Joe Wright

Joe Wright currently serves as Executive Partner/Consultant to Comvest Partners. He is also Chairman of the Investment Committees of Surry Capital, LLC, ClearSky Power and Technology Fund, LLC and ClearSky Security Fund, Executive Chairman of Federal Data Systems and Senior Advisor to Chart Capital Partners. Joe is on the Boards of The Cowen Group and EBIX. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Council for Excellence in Government, Council of Chief Executives, Committee for Responsible Federal Budget, The Economic Club of New York and Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF). He previously served on the Board of Directors of Travelers, Harcourt Brace Janovich, Kroll, Titan, Proxim, Federal Signal, Hampton University, Priority Holdings, AT&T Government Markets and others. Joe was Chairman of Intelsat, CEO of PanAmSat, Chairman of GRC International, Executive Chairman of MTN Satellite Communications, CEO of Scientific Games, Co-Chairman of Baker & Taylor, EVP, Vice Chairman and Director of W. R. Grace, Chairman of Grace Energy Company and President of Grace Environmental Company, Senior Advisor to Providence Equity, Vice Chairman of Terremark, President of two Citibank subsidiaries and Vice President and Partner of Booz Allen and Hamilton, in addition to executive positions in several other smaller companies. Joe served in the U.S. Government under President Reagan as Deputy Director and Director of the Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and a member of the President’s Cabinet. Prior to that he was Deputy Secretary of the Department of Commerce. In addition, he held various management and economic positions in the Federal Departments of Defense, Commerce and Agriculture. Joe received the Distinguished Citizens Award from President Reagan, was appointed to the President’s Export Council by President H.W. Bush as Chairman of the Export Control Sub-Committee. He was also appointed to the President’s Commission on U.S. Postal Service Reform and the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC), the Federal Communications Commission’s Network Reliability and Interoperability Council and several other advisory boards by President George W. Bush. He served on the Defense Business Board under three Presidents, including the present administration. Joe has active Top Secret and SCI clearances with the U.S. Government. He was also awarded the Government Computer News Annual Award for Excellence at the Government Computer Expo in 1985.