Bill Benedict 

Board Observer

Bill Benedict is the founder and managing partner of Alpine Meridian’s team. Previously he was managing partner of Resource Ventures, L.P., a venture capital fund; chairman of Reach Financial, a specialty finance company; responsible for Societe Generale's U.S. National Banking Department; a lending officer with Chase Manhattan Bank in New York and Tokyo; and co-founder of LaSalle Commodities, a futures investment fund.