Patrick Boyce is a Partner and serves as the Head of the Private Equity team at Highland Capital Management, L.P. Mr. Boyce began his career at Highland as a Distressed Portfolio Manager having joined Highland in March 2004. Prior to joining Highland, he was a Vice President in the Investment Banking group of Citigroup from 2000 to 2004. Prior to joining Citigroup, Mr. Boyce was an Investment Banking Professional for Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette where he had corporate finance responsibilities in both the Los Angeles and Dallas offices. He has an MBA in Finance and Accounting from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BBA in Finance from Baylor University where he was a Teagle Scholar and on the NCAA golf team. In addition, Mr. Boyce has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and he is a licensed Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Boyce currently serves on the Board of Directors of American HomePatient (as Chairman) and Cornerstone Healthcare Group. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Center for BrainHealth at the University of Texas at Dallas.