Lenard B Tessler

Lenard B. Tessler is a member of the board of directors of NewPage Corporation, NewPage Holding Corporation and NewPage Group Inc. Mr. Tessler is a managing director of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P., which he joined in May 2001. Prior to joining Cerberus, he was a founding partner of TGV Partners, a private investment partnership formed in April 1990. Mr. Tessler served as chairman of the board of Empire Kosher Poultry from 1994 to 1997, after serving as its president and chief executive officer from 1992 to 1994. Before founding TGV Partners, Mr. Tessler was a founding partner of Levine, Tessler, Leichtman & Co., a leveraged buyout firm formed in 1987. Mr. Tessler serves as a member of the board of directors of LNR Property Corp., Alberstons LLC, Chrysler Holdings LLC, and GMAC LLC.