Biography

Mr. Daniels has served as a member of our Board since September 2020. Since 2014, he served as an Operating Partner at AE Industrial Partners, L.P., a private equity firm in Boca Raton, FL, specializing in aerospace, power generation, and specialty industrial markets. In 2024, Mr. Daniels transitioned to a Senior Advisor role at AEP. He serves on the board of directors of GAMCO Investors, Inc., Moeller Aerospace, and Redwire Corporation.

Mr. Daniels formerly served on the Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiation as a presidential appointee. He is a former chairman and former member of Florida’s State Board of Administration, Investment Advisory Council. Mr. Daniels was a founding partner of CAI Managers & Co., L.P., a private equity firm located in New York City, from 1989 to 2014. Prior to CAI Managers, he was President of Burdge, Daniels & Co., Inc., a company engaged as a principal 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., where he was responsible for its corporate fixed-income sales and trading departments. He served as Chairman of TurboCombustor Technology Inc. and Zenith Laboratories, Inc.

Mr. Daniels is a graduate of Fordham University.