Executive Profile

Thomas Francis Darden II, J.D. Executive Officer and Director, Cherokee Challenge 2012, LLC

Age	Total Calculated Compensation	This person is connected to 11 Board Members in 11 different organizations across 7 different industries. See Board Relationships
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Background

Mr. Thomas Francis Darden, II, Tom serves as a Managing Principal at Sovereign's Capital. Mr. Darden also serves as Executive Officer at Cherokee Challenge 2012, LLC. He also serves as the Chief Executive Officer at Cherokee Investment Partners, LLC. He is the founder of Cherokee Investment Partners, Cherokee Property Foundation and Cherokee Sanford Group. He serves as a Founding Partner of Cherokee Equity Holdings. He was also the Founder of its predecessors. From 1981 ... to 1984, he was a Consultant at Bain & Company Inc. He served as a Partner of Oberlin Capital. He was a Environmental Planner of Korea Institute Of Science & Technology. He also worked in Seoul, Korea under a Luce Scholarship. He served as the Chairman of Cherokee Sanford Group LLC for 16 years since 1984. He serves as a Director at Consert Inc., Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Cherokee Challenge 2012, LLC and Mi-Co, LLC. He has been a Director of UTG Inc. since 2001. He has been a Director of Winston Hotels, Inc. since May 25, 1994. He serves as a Member of Advisory Board of Rex Health Ventures and Rex Strategic Innovations. He served as a Director of BTI Telecom Corp., Cherokee Sanford Group LLC, Waste Industries USA Inc. and First Commonwealth Corporation. Mr. Darden also serves on the Board of Governors of Research Triangle Institute in Research Triangle Park. He is on the Boards of Woodberry Forest School, Shaw University, National Brownfield Association and the University of North Carolina's environmental department. He was the Chairman of the Research Triangle Transit Authority and served two terms on the N.C. Board of Transportation through appointments by the Governor and the Speaker of the House. Mr. Darden earned a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Master of Regional Planning in Environmental Planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead Scholar.

Corporate Headquarters 111 East Hargett Street Raleigh, North Carolina 27601 United States Phone: 919-743-5727 Fax: -- Board Members Memberships Chairman Cherokee Sanford Group LLC Former Director and Member of Compensation Committee BTI Telecom Corp. Former Director First Commonwealth Corporation Prior Waste Industries USA, Inc. Director Mi-Co, LLC Director Shaw University Director Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences Director Consert Inc. Director National Brownfield Association Executive Officer and Director Cherokee Challenge 2012, LLC 1994-Present Director, Member of Audit Committee, Member of Compensation Committee and Member of Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee Winston Hotels Inc. 2001-Present Director UTG Inc. Education BA University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill Master's Degree University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill JD Yale Law School Other Affiliations Cherokee Equity Holdings Oberlin Capital Cherokee Sanford Group LLC Cherokee Investment Partners, LLC BTI Telecom Corp. First Commonwealth Corporation UTG Inc. Winston Hotels Inc. Waste Industries USA, Inc. Mi-Co, LLC Bain & Company Inc. University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill Research Triangle Institute Yale University Shaw University Korea Institute Of Science & Technology Yale Law School Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences Consert Inc. National Brownfield Association Rex Health Ventures Rex Strategic Innovations Sovereign's Capital

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