Bio

Biff Barnard has 30 years of experience investing in, lending to, and advising small and middle-market companies. He also has in-depth marketing and management experience, having founded, run, and served in senior executive positions for two companies. From 2004 through 2009, Mr. Barnard was a partner of Wood Warren & Co., a middle-market focused advisory firm and, from 2000 through 2004, was Managing Director of Caltius Capital Management, a private equity and subordinated debt fund, where he managed the San Francisco office and was responsible for nationwide marketing and transaction origination prior to joining Wood Warren. From 1996 through 1999, he was Senior Vice President of Allied Capital Corporation, where he headed marketing and business development activities in the Western U.S. From 1980 to 1996, Mr. Barnard served as Chairman, CEO, and President of First Capital Corporation, a company he founded and that became one of the most active small business lending institutions in the nation. Mr. Barnard was also one of the founding operating partners of the Rusty Scupper restaurant chain in the early 1970s. He served on the Advisory Council of the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank from 1993 through 1999, as its Vice Chairman in 1996 and as its Chairman from 1997 through 1999. He is Past-President of the San Francisco Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), has served on the Board of Directors of ACG-Global, and has received meritorious service awards from both. He served on the board of advisors of TS Restaurants, a highly successful chain with locations in Hawaii and California, and is a member of the President’s Council of the United Religions Initiative. Mr. Barnard received a B.A. from Stanford University. He holds Series 7, 24, 63 and 79 FINRA licenses.