William R. Voss

William R. Voss is founder and managing director of Lake Pacific Partners, LLC, a private equity investment firm primarily focusing on consumer products, consumer services, and related industries. He is a successful business executive, entrepreneur and investor.

Immediately prior to forming Lake Pacific, Mr. Voss was the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Natural Nutrition Group (NNG), a company he formed to acquire and develop brands in the expanding but fragmented natural food industry. Between 1996 and 1999, NNG acquired several companies, including Health Valley, creating one of the largest natural food manufacturers in the U.S. In May 1999, NNG was sold to the Hain Celestial Group, a public company with interests in the natural food industry.

Prior to forming NNG, Mr. Voss was chief executive officer of McCain Foods, a large privately owned frozen food manufacturer. He also served as president and chief operating officer and director of Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation, a $1 billion publicly traded food processor. In addition, he was a principal with Booz, Allen & Hamilton, management consultants, where he advised Fortune 500 clients in the consumer products and retailing industries.

Mr. Voss currently serves as a director of Teepak, a meat casing company; Maxi Canada, a frozen food company; Gladson, a marketing services company; and Nash Finch Company, a grocery retailer and wholesaler. He has previously served as a director and advisory board member with numerous other public, private and not-for-profit organizations. He is a member of the World Presidents’ Organization.

Mr. Voss received an MBA degree from Stanford University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin.

Terry E. Sebastian

Terry Sebastian is founder and managing director of Lake Pacific Partners, LLC, a private equity investment firm primarily focusing on consumer products, consumer services, and related industries.

Prior to forming Lake Pacific, Mr. Sebastian was senior vice president of Natural Nutrition Group (NNG), a leading manufacturer of branded organic food products. At NNG, he led the successful operational turnaround of Health Valley Company, and oversaw the integration of two acquired brands, Breadshop’s and Casbah, into NNG’s existing manufacturing and distribution systems.

Previously, Mr. Sebastian was an executive with McCain Foods, where he led key strategy initiatives and implemented major performance improvements. Mr. Sebastian was also a management consultant with Booz, Allen & Hamilton, where he worked on corporate strategy, reorganization, and cost reduction engagements for Fortune 500 clients in several industries.

Mr. Sebastian serves as a director of Teepak, a meat casing company; Maxi Canada, a frozen food company; and Gladson, a marketing services company. He is a member of Young Presidents' Organization.

Mr. Sebastian received an MBA degree from the Harvard Business School and a BBA with high honors from the University of Texas at Austin.

Gregory M. O’Brien

Greg O'Brien is an Associate with Lake Pacific Partners, LLC, a private equity investment firm primarily focusing on consumer products, consumer services, and related industries.

Prior to joining Lake Pacific, Mr. O'Brien worked for the Carlyle Management Group, the Carlyle Group’s $590 million turnaround buyout fund. At CMG he was responsible for identifying and evaluating acquisition targets.

His prior experience includes numerous consulting engagements as part of New York Consulting Partners, an operations strategy consulting firm. Examples of engagements include the turnaround of a $100 million division of a consumer packaging company and a cost reduction project for a $1 billion fresh foods company.

Mr. O'Brien received an MBA degree from the Stanford Graduate School of Business where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar and a BS with honors in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University.

Nathan B. Saegesser

Nathan Saegesser is an Analyst with Lake Pacific Partners, LLC, a private equity investment firm primarily focusing on consumer products, consumer services, and related industries.

Prior to joining Lake Pacific, Mr. Saegesser worked in the Transaction Services Group with KPMG in Chicago. He has experience conducting acquisition due diligence investigations in a wide variety of industries for private equity clients. His industry experience includes retail, aerospace, chemical production, manufacturing, and financial services.

Mr. Saegesser earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, graduating with honors.