Joyce Johnson
Independent Director
Joyce Johnson, 57, is a member of our board of directors. Ms. Johnson currently serves as Chairwoman and Chief Investment Officer for Pacific Gate Capital, a valueoriented fund of funds that focuses on U.S. private credit investments. Prior to Pacific Gate Capital, Ms. Johnson’s investment experiences include senior management positions at Citibank, ING, Relativity Capital (a women and minority owned firm) and Cerberus Capital Management, a $45 billion investment firm where she was the 2nd employee to join the firm. While employed at Cerberus, Ms. Johnson founded JJM, LLC a $300 million distressed private equity fund that successfully invested in women and minority owned companies. An experienced board member for more than 25 companies over the past 25 years, Ms. Johnson currently serves as chair of the board of directors of Ayr Wellness (OTCQX: AYRWF), an expanding vertically integrated, U.S. multi-state cannabis operator; Kymera International, a portfolio company of Palladium Equity Partners, a $3.3 billion private equity fund; Omaha National Insurance Company (private) an Agman Partners portfolio company; and SportsTek,(NASDAQ: SPTKU), which invests in sports and sports related technology companies. Ms. Johnson is a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute and currently serves on the boards of the Chicago Counsel for Global Affairs, the Chicago Sinfonietta and is Chairman Emeritus of the DuSable Museum. Ms. Johnson received her BS in Finance from the University of Denver. Qualifies as a financial expert as defined by the applicable SEC regulations and OTCQX corporate governance requirements.
