Stephen J. Hicks has served as president and chief executive officer of JM Longyear, LLC, a privately held Michigan-based asset management company, since 2000. He has extensive expertise in development and execution of long-term business strategies and operations and has been involved in mining and resource projects in the states of Michigan and Minnesota. He has served on the board of several profit and non-profit organizations in Michigan. Mr. Hicks has a obtained a BS Accounting from the Michigan Technological University, and he has successfully completed the Illinois CPA Exam in 1989 and the University of Michigan Business School’s executive program in 1999.