Board of Directors
Peter E. Salas
Peter E. Salas is ACT’s Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors. He was appointed Principal Executive Officer by the Board in March 2007 and as Chairman in August 2005.
Mr. Salas has served as President of Dolphin Asset Management Corporation and its related companies since their founding in 1988. Dolphin Direct is a New York-based private equity fund that invests in micro-cap opportunities. He served as the lead investor in ACT’s August 2005 Series AA Convertible Preferred Stock offering.
Prior to establishing the Dolphin entities, Mr. Salas served in various capacities for ten years at J.P. Morgan Investment Management, Inc. He received an A.B. degree in Economics from Harvard in 1978. Mr. Salas also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tengasco, Inc., and on the Boards of Directors of Williams Controls, Inc. and Southwall Technologies Inc.
Malcolm M. Aslin
Malcolm M. Aslin has served as a member of ACT's Board of Directors since August 2004. Mr. Aslin is presently a director of, and consultant to, Marshall and Isley Corporation, Inc. (NYSE MI), a diversified financial services company providing comprehensive financial products and services to personal, business, corporate and institutional customers nationwide.
He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Gold Banc Corporation, a registered bank holding company, from March 2003 to April 1, 2006, and was President and Chief Operating Officer of Gold Banc from February 1999 to March 2003.
From October 1995 until February 1999, Mr. Aslin served as Chairman of the Board of Western National Bank and Unison Bancorporation, Inc. and Chairman and Managing Director of CompuNet Engineering, L.L.C. Prior to Western National and CompuNet, Mr. Aslin spent more than 22 years in various positions with UMB Banks and United Missouri Financial Corporation, including President, Chief Operating Officer and Director of United Missouri Bancshares, Inc. and President and Director of UMB's Kansas City bank, United Missouri Bank of Kansas City, N.A.
Mr. Aslin received his B.S. and M.B.A. degrees from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Clarke H. Bailey
Mr. Bailey joined Entertainment Distribution Co. in December 1990 and has served in a variety of positions, initially as President and Chief Executive Officer. In June 1999, he was named Chairman of the Board. Mr. Bailey serves on the boards of ACT Teleconferencing, Inc. and Iron Mountain Incorporated. He has served on numerous corporate boards, including Swiss Army Brands, Inc., Koret, Inc. and Pulse Engineering, Inc. He also served on the board of the Norman Rockwell Museum.
Born in Great Falls, Montana and raised in California, Mr. Bailey holds a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Rhetoric from the University of California, Davis and a Master of Business Administration degree from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Naomi Perry
Ms. Perry has served as a member of ACT's Board of Directors since 2005. Ms. Perry was a Client Industry Executive in EDS' Global Communications Industry Group until December 2007. She began her career with EDS as a Systems Engineer and served as a Technical Instructor for the company's European Systems Engineer Development Program. Previously, she served as the Senior Director for Network Services Engineering and Operations Support for a broadband fixed wireless carrier and as the Vice President for Information Systems Engineering for an optical network provider.
Ms. Perry earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University. She received an MA in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago and an MA from the Graduate School of Public Policy Studies.
Richard M. Thon
Richard M. Thon has served as a member of ACT's Board of Directors since 2010. Mr. Thon was Assistant Treasurer at ARAMARK Corporation until June 2002. He began his career with ARAMARK in 1987 and served in various capacities in the Corporate Finance Department during his tenure there. Prior to joining ARAMARK, Mr. Thon was a Vice President in the International Department of Mellon Bank.
Mr. Thon also serves on the Board of Boston Restaurant Associates, Inc. He previously served on the Board of Horizons Unlimited Geriatric Education Corporation. Mr. Thon received a B.A. in Economics degree from Yale College and a Masters of Business Administration degree in Finance from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
