Thomas O. Hicks, Jr. joined Hicks Holdings LLC at its inception as Vice President in 2005. In addition to his involvement with Hicks Holdings, he serves as Co-CEO of Hicks Cedar Park LLC.

Prior to his involvement with Hicks Holdings, Hicks was an analyst at Greenhill & Co. LLC, a New York-based merchant banking firm. As an analyst, Hicks was involved in numerous private equity, mergers and acquisition advisory and financial restructuring transactions. He also served several roles for the Texas Rangers Baseball Club and Dallas Stars Hockey Club from 2004 through 2011.

Hicks, a resident of Dallas, graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2001. He is an Independent Director of Resolute Energy Corporation, an oil and gas exploration and development company based in Denver, Colorado. He served as Chairman of the Campaign for Children in Crisis for Big Brothers Big Sisters Organization of North Texas, successfully raising over $30,000,000 for the organization. He currently serves on the board of Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star Chapter, and a member of Business Executives for National Security.

Mack H. Hicks has served as a vice president of Hicks Holdings LLC since January 2007. In addition to his involvement with Hicks Holdings, he currently is Co-CEO of Hicks Cedar Park LLC and serves as a Governor for Texas Stars (AHL).

Prior to his involvement with Hicks Holdings, Hicks served as a research analyst at Halcyon Asset Management LLC from January 2006 to December 2006. Halcyon is a multi-strategy investment firm, where he was involved in investments in fixed income securities and in public and private equity transactions.

From June 2004 to January 2006, he served as an analyst in the Financial Sponsors Group of Credit Suisse, an investment banking firm. As an analyst at Credit Suisse, Hicks was involved with several leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations and acquisitions.

Hicks received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 2003. He currently serves on the boards of Wahanda, a U.K. based health, beauty and wellness company, and Dallas Providence Homes, a transformational housing ministry serving the victims of domestic violence and abuse. He currently resides in Dallas, Texas.

Alex Hicks worked for the Texas Rangers Baseball Club from 2004 through 2011, working in Baseball Operations and Player Development. He currently serves as Executive Vice President of Hicks Cedar Park LLC. Hicks attended the University of Texas-Arlington, and graduated in 2008 with a degree in Sports Management. Hicks is currently an MBA candidate at Southern Methodist University. He and his wife, Portia, reside in Dallas, Texas.

Hicks Holdings was formed in January 2005 as the family office owning and operating the Hicks Family's real estate and other assets and investments. Hicks Holdings currently consists of three principal business units:

Hicks Equity Partners is the private equity arm of Hicks Holdings and currently has ownership stakes in four companies: Anvita Health, an emerging leader in clinical decision support systems; Latrobe Specialty Metals Company, a leading producer and distributor of specialty steels and alloys; DirecPath, a company jointly formed by Hicks Holdings and DIRECTV in May 2006 to provide bundled DIRECTV programming, broadband voice and data services, security and other locally based services to multiple-dwelling-unit residences (MDUs) across the United States; and Ocular LCD, Inc., a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of high-performance liquid crystal displays, modules and systems. Hicks Acquisition Company (HAC), a specialty purpose acquisition company (SPAC) formed by Hicks Equity Partners, raised $552 million in an initial public offering in October 2007, which was the largest SPAC initial public offering at that time, and successfully merged with Resolute Natural Resources in September of 2009. Following the success of Hicks Acquisition Company 1, Hicks Equity Partners raised HAC2, a $150 million SPAC in October 2010 and is currently still seeking a business combination.

Hicks Real Estate Holdings, consisting of real estate assets in sports venue developments including Champions Park, an office and hotel, development adjacent to the Dallas Stars practice facility and the Dr Pepper Ballpark in Frisco, Texas; and other real estate development projects.

Hicks Trans American Partners, pursues corporate acquisitions and real estate development in Latin America, currently including Grupo Pilar, a leading animal and pet food company; and El Desafio Resort (San Martin de los Andes, Argentina); Dos Valles (Bariloche, Argentina); and a planned Jack Nicklaus Golf Club of Patagonia (Bariloche, Argentina).

Texas Stars President and Alternate Governor and Cedar Park Center General Manager

Rick McLaughlin begins his third year as the President and Alternate Governor of the Texas Stars Hockey Club and General Manager of Cedar Park Center. McLaughlin previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Dallas Stars, overseeing the start-up of the Texas Stars, as well as the design and construction of Cedar Park Center.

Prior to working with the Dallas Stars, McLaughlin served as Executive Vice President of Business Operations for Major League Baseball's Texas Rangers. McLaughlin oversaw all areas of facilities, event and stadium operations, parking, security, concessions and merchandising for the team. He also managed the club's business operations interest at the Rangers' spring training facility in Surprise, Arizona.

