Board of Directors

M. Steven DeCarlo
Chief Executive Officer

M. Steven DeCarlo has served as Chief Executive Officer of AmWINS since December 2000. Prior to joining AmWINS, Mr. DeCarlo held various management positions with Royal & SunAlliance USA, Inc. from 1988 to 2000, including Senior Vice President for Business Insurance (1998-2000) and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Royal Specialty Underwriting Inc., Royal & SunAlliance’s excess and surplus division (1988-1998). He has served on the AmWINS board of directors since he joined AmWINS in December 2000.

David Ament
Director

David J. Ament has served as a director of AmWINS since October 2007. Mr. Ament is a Partner of Parthenon Capital, LLC, which he joined in 2003. Prior to joining Parthenon Capital, LLC, Mr. Ament was a Principal at Audax Group, a $500 million private equity firm focused on growing middle-market companies.

Joseph E. Consolino
Director

Joseph E. Consolino has served as a director of AmWINS since December 2006. Since March 2006, Mr. Consolino has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Validus Holdings, Ltd., a reinsurer based in Bermuda. From 1998 until joining Validus Holdings, Mr. Consolino served as a Managing Director in the investment banking division of Merrill Lynch. Mr. Consolino also currently serves on the board of directors of National Interstate Corporation.

Brian P. Golson
Director

Brian P. Golson has served as a director of AmWINS since October 2005. Mr. Golson is a Partner at Parthenon Capital, LLC. Prior to joining Parthenon Capital, LLC in 2002, Mr. Golson was the Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Operations at Everdream Corporation, a software company headquartered in Fremont, California.

John W. Long
Director

John W. Long was elected as a director of AmWINS in January 2007. Since June 2003, Mr. Long has served as Chief Executive Officer of First Advantage Corporation (First Advantage), a business services and consulting firm based in St. Petersburg, Florida. From 1990 to June 2003, Mr. Long served in various positions with subsidiaries of First American Corporation (First American), which owns a majority of the outstanding stock of First Advantage. From 1993 to 2000, Mr. Long was president and chief executive officer of First American Real Estate Information Services, Inc., a subsidiary of First American that provides financial and information services to the mortgage lending industry. From March 2000 until June 2003, Mr. Long was Chief Executive Officer of HireCheck, Inc., a background screening company formerly owned by First American that is now a wholly owned subsidiary of First Advantage.

John C. Rutherford
Director

John C. Rutherford has served as a director of AmWINS since October 2005. Mr. Rutherford is a founder and Managing Partner of Parthenon Capital, LLC and is co-founder and former Chairman of The Parthenon Group. Before founding The Parthenon Group in 1998, Mr. Rutherford was a director of Bain & Company.