Donald R. Draughon has been in investment banking for over 20 years. Previous to opening KeySource as President and CEO, Mr. Draughon was Managing Director/Senior Vice President for Anderson & Strudwick, Inc., a full service brokerage firm headquartered in Richmond, VA. Mr. Draughon also previously served as a Director for Smith River Community Bank in Martinsville, VA and Millennia Community Bank in Greenville, NC.
Prior to Anderson & Strudwick, Mr. Draughon was the Chairman and CEO of Convenience USA, Inc., an operator of over 250 convenience stores, from 1998 to 2002. During the mid-1990s, Mr. Draughon was a Managing Director with the investment banking firm of Baxter Fentriss. From 1989 to 1993, Mr. Draughon was senior financial analyst for Montrose Capital, a merchant banking group. Mr. Draughon began his career in banking with Wachovia Bank from 1984 to 1989 as an Assistant Vice President in the Corporate Finance Group.
Mr. Draughon received an MBA from Wake Forest University’s Babcock School of Management in 1984 and a BA from Brigham Young University in 1982.
Mr. Bick, 52, is a
principal in Bick Capital Advisors, Inc., which he
founded in 1996. Since 2002, he has been principally
engaged as a private investor in venture capital and
real estate. Prior to 2002, he arranged private debt
financings for emerging companies, principally in the
telecommunications industry, Mr. Bick also serves as an
adjunct professor of the Kenan-Flagler Business School
at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where
he teaches courses in entrepreneurial finance and
business plan analysis. From 1992 to 1996, Mr. Bick was
a Vice President in the Capital Markets Division of AT&T
Capital Corp. Mr. Bick started his career in banking
with Bankers Trust Company in New York, where he
completed the commercial bank training program and
worked in the corporate credit department. Mr. Bick is a
member of the Advisory Board of the Durham Salvation
Army and recently completed six years as a member of the
Board of Trustees of Durham Academy, Durham, North
Carolina. Mr. Bick received an MBA in Finance from New
York University and a BA in Economics (cum laude) from
Yale University.
Mr. Conway, 57, is Chairman and CEO of Raleigh-based Lucor Inc., which operates 181 quick lube centers in seven states employing 1,800 people and generating $100 million in revenue annually. Mr. Conway along with his brother founded Lucor Inc. in 1986. Mr. Conway is also Vice President and partners with his brother in Auto Parts Unlimited, an auto parts import and distribution and logistics company, Navigator Management, Inc and Navigator Real Estate Holdings, LLC. Mr. Conway has extensive experience in corporate finance, business development, real estate, and in personal and business financial advisory services. Mr. Conway attended college at Indiana University. He completed his BS degree in 1978 after attending MER University in Seelisburg, Switzerland for three years. Mr. Conway obtained his Certification as a Certified Financial Planner in 1982 and served on the Board of Directors of the Institute of Certified Financial Planners during its most formative years. Mr. Conway obtained his principal and financial operations licenses from the National Association of Securities Dealers in the 1980s.
Ms. Martindale, 54,
joined LipoScience, Inc., a medical technology company
based in Raleigh, North Carolina, in March 2001 as
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
Prior to joining LipoScience, Ms. Martindale served from
April 1996 to February 2001 as Vice President and
Finance Director of GlaxoWellcome Research &
Development, a pharmaceutical research and development
company. Ms. Martindale held various positions with
GlaxoWellcome Inc., a pharmaceutical company, from 1984
to February 2001, including Vice President, Corporate
Planning and Analysis for GlaxoWellcome Inc. and Vice
President, Financial Planning and Analysis for Glaxo
Inc. Ms. Martindale received a BS in Business from
Indiana University and a MBA from Campbell University.
Mr. Murphy, 63, has
extensive experience in the health care and employee
benefits field. From 1996 to 1998, Mr. Murphy served as
the President and CEO of Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield,
Cincinnati, Ohio, a $4 billion health care employee
benefits business. Since 1998, Mr. Murphy has served as
President of J.P. Murphy, Inc., Durham, North Carolina,
a consulting company focused on improving the quality of
health care and employee benefits services provided in
the United States and internationally. Mr. Murphy
is past President of the Board of
Governors of Treyburn Country Club, Durham North
Carolina. Mr. Murphy received his BA from Loras College,
Dubuque, Iowa and completed graduate studies at DePaul
University, Chicago, Illinois.
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