John W. Buoymaster
President & Director of Portfolio Management

John Buoymaster is President of Hall Capital Partners LLC. He serves as a Director of the
company, Director of Portfolio Management, and a member of the Firm's Investment Review
Committee, and has direct portfolio management and relationship responsibility for a number
of the Firm's clients.

Mr. Buoymaster joined the Firm in 1998 as Managing Director. Previously, he was a Vice
President in the San Francisco office of J.P. Morgan & Co. At J.P. Morgan, Mr. Buoymaster
advised individuals and families on investment strategy, portfolio structuring and generational
planning. From 1977 through 1991, Mr. Buoymaster was associated with the San Francisco and
Palo Alto law firm of Cooley Godward Castro Huddleson & Tatum, and was a partner in that firm
from 1984 through 1991. His practice concentrated on estate and tax planning and estate and
trust administration, primarily for venture capitalists and founders of emerging companies. He
also represented non-profit organizations, including family foundations and non-profit research
organizations.

Mr. Buoymaster is a member of the Stanford Law School Board of Visitors, the Investment
Committee of The Children's Health Council (Palo Alto) and the Advisory Board for Kohlberg
Investors IV and V, L.P., which are private investment partnerships. He is also on the Planned
Giving Advisory Committees for KQED and The California Academy of Sciences, and chairs the
Planned Giving Executive Committee at Williams College. He previously served as a director or
trustee of various non-profit organizations, including Marin Country Day School, The Little
School (San Francisco), Goodwill Industries of San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin Counties,
and the Children's Health Council (Palo Alto).

Mr. Buoymaster graduated magna cum laude from Williams College in 1974, with a Bachelor
of Arts in Economics. He graduated from Stanford Law School in 1977.