Tom Davin is Chief Executive Officer of Panda Restaurant Group, Inc., the leading Asian restaurant chain and one of the fastest growing chains in the United States. Panda will open more than 300 Panda Express restaurants over the next 2 years. The company employs 17,000 people, operates more than 1000 restaurants and achieves more than $1 Billion in revenue.

Jim Loehr, sports psychologist and author of "The Power of Full Engagement," says, "Tom Davin has a very unique combination of strengths - a Special Forces background, strong values, a relentless spirit of adventure, a warrior's perspective on taking on tough projects, and confidence that things can be done." Davin is a former U.S. Marine Corps infantry officer specializing in reconnaissance and special operations. In addition to more than four years of operational command assignments, he was an infantry tactics instructor at the U.S. Marine officer training course, "The Basic School," in Quantico VA. His qualifications include US Army Ranger, Special Forces Combat Diver, Naval Parachutist and Jumpmaster.

Davin is a member of the board of directors of Oakley, Inc. (NYSE: OO) and PROTRADE. Davin's investment experience includes serving as a Partner of private equity firm Brentwood Associates from 2001 to 2004. While at Brentwood, Davin led a 2002 investment in privately-held Zumiez, Inc. to fund the specialty retailing concept's rapid growth in the "action sports" segment. The 2002 company valuation was approximately $70 Million. Today Zumiez' (NASDAQ: ZUMZ) public market capitalization is over $1 Billion.

Davin earned an MBA from Harvard University and a BA from Duke University.