Biography

Prior to his employment with NGS, Mr. Jacobs was a Managing Director and a member of the management committee of Mill Road Capital Management LLC, where he had worked since 2005. Mill Road Capital Management is an investment firm focused on investments in publicly traded small and micro-capitalization companies. From 1999 to 2004, Mr. Jacobs was employed at LiveWire Capital, an investment and management group backed primarily by The Blackstone Group and Thomas Lee Partners that focused on operationally intensive buyouts of middle market companies. While employed at LiveWire, he held various operational positions in numerous portfolio companies, including interim Chief Operating Officer, in addition to his investment responsibilities. Prior to joining LiveWire, Mr. Jacobs was an investment professional in the private equity group at The Blackstone Group from 1996 to 1999. In addition to serving on the Board of NGS, Mr. Jacobs previously served as a member of the Boards of Directors of several public companies, including Ecology and Environment, Inc., Galaxy Nutritional Foods, Inc., National Technical Systems, Inc., School Specialty, Inc., and Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee, Inc., as well as numerous private companies, including Lignetics, Inc., Mother’s Market & Kitchen, Inc., PRT Growing Services LTD, and Rubios Restaurants, Inc. Mr. Jacobs holds a B.S. from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia with concentrations in accounting and finance.