John C. Sites, Jr., 55, joined Wexford in 2006 and became a Partner in 2008.  Mr. Sites focuses on both private and public equity investing.  He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Federal National Mortgage Association (NYSE: FNM). From 1996-2006, Mr. Sites was a general partner of Daystar Special Situations Fund and Rock Creek Partners II, Ltd.  From 1981-95, Mr. Sites was employed by Bear Stearns & Co., Inc. where he attained the position of Executive Vice President and was a member of the Board of Directors.  While at Bear Stearns, Mr. Sites established the firm’s mortgage and asset-backed department, served on the firm’s executive and compensation committees, was co-head of the taxable fixed income group and oversaw Bear Stearns Asset Management as well as the Financials Institutions Group. From 1974-1981, Mr. Sites worked at Trading Company of the West, First Pennco Securities and Morgan, Keegan & Company.  Mr. Sites holds a BA in economics from Rhodes College and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.