User:Corwyn55/CounterPoint Capital Partners, LLC

CounterPoint Capital Partners is a private equity investment firm focused on leveraged buyout and other control investments in companies operating in the lower end of the middle market.

Headquartered in South Pasadena, CA, CounterPoint looks to invest in complex situations caused by operational or financial challenges within a company or industry.

The Founders
The company's partners include Stephen E. Rossi, Chris M. Iorillo, and Eric M. Willis who originally worked together at Platinum Equity, LLC, a multi-billion private equity firm based in Beverly Hills, CA, before founding CounterPoint.

Board of Advisors
The members of CounterPoint's original Board of Advisors include :
 * Michael E. Rossi, Chairperson: Mr. Rossi is the retired Vice Chairman of BankAmerica Corporation.  Mr. Rossi served as a senior member of the operations team and as an adviser to Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.  During that time he was Chairman and Chief Executive officer of Aozora Bank, taking it public in November 2006, and served as Chairman of GMAC Residential Capital, LLC.  Mr. Rossi is a member of the Advisory Board of Shorenstein Properties LLC and is a senior advisor to the San Francisco 49ers.


 * T. Gary Rogers: Mr. Rogers recently retired as Chairman of Levi Strauss & Co and is the immediate past Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, Inc., a company he and his partner purchased in 1977, took public in 1981 and sold to Nestlé in 2003.  Mr. Rogers was appointed Chair of the San Francisco District of the Federal Reserve Bank by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.


 * Kathy J. Savitt: Ms. Savitt is the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Lockerz, LLC, the next generation social network, entertainment and shopping platform that is backed by Liberty Media Corporation and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Ms. Savitt was Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.


 * Douglas W. Shorenstein: Mr. Shorenstein is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Shorenstein Properties LLC, a real estate investment, development and management company active throughout the United States with over twenty million square feet of commercial office space under management.