to LGL Systems Acquisition Corp.
Mr. Daniels is a Presidential Appointee on The Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiation (ACTPN) and is a former chairman and former member of Florida’s State Board of Administration, Investment Advisory Council. He also serves as Commissioner and Chairman of the Health Care District of Palm Beach County. Mr. Daniels is a graduate of Fordham University