John Van Sickle is a Vice President of Sentinel Capital Partners, which he joined in 2009 as a Senior Associate. From 2004 to 2007, Mr. Van Sickle was an Associate at Castle Harlan, a middle market private equity firm. Previously, he spent two years in Wachovia Securities' Analyst Program, where he worked on M&A transactions with middle market private equity firms. Mr. Van Sickle holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a BA, summa cum laude, from Emory University, where he graduated as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He was also a member of Emory's NCAA tennis team.

Mr. Van Sickle currently is a director of Chromalox.

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