CHIP MEASELLS chipm@wyattmatas.com
Letter from Chip Measells
Chip Measells is managing partner at Wyatt Matas & Associates. Mr. Measells has been active for the past 14 years in the areas of mergers & acquisitions and finance and has successfully completed over 75 transactions involving a variety of industries. Before joining Wyatt Matas & Associates, he was the director of mergers & acquisitions at Fry Consultants, a global merchant bank in Atlanta, Georgia.

Previously, Mr. Measells was the president of a senior healthcare company where he managed the company through 11 successful acquisitions while keeping the company profitable. It was later sold to a national provider where Mr. Measells now serves on the board of directors. Mr. Measells has extensive relationships with privately held and publicly traded companies throughout the U.S., as well as contacts in mergers & acquisitions, equity analysis, private equity, and other banking and finance industries.

Mr. Measells serves on various committees and boards, including the Board of Governors for a not-for-profit micro-financing institution in Chicago. He has also received several awards in business, including "Mississippi Entrepreneur of the Year" and was selected as part of "Mississippi's Top 40 Under 40."

DAVID BELLAMY davidb@wyattmatas.com
David Bellamy is a Senior Advisor at Wyatt Matas & Associates, primarily focusing on developing opportunities in the health care industry. Mr. Bellamy brings over 15 years of venture capital and merger & acquisition experience at the vice president level. Mr. Bellamy’s background includes experience in the investment departments of Peoples National Bank and Security Balance Bank, where he worked with both institutions and high net worth individuals. David also brings extensive experience in both the equity and debt capital markets, having served for nine years as Vice President at Piper Jaffray.

FRANK HODGES frankh@wyattmatas.com
Frank Hodges has 36 years of merger & acquisition experience with some of the top investment banking companies in the country. Prior to joining Wyatt Matas & Associates as a partner, he practiced law at Whitendale and Hughes. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the University of Samford Foundation, former board member of the District of Columbia Research Institute, a member of the Atlanta Business Council and has also served on the board of director of over 25 private companies.

ED MANTHEY edm@wyattmatas.com
Ed Manthey joined Wyatt Matas & Associates as a partner in 2004. He has over 22 years experience in various levels of temporary staffing business management, as a business owner, and at the executive position level in the staffing service industry. His temporary staffing industry experience includes being president of a $29 million dollar staffing company with 75 employees in 16 locations located throughout six states. Mr. Manthey’s experience also includes seven years in franchise operations ranging from office start-ups, recruiting and sales to financial management consulting. Mr. Manthey’s experience includes the 1998 entrepreneurial start-up of TVL HealthCare, a national travel nurse company. In 2001 and 2002, The Atlanta Business Chronicle ranked TVL HealthCare the 15th and 20th fastest growing private company in Atlanta, respectively. Since the successful sale of TVL HealthCare, Mr. Manthey has worked in financial underwriting and obtaining financing for lower-middle market companies.