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Investment Professionals

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Dan O’Connell

Founder and CEO

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Norm Alpert

Founding Partner and Co-President

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Rob Rosner

Founding Partner, Co-President and Chair of the Investment Committee

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Jim Kelley

Founding Partner & Managing Director

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Nikhil Bhat

Managing Director & Co-Head of Business & Technology Services

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Chris Durbin

Managing Director

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Jim Elrod

Managing Director

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Roger Holstein

Managing Director

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Kevin Mundt

Managing Director

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Ken O’Keefe

Managing Director, COO, Investor Relations Head

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Winston Song

Managing Director & Co-Head of Consumer

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Michelle Bergman

Chief Compliance Officer, General Counsel

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Diya Talwar

Principal

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Jake Olson

Principal

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Mike Vaupen

Principal

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Neil Merchant

Vice President

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Ariana Scotti

Vice President

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Mark Dirzulaitis

Vice President

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Angela Yun

Vice President

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Wilson Orr

Vice President

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Ian Singleton

Vice President

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William Mendez

Senior Associate

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Alex Veronneau

Senior Associate

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Kimberly Lu

Senior Associate

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Jennifer Howson

Associate

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Ryan Zinsky

Associate

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Madison Denomme

Associate

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Grace Phillips

Associate

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Michael Wong

Associate

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Senior Advisors

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Jeffrey Ansell

Senior Advisor

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Wayne Callahan

Senior Advisor

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Frank Ingari

Senior Advisor

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Stephen Gold

Senior Advisor

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Pedro Guimaraes

Senior Advisor

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Arthur Nagle

Founding Partner & Senior Advisor

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Brian Schwartz

Senior Advisor

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Jane Wildman

Senior Advisor

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Administrative Professionals

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Brendan Spillane

Managing Director, CFO

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Aaron Jenkins

Fund Controller

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Susan Hoffmann

Finance/Accounting

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Anna McGoldrick

Finance/Accounting

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Shirley A. Knight

Management Company Controller

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Allen Meza

Finance/Accounting

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Helen Lee

Facilities / IT

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Balvinder Adib

Administrative Support

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Ann Marie Bussanich

Administrative Support

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Susan M. DeGiulio

Administrative Support

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Karen Demeusy

Administrative Support

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Sandy Giusti

Administrative Support

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Renee Hamilton

Administrative Support

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Ellin Jarmel

Administrative Support

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Jennifer Cowperthwaite

Administrative Support

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Lorraine Ranahan

Administrative Support

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