Mr. Hawley began his venture capital career in 1974 as a General Partner of Foster Management Company, where he managed both a venture capital and buyout fund. Prior to Foster Management, Mr. Hawley was Executive Vice President of Laidlaw-Coggeshall Inc.. where he was responsible for corporate finance and venture capital activities. Formerly, he was associated with Lazard Freres, Eaton & Howard, Inc., and Stein, Roe & Farnham. Mr. Hawley founded Saugatuck Associates in 1982.

Mr. Hawley is the Chairman of Floor & Decor Outlets of America, Inc. and serves as a Director of Waterloo Restaurant Ventures and The TharpeRobbins Company.

He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.S. degree in Physics and received an M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.