Michael Tucker

Independent Director

Michael Tucker is the Founder and Managing Partner of Orvieto Partners, L.P.  Mr. Tucker has 26 years of experience investing in the publicly traded debt and equity securities of companies in the gaming, lodging, leisure and energy sectors, and 28 years of experience in finance.    Before founding Orvieto Partners, Mr. Tucker was a Partner/Portfolio Manager at PAR Capital Management, Inc, a Boston-based long/short equity fund founded in 1990, which makes concentrated investments based on narrowly focused and rigorous fundamental research with a long-term orientation.  At PAR, he focused primarily on the equity and debt securities of companies that operate in the gaming, lodging, and leisure sectors while also opportunistically investing in the energy sector.  Prior to joining PAR Capital, Mr. Tucker was a Partner and Portfolio Manager at Andover Capital Advisors, LLC, a long-short hedge fund that made concentrated investments in the debt and equity securities of companies with levered capital structures. Before Andover Capital, Mr. Tucker worked at Standish Mellon Assets Management (formerly Standish, Ayer, & Wood, Inc.). He serves on the Providence College Business Advisory Council and the Men’s Basketball Vision Team.

Michael is a graduate of Providence College and received an MBA from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College.