GLHA

Failed

Glass Houses Acquisition Corp.

Underwriter: Jefferies
Raised
$200M
CIK
1841734
SPAC Ticker
GLHAU
Focus
Natural Resources, Materials, Energy, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Decarbonization, Unicorns
External link: SEC Filings

SPAC Team

Leadership

Quincy Fennebresque, serves as our Chief Executive Officer . Mr. Fennebresque is a private investor in both public and private equities. Since 2016, in addition to being a private investor, he has served as a consultant to a number of leading hedge funds and venture private equity firms across a range of different sectors. Previously, Quincy was with Miura Global Management from 2011 to 2015, where he led the firm’s media and telecom investments. Prior to joining Miura, he was the founder and portfolio manager of Venesprie Capital from 2008 to 2010. Before Venesprie, Quincy worked at Tiger Management from 2004 to 2008, as both an analyst and portfolio manager. Quincy received his B.A. in Political Science from Yale University. Billy Fennebresque, the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Stronghold Resource Partners and one of our founders, is Quincy Fennebresque’s cousin. We believe Mr. Fennebresque’s strong track record in identifying and investing in disruptive technologies makes him well qualified to serve on our board of directors.

Tonya Clark, serves as our Chief Financial Officer . Mrs. Clark held roles as CEO and CFO at Heritage Health Solutions, Inc. from 2010 to 2021. In 2018, she led the organization through its acquisition by private equity. Prior to joining Heritage, Mrs. Clark began her career in the State and Local Tax group of PriceWaterhouseCoopers and was with PriceWaterhouseCoopers from 1997 to 2002 and was a partner in a boutique accounting firm from 2002 to 2010. Tonya is a licensed CPA in Texas. She received a BBA in Accounting and a MPA in Tax from The University of Texas at Austin.

Kwame Som-Pimpong, serves as a Director . Mr. Som-Pimpong has advised government agencies as part of Deloitte’s Customer Strategy & Applied Design practice since August 2018. From February 2018 to July 2018, he was the co-founder of business media company CultureBanx, highlighting unique stories and leaders exhibiting the impact Black people have on the market across industries. Prior to founding CultureBanx, Mr. Som-Pimpong worked at Management Leadership for Tomorrow from November 2016 to February 2018, managing a partnership between the Econet Group and African Leadership Network to build a pipeline of American business leaders with experience working in African markets. Mr. Som-Pimpong began his career as a lobbyist in 2012 representing cities at the Georgia state legislature before joining the Government Accountability Office in 2013 to work on performance audits in federal agencies that touch the financial, justice, and health care systems. Mr. Som-Pimpong holds a B.A. in Political Science from Davidson College and M.P.A. from the University of Georgia. We believe Mr. Som-Pimpong is well qualified to serve on our board of directors based on his access to diversified deal flow.

Layne Logigian, serves as a Director . Mrs. Logigian is currently the CEO & Chairman of Mignonne Gavigan Inc., a consumer e-commerce company that she co-founded in 2014. Prior to Mignonne Gavigan, Mrs. Logigian worked at Annaly Capital Management (NYSE: NLY) from 2011 to 2014 in their Strategy and Capital Markets group, focused on M&A, corporate governance, equity financing and business strategy. Mrs. Logigian started her career at Deutsche Bank in Investment Banking with their Financial Sponsors Group from 2009 to 2011, where she was involved in debt and equity transactions for private equity portfolio companies across industries. Mrs. Logigian earned her B.A. in Economics from Duke University. We believe Mrs. Logigian’s extensive operating experience as an entrepreneur makes her well qualified to serve on our board of directors.

Lee Styslinger III, serves as a Director . Mr. Styslinger is the Chairman and CEO of Altec Inc., the holding company for Altec Industries, Capital Services, National Equipment Company, Altec Worldwide, Global Rental and Altec Ventures. He became President of Altec in 1994 and was named CEO in 1997. Altec was founded in 1929 by Mr. Styslinger’s grandfather and today is a global leader that designs and manufactures products and services for the electric utility, telecommunications and contractor markets in over 100 countries throughout the world. Mr. Styslinger serves on the boards of Workday, Regions Financial Corporation, Vulcan Materials Company, Harvard Business School, Children’s Hospital, and the Altec/Styslinger Foundation. He is also a member of the Business Roundtable, the Business Council and the Council on Foreign Relations (“CFR”). Mr. Styslinger co-authored CFR’s 2018 independent task force report The Work Ahead. Mr. Styslinger served on the President’s Export Council advising the President on trade policy from 2006 to 2008. In 2017, he served on the President’s Manufacturing Council. Lee earned his B.A. from Northwestern University in 1983 and his MBA from Harvard University in 1988. We believe Mr. Styslinger’s extensive executive-level business experience makes him well qualified to serve on our board of directors.

Jonathan Auerbach, serves as a Director . Mr. Auerbach is the Portfolio Manager of Hound Partners, a New York based Investment Manager with several billion of assets under management, which he founded in 2004. From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Auerbach ran a long/short equity portfolio at Stark Investments. Before joining Stark Investments, Mr. Auerbach worked at W.R. Huff from 1999 to 2002 where he was an analyst researching investments in high yield bonds, private equity, and special situations. Jonathan also worked for Spark L.P., a quantitative fund founded by a founder of D. E. Shaw, from 1996 to 1998 where he acted as COO and head of business development. Jonathan received his MBA from Columbia Business School in 2000 and his A.B. in mathematics from Princeton University in 1996. While at Princeton, Jonathan won awards for being the top senior and junior in the mathematics department. We believe Mr. Auerbach’s significant investing and operating experience makes him well qualified to serve on our board of directors.