Kenneth A. Rubin, 53, joined Wexford in 1996 and became a Partner in 2001. Mr. Rubin focuses on both private and public equity investing and also has responsibility for select tax and corporate legal matters. He has served on the boards of a number of public and private companies in which Wexford has held investments. From 1983-96, Mr. Rubin was employed by Bear Stearns & Co., Inc. where he attained the positions of Managing Director and Assistant Secretary of its publicly traded parent, The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. While at Bear Stearns, Mr. Rubin managed the creation of a commercial mortgage lending conduit, acted as legal counsel to Office of the Secretary and had transactional responsibility for a number of partnership financing transactions. From 1979-83, Mr. Rubin was an Associate in the tax departments of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and Weil, Gotshal & Manges. Mr. Rubin holds a JD from Stanford Law School, Order of the Coif, a BA with honors in economics and mathematics from Yale University, magna cum laude, and is a member of the New York Bar.