Ted Gardner

Chairman

Ted is a co-founder and Managing Partner of Silverhawk Capital Partners. Prior to founding Silverhawk, Ted served as Managing Partner of Wachovia Capital Partners (formerly, First Union Capital Partners). Prior to that, he served as Vice President and Shareholder in the Mergers and Acquisitions Department of Kidder, Peabody & Company Incorporated in New York. Ted is currently a director of Incline Energy Partners, L.P., Kinder Morgan, Inc., Meridian Chemicals, and Spartan Energy Partners. He was previously a director of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, Athlon Energy, Summit Materials LLC, and Encore Acquisition Company.

Ted earned a B.A. degree in Economics from Duke University and both a J.D. and an MBA from the University of Virginia.