Jospeh Adams

Joseph Adams is a managing director in private equity at Fortress and head of the Transportation and Infrastructure Group. Adams is also a member of the Management Committee of Fortress. Adams was the founder of Aircastle, and served as chairman of SeaCube Container Leasing Ltd, and vice chairman of RailAmerica, Inc. Prior to joining Fortress in April 2004, Adams was a partner at Brera Capital Partners and at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette where he was the head of the transportation industry group.  In 2002, Adams served as the first executive director of the US Air Transportation Stabilization Board. Adams received a BS in engineering from the University of Cincinnati and an MBA from Harvard Business School.