Biography

Mr. Daniels has served on our Board since September 2020 and currently Chairs both the Corporate Development Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Daniels serves as a Senior Adviser at AE Industrial Partners, L.P. (“AEP”), 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. Mr. Daniels serves on the board of directors of GAMCO Investors, Inc. (NYSE: GAMI), and Moeller Aerospace. Mr. Daniels formerly served on the Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiation as a presidential appointee. Mr. Daniels 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, Mr. Daniels 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. Mr. Daniels is a former Director of AeroSat Corporation; Aster-Cephac SA; Bioanalytical Systems, Inc.; Douglas Machine & Tool Co., Inc.; IVAX Corporation; MIM Corporation; MIST Inc.; Mylan Laboratories Inc.; NBS Technologies Inc.; and Safeguard Health Enterprises, Inc. Mr. Daniels served as Chairman of TurboCombustor Technology Inc. and Zenith Laboratories, Inc. Mr. Daniels is a graduate of Fordham University.