Robert E. Garrison

ROBERT E. GARRISON II is President, Chief Executive Officer and a
Director of Sanders Morris Harris Group, Inc. Mr. Garrison co-founded
Harris, Webb & Garrison Investment Bankers, where he served as Executive
Vice President and Head of Investment Banking, and Pinnacle Management &
Trust, where he served as Chairman, CEO and Director. Mr. Garrison also
serves as a Director of Teraforce Technology Corp., First Capital
Bankers, Inc., FirstCity Financial Corp. Inc., Somerset House Publishing
and as a Director and member of the Finance Committee of the Memorial
Hermann Hospitals Systems. Previously, Mr. Garrison was President and
CEO of Medical Center Bank & Trust Company, a Managing Partner of Lovett
Mitchell Webb & Garrison (a division of Kemper Securitites Group, Inc.),
and a Director of Research for Underwood Neuhaus and Co., an investment
banker. He has over 35 years’ experience in the securities industry and
is a Chartered Financial Analyst.