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Douglas A. Hirsch Founder and Managing Partner of Seneca Capital. Seneca Capital is a $3 billion event-driven investment partnership that commenced in 1996. Seneca is the successor fund to Smith New Court�s event-driven department that Mr. Hirsch started in 1990. While managing this department (the firm�s most profitable area) Mr. Hirsch served on Smith New Court�s Executive Committee and as a member of the Board of Directors from 1993 through 1995 at which time Merrill Lynch acquired the firm. From 1988 to 1989 Mr. Hirsch was an analyst at Kaufman Alsberg & Co.; he began his career working for John Mulheren from 1986 to 1988 at Jamie Securities. In 2004 Mr. Hirsch became a Director of Greenlight Capital Offshore Ltd. and Greenlight Masters Offshore Ltd. He joined the GMAC Board in 2006. Mr. Hirsch is a 1985 graduate of Dartmouth College. He is co-founder and co-chairman of the Ira Sohn Investment Research Conference an annual event that benefits the Tomorrows Children�s Fund a charity devoted to pediatric cancer research and care. He is also on the Honorary Board of Directors for The Catalog for Giving of New York City. | 