Kevin Penn

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Mr. Kevin Penn serves as Managing Director, Investments at American Securities. He serves as Investment Board Member at University of Pennsylvania Endowment. He also is an Angel Investor. He has been a Class I director of the Blue Bird since June 3, 2016, and has served as a Managing Director of American Securities LLC since 2009. Mr. Penn is currently Chairman of the Board of Blue Bird Corporation, Learning Care Group, and Metaldyne Performance Group as well as a director of Frontier Spinning Mills and Ulterra Drilling Technologies. Mr. Penn is also a director of Unified Logistics, an investment of ACI Capital Co., LLC. Prior to joining American Securities, Mr. Penn founded and headed ACI Capital Co., LLC (in 1995). Previously, Mr. Penn was Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer for a family investment company, First Spring Corporation, where he managed private equity, direct investment, and public investment portfolios. Earlier in his career, Mr. Penn was a Principal with the private equity firm Adler & Shaykin and was a founding member of the Leveraged Buyout Group at Morgan Stanley & Co. Mr. Penn holds a B.S. degree in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business and an M.B.A. degree from Harvard Business School with high distinction. Mr. Penn has been selected to serve on our board of directors based on his knowledge of School Bus Holdings and his experience as a board member of and executive with private equity firms that invest in, other manufacturing companies. He also serves as Board Member at Foundation Building Materials.