McLaughlin was heavily involved in the design, development and construction of Hicks Holdings sports-entertainment complex in Frisco, Texas, and the Rangers' Spring Training facility in Surprise.

McLaughlin also is involved in a variety of other business operations for Hicks Sports Group after being appointed Executive Vice President for the company in August, 2001. The previous three years, he served as Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning for Hicks Holdings. In that role, he oversaw the company's interests in the construction, development and operation of American Airlines Center, which opened in July, 2001.

McLaughlin joined the Dallas Stars in the summer of 1993 after the franchise's move to Texas. In his position as Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer, from 1993-1999, he was responsible for the team's finance, administration and business operations. McLaughlin was part of the 1999 Dallas Stars Stanley Cup executive management team, resulting in his name being engraved on the Stanley Cup.

From 1983-93, McLaughlin was Vice President of Finance of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Civic Arena Corporation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. During his tenure, McLaughlin was part of both the 1990 and Stanley Cup Championships. He also served as Business Manager for the Silver-medal winning USA team that participated in the 1991 Canada Cup.

An active participant in the community, McLaughlin is the President of the newly formed Texas Stars Foundation. He is also a board member for the Cedar Park Tourism Advisory Board and previously served as a board member for the Cedar Park Chamber of Commerce.

McLaughlin received his B.S. in Accounting from Saint Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania, in 1979. McLaughlin resides in Georgetown with his wife Monica, they have two children: Lindsay and Sean.

Silver was appointed Vice President in August 2010 after accepting the position of Assistant Vice President in June of 2009.

Prior to joining the organization, Silver served as Vice President of Finance for Olympia Entertainment in Detroit, Michigan. Silver oversaw the financial management of Joe Louis Arena, the Detroit Red Wings' corporate and suite sales departments, the Fox Theatre and a variety of other Olympia properties. Before relocating to Michigan, Silver spent nine years with the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League in Phoenix, Arizona. Silver progressed from Assistant Controller of the hockey club to Executive Director of Finance of the Coyotes, the Jobing.com Arena and the Arizona Sting Lacrosse Club.

In 2003, Silver was promoted to Controller of the Jobing.com Arena at the start of the venue's construction. As part of the arena's executive management team, Silver was heavily involved in the design and implementation of the arena's operating policies and procedures.

Silver began his career as an auditor with the Phoenix office of PriceWaterhouseCoopers after receiving his B.A. degree from the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona, and earning his CPA designation.

Chandler Merritt is responsible for all operations including Guest Services, Security, Parking, Events Services, Information Technology, Production, Food and Beverage, Facility Maintenance and Housekeeping.

Merritt served as Director of Marketing Operations for the Dallas Stars, overseeing all operations for events, including execution of special events and game night operations. Before that, Merritt served as the Stars' Producer of Game Night Operations, responsible for the presentation and production of all Dallas Stars home games.

Prior to working with the Dallas Stars, Merritt worked with the Texas Rangers Baseball Club in Arlington as a Community Relations Assistant from January of 2005 to August 2005. With the Rangers, he supervised all community events, handled logistics for Rangers' team members and maintained relationships with local colleges and school districts in the Arlington area. Merritt began his career as an Audio Technician and Production Assistant for country music star Toby Keith.

Merritt received a B.A. in Economics and a B.S. in Kinesiology, with a concentration in Sport Management, from the University of Texas at Austin in 2005. He currently resides in Liberty Hill, Texas.

Danielle joined Hicks Sports Group (HSG) in Dallas as the Director of Corporate Sales, where she was responsible for corporate sponsorships and advertising for the Dallas Stars, Texas Rangers and other sports properties represented by HSG.

In June 2009, Danielle made the move to Cedar Park joining the Texas as the Senior Director of Corporate Sales and was appointed Assistant Vice President of Corporate Sales in 2010. She is responsible for overseeing corporate sponsorship, luxury suite sales and partnership activation for Cedar Park Center and the Texas Stars.

Danielle is a graduate of the University of California Los Angeles, holding a B.A. in Political Science and History.

A seasoned marketing communications and entertainment business professional, Kevin Grove is responsible for booking and marketing events at Cedar Park Center.

Grove served as Senior Manager of Event Marketing and Strategic Partnerships for three years with Carol H. Williams Advertising (2005-2008) where he was based at global headquarters for General Motors. While there, he directed integrated marketing efforts, with an emphasis on entertainment marketing.

Grove served as Director of Event Marketing for three years at GlobalHue (2002-2005) and directed the advertising agency's experiential and partnership marketing-related efforts on behalf of Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep. While there, he orchestrated award-winning marketing campaigns and partnership programs that resulted in more than a billion media impressions.

