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Phil brings 33 years of operating experience and 3 years of private equity experience to the LNK team. Prior to joining LNK, Phil was a 23-year veteran of Quaker Oats, where he held positions of increasing responsibility, including President.  At Quaker, he played a leading role in building Gatorade into a global brand, from $70 million to $1 billion in sales. From Quaker, Phil moved on to become President and COO of Dean Foods (NYSE: DF), where he led the successful repositioning of milk as a beverage, introducing the "Chug" packaging that revolutionized the dairy business. Subsequent to Dean Foods, Phil was President and CEO of Pepsi North America. Under his leadership, Pepsi outgrew Coke in North America and the Pepsi Bottling Group was spun off into an independent public company.

Most recently, Phil was President and CEO of Levi Strauss, a leading global apparel company with more than $4 billion of sales in more than 110 countries. At Levi's he and his leadership team were credited with restoring the company's financial strength, reestablishing its competitiveness across all dimensions of the business, and revitalizing the brand around the world.

Phil is currently on the Board of Directors of Ariat, Natural Food Holdings, Kaiser Permanente, and Georgetown University. As well, he is Chairman of the Board of Shutterfly (Nasdaq: SFLY). He received a Bachelor of Arts in history from Georgetown University and earned a MBA from Northwestern University.