Bio

Howard founded Saw Mill in 1997 and oversees the firm and its investments. Before forming Saw Mill, Howard was a founding partner of Chase Capital, Chase Manhattan Bank’s private equity investing group, which specialized in middle-market acquisitions, recapitalizations and growth investments. Prior to forming Chase Capital, Howard was a Managing Director in Chase’s Merchant Banking Group, providing equity as well as senior and subordinated debt to leveraged transactions. Howard’s professional career began in 1983 with the Leveraged Capital Group of Citibank, providing debt financing for leveraged transactions. He has a B.S. degree in Accounting from Binghamton University and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago. Howard sits on the Boards of Directors of Climate Pros, ARCXIS, iAutomation, Nemo Tile, RND Automation, Victory Energy Operations, and Wolf-Gordon. Howard is a presidentially-appointed Council Member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and a member of the Committee on Conscience, fighting for the prevention of modern genocide.