Having served as Director of Events and Event Operations for 15 years at Brass Ring Productions (1986-2001), Grove has extensive experience booking and promoting entertainment events across the country in a wide variety of venues. He and his teammates kept this Michigan based concert promoter toward the top of the charts and they were one of the highest annual grossing promoters in the U.S.

A graduate of Middle Tennessee State University, Kevin resides in the Austin area.

Prior to joining the Texas Stars in April of 2010, Delay served first as Director of Corporate Services and later as the Vice President of the Las Vegas Wranglers (ECHL) in Las Vegas, Nevada. His responsibilities in Las Vegas covered a wide range of the day-to-day team operations including sales, marketing, game operations and hockey operations. The 2011-12 season marks his 13th full season in professional ice hockey.

Before joining the Wranglers, Delay served as Area Marketing Manager for Borders Books & Music covering the Las Vegas, Nevada and Tucson, Arizona markets, while overseeing marketing and special events within both cities. His past sports experience also includes time with the Colorado Gold Kings (WCHL), Las Vegas Thunder (IHL), and Las Vegas Stars (AAA baseball).

Delay is a graduate of the University of Miami, earning a Bachelor of Science degree with a double major of Marine Science & Biology (1993). He also holds an MSEd with a concentration in Sports Management (1996).

He currently resides in Cedar Park with his wife Meredith and daughter Caitlyn.

Les Jackson enters his 24th season with the Stars, dating back to the club's days in Minnesota. Most of that time has been spent doing what he does best - managing and overseeing the club's scouting program, which includes monitoring the development of all amateur and professional prospects.

Jackson, 58, has played an instrumental role in building the Stars into the consistently competitive hockey club that it has become over the last two decades. Learning from the tutelage of respected general managers such as Bob Clarke, Bob Gainey and Lou Nanne during his tenure with the Stars, Jackson also assisted in the evaluation of players as it related to movement within the organization including the entry draft, trades and free agent signings. During Jackson's watch as head of the scouting staff, the Stars selected such future NHL stars as Mike Modano, Derian Hatcher, Jere Lehtinen, Jarome Iginla, Marty Turco, Brenden Morrow and Jamie Benn, among others.

Jackson was an assistant general manager with the Atlanta Thrashers for two seasons (1998-2000), after spending 13 years in a variety of roles in the Stars' organization, including assistant general manager from 1993-98. Jackson was drafted by the Boston Bruins in 1972 and played two seasons in the minors, then began his career as a hockey executive. His minor professional coaching career included stints in Billings and Great Falls, Montana; Tucson, Arizona; and New Westminster and Revelstoke, British Columbia. He also spent five years as assistant coach and general manager of the Western Hockey League's Brandon Wheat Kings.

A native of Manning, Alberta, Jackson resides in Coppell and has three sons, Brock, Drake and Reid.

Scott White was hired as the first general manager of the Texas Stars Hockey Club of the AHL on November 19, 2008. He was instrumental in building the Texas Stars 2009-10 inaugural season team, which made a run to the 2010 Calder Cup Finals.

A veteran of six AHL seasons, White has been with the Dallas Stars organization since 2005, most recently serving as a professional scout and director of minor league operations. He headed up the hockey department for the Iowa Stars, Dallas' then-primary affiliate, for three seasons, and prior to joining the Stars organization, served as head coach of the Columbia Inferno of the ECHL for four seasons. White guided Columbia to a Kelly Cup Finals appearance in 2003 and the Inferno made the playoffs every year with him at the helm. He finished with a 165-87-36 record (.635) over four seasons with the Inferno.

In Columbia, he was responsible for all the club's hockey operation activities, including recruiting, scouting, trades and roster moves. White worked as an assistant coach with the Greensboro Monarchs (ECHL) for a season and a half, and was an assistant coach at his alma mater, Michigan Tech University, from 1994-1999.

White played five years of professional hockey from 1989-1994, including three seasons with Greensboro, where he won the 1990 ECHL Championship and earned ECHL Defenseman of the Year and First-Team All-ECHL honors for the 1991-92 season. He signed with the Ottawa Senators in 1992 and played the entire season with the club's developmental affiliate in New Haven, capturing team MVP honors after scoring 54 points (10 goals, 44 assists) in 80 games. The Quebec native finished his professional career with 235 points (55 goals, 180 assists) in 190 regular season games and 40 points (8 goals, 32 assists) in 41 playoff games.

White resides in Leander with his wife Kathy. They have four children: Emily, Katie, William and Madelyn.

Jeff Pyle was named the second head coach in Texas Stars history on July 15, 2011. Pyle enters his first season as a head coach in the AHL in 2011-12. Overall, Pyle is in his 15th professional season after spending the last 12 years in the ECHL.

