NILES C. OVERLY currently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BrightCastle Ventures LLC, a private equity and consulting company. He served as Chairman of The Frank Gates Companies/Avizent ("Frank Gates"), which specializes in employee benefit and risk management services, from 2003 to August 2008. Mr. Overly became Chairman of Frank Gates in 2003 and served as Chief Executive Officer from 1983 until March 2007. He also served as General Counsel for Frank Gates from 1979 until 1983. Prior to joining Frank Gates, Mr. Overly served as an international tax consultant with Arthur Andersen and Company. He was also a partner in the law firm of Overly, Spiker, Chappano, and Wood for five years.
Mr. Overly is a graduate of the University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce and received his juris doctorate from the University of Virginia School of Law. His professional society memberships include the American, Columbus, Ohio and Virginia Bar Associations, as well as the Ohio State and American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He currently serves as a member of the Columbus, Ohio and Dublin, Ohio Chambers of Commerce, a member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce and is a former Chairman of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce. He has also been active in the Young Presidents Organization, having served as the Chairman and Education Chair of the Columbus Chapter.
Mr. Overly is Chairman of the Audit Committee, a member of the Executive Committee and the Executive Compensation Committee of the GLIMCHER Board of Trustees. He is the Audit Committee Financial Expert as determined by the Board of Trustees.