. On October 19, 2021, Todd Glickman was appointed Interim Chief Financial of the Company. Mr. Glickman joined Legacy Navitas in 2015 and most recently served as Senior Vice President Finance (Head of Finance and G&A). Mr. Glickman has more than 15 years of experience in finance, accounting and corporate development. Preceding his employment at Navitas, Mr. Glickman served as a venture capitalist at MalibuIQ, LLC, evaluating early-stage technology investments. Prior to that Mr. Glickman held various roles at Activision Blizzard in Corporate Development, Vance Street Capital in Private Equity and Lehman Brothers in Investment Banking. Mr. Glickman holds a B.B.A. in Finance, Investment and Banking from the University of Wisconsin - Madison and an MBA with honors from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California.
Mr. Hendrix serves as a Class III member of our board. Mr. Hendrix has served as the chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors of LOKB since August 2020. From January 2021 to the present, Mr. Hendrix has served as the chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors of Live Oak Mobility Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: LOKM), a blank check company that consummated its initial public offering of $253,000,000 in March 2020. Mr. Hendrix has also been the chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors of Live Oak Crestview Climate Acquisition Corp., a blank check company, since February 2021. From January 2020 to December 2020, Mr. Hendrix served as an officer and director of Live Oak Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: LOAK), a blank check company that announced on December 29, 2020 that it had consummated an initial business combination with Meredian Holdings Group, Inc., a Georgia corporation d/b/a Danimer Scientific, a leading developer and manufacturer of biodegradable plastic materials. Upon the closing of the transaction, LOAK was renamed Danimer Scientific, Inc., and its Class A common stock and warrants began trading on the NYSE under the symbols “DNMR” and “DNMR WS”, respectively. Mr. Hendrix continues to serve as a director of Danimer Scientific, Inc.
Since March 2020, Mr. Hendrix has served as a board member of America’s Lift Chair Supplier, LLC, a medical equipment supplier.
Mr. Hendrix served as chief executive officer of FBR & Co., or FBR (formerly NASDAQ: FBRC), a capital markets firm, from 2009 to 2017, and chairman from 2012 to 2017.
While at FBR, Mr. Hendrix oversaw the growth of the company and oversaw numerous strategic transactions while in his role as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at FBR, ultimately executing a merger with B. Riley Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: RILY) in 2017. Following the merger, Mr. Hendrix served as director of B. Riley Financial until October 2017.
Prior to his tenure as Chief Executive Officer of FBR, Mr. Hendrix served as Arlington Asset Investment Corp.’s (NYSE: AAIC) President and Chief Operating Officer from 2004 to 2007 and its Chief Investment Officer from 2003 to 2004. Previously, he was the President and Chief Operating Officer of FBR Asset Investment Corporation and concurrently headed the Real Estate and Diversified Industrials Investment Banking groups of FBR. Prior to FBR, Mr. Hendrix was a Managing Director in PNC Capital Markets’ investment banking group and headed PNC’s asset-backed securities business. Mr. Hendrix is a
co-founder
and Managing Partner of Live Oak Merchant Partners, a merchant bank providing capital and advisory services to middle market companies across several industries.
Mr. Hendrix also currently serves as an operating executive at Crestview Advisors, L.L.C. (“
”), a private equity firm, and is currently the chairman of PMC Consolidated Holdings LLC, the parent company of Protect My Car, a Crestview portfolio company that provides extended auto warranty plans to consumers.
Mr. Hendrix is also the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of RJH Management Co, a privately held investment management business. Mr. Hendrix received his B.S. in Finance from Miami University.