Pyle recently served in the same capacity for the Gwinnett Gladiators of the ECHL from 2003-11, posting a 309-210-57 mark over eight seasons. The veteran coach also spent four years with the ECHL's Mobile Mysticks from 1998-2002. In 12 years in the ECHL, Pyle posted a 446-323-91 mark (.572). He ranks in the top five in the ECHL for all-time coaching marks, including regular season wins (446 - 3rd), seasons coached (12 - 3rd), regular season games coached (860 - 3rd), playoff appearances (9 -3rd) and playoff games coached (72 - 5th). In 2005-06, Pyle posted his best season as a head coach, going 50-15-7 (.743) and making an appearance in the ECHL's Kelly Cup Finals. It was only the ninth time in ECHL history that a team recorded 50 wins. Pyle was selected to coach three ECHL All-Star Games during his tenure in Gwinnett, tying the record for most times a coach has appeared in the mid-season classic (tied with former Texas Stars coach Glen Gulutzan).

Before joining Mobile, Pyle was an assistant coach for Grand Rapids of the International Hockey League in 1997-98. He began his coaching career in 1985-86 when he was a player/assistant coach with Saginaw of the IHL. Pyle played 13 professional seasons in North America and Germany beginning in 1981-82 with Binghamton of the American Hockey League. Pyle played five seasons in the IHL, two with Flint and three with Saginaw, and in his 10-year career he scored 1,313 points (490g-823a) in 795 games. He was named as a league all-star eight times and league Most Valuable Player three times. Pyle was named team MVP nine times and helped his teams win four league titles.

Pyle and his wife, Cathy, have a son, Ryan, and a daughter, Lauren.

Jeff Truitt was named the second assistant coach in Texas Stars history on July 17, 2011. Truitt enters the 2011-12 season as an assistant coach with over 13 years of combined coaching experience between the AHL and WHL. Truitt spent the 2010-11 season as an assistant coach with San Antonio, helping the Rampage post its best record in four seasons (40-33-4-3, 87 points). Prior to his position with San Antonio, he spent the 2009-10 season as the Director of Hockey Operations for the Moose Jaw Warriors, who qualified for the WHL playoffs. Truitt also spent two seasons in the AHL with Springfield from 2007-09. Truitt was assistant coach for the Falcons in 2007-08. He was promoted to head coach in 2008-09, going 16-27-6-1 over 50 games.

Truitt gained valuable coaching experience in the WHL from 1993-96 as the assistant coach for the Lethbridge Hurricanes. Truitt was hired by the Kelowna Rockets in 2000, spending four seasons (2000-04) as the assistant coach before the Rockets promoted him in 2004 to head coach. In three seasons, the Rockets posted a 113-76-18-9 (.586) mark with two postseason appearances. Over a combined seven seasons with the Rockets, Truitt helped the club win two WHL championships (2003, 2005) and a pair of WHL regular season titles (2003, 2004). Truitt and the Rockets took three trips to the Memorial Cup tournament (2003, 2004 and 2005) capturing the Cup in 2004. Truitt was also instrumental in helping team Canada's National Junior Team win a silver medal in 2004, as well as taking gold by winning the under-18 Juniors in 2004.

Truitt and his wife Shauna have a son, Cale, and a daughter, Kerrington.

DJ Amadio begins his second season in the Dallas Stars organization as the Athletic Trainer for the Texas Stars.

Amadio began working in professional hockey in 2001 with the Flint Generals of the UHL. He spent three years in the ECHL with the Greensboro Generals and the Texas Wildcatters before signing in 2005 with the Calgary Flames farm team, the Omaha Knights. Amadio worked in Omaha for two seasons (2005-07) and moved with the Flames top farm team in 2007 to Quad City, Ill. The team spent two years in Quad City from 2007-09 before relocating again in the summer of 2009. Calgary moved its AHL franchise to Abbotsford, BC, in 2009 and Amadio spent the 2009-10 season with the Abbotsford Heat.

Amadio is a Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC) with a Bachelors of Exercise and Sport Science in Athletic Training from the University of Florida. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), and has been a National Registered Emergency Medical Technician. Amadio studied Traditional Chinese Medicine at the Toronto School of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He also was schooled at the Institute of Therapeutic Massage and Wellness, holding a Massage Certification through the NCBTMB.

DJ resides in Cedar Park with his wife Melissa; they have three daughters: Emily, Myah and Brielle.

Brian Garcia enters his third season as the head equipment manager for the Texas Stars and his 11th season in professional hockey.

Prior to joining the Texas Stars, he spent the four years with the ECHL's Las Vegas Wranglers from 2005-09. The ECHL selected Garcia to work the 2009 All-Star Game in Reading, Pa. The Covina, Calif., native worked four seasons (2001-2005) with the Long Beach Ice Dogs (ECHL) as an assistant equipment manager prior to moving to Las Vegas.

Garcia resides in Cedar Park.

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