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
Managing Partner

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
Managing Partner

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 C. Rutherford
Managing Partner

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.