Mr. Viola serves as Chief Operating Officer and member of the Management Committee of Crescent Capital Group LP, where he has been a member of the team since 2001. Prior to Crescent, Mr. Viola worked in various roles within the Leveraged Finance Group at TCW. He serves as the Board Chair of Verbum Dei High School and as a Trustee for the Catholic Education Foundation of Los Angeles, which grants scholarships to over 10,000 K-12 students in need throughout greater Los Angeles. Mr. Viola received an MBA from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California and a BA in English and a minor in Business Administration from the University of San Diego.