John W. Buoymaster
Managing Director & Director of Portfolio Management

John W. Buoymaster is a Managing Director at 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.

In February of 1998, Mr. Buoymaster joined the Firm as Managing Director. Previously, he was
a Vice President in the San Francisco office of J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated. At J.P. Morgan,
Mr. Buoymaster advised individuals and families on investment strategy, portfolio structuring
and generational planning. He was responsible for delivering to clients the firm's full range of
investment, trust and banking services. From October of 1977 through October of 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 January of 1984 until October
of 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.