Donald Evans

Bio

Secretary Evans is a Principal of the Fund and serves on the Investment Committee. Secretary Evans is also a Senior Partner of Quintana. Secretary Evans is the Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Energy Future Holdings Corp., an energy holding company, and is an advisor to Energy Capital Partners I, L.P., a private investment fund. Secretary Evans served as the CEO of the Financial Services Forum between 2005 and 2007. Secretary Evans served as the 34th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce. He was a core member of President George W. Bush's economic team, advising the President on issues including pro-growth and job-creating economic policies, international trade, business concerns and energy policy. In 1975, Secretary Evans moved to Midland, Texas, and began his career as a roughneck working on oil rigs for Tom Brown, Inc., an independent oil and gas company. In 1985, he was appointed CEO of Tom Brown, continuing in that position until his appointment as U.S. Secretary of Commerce in 2001. Tom Brown was purchased by EnCana Corporation for $2.2 billion in 2004. Secretary Evans was appointed to the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System in 1995 and subsequently served two consecutive terms as Chairman of the Board. Secretary Evans attended The University of Texas at Austin, where he earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and an M.B.A.