The Chicago Earnout Independent Sponsor Symposium Attendee Book
September 17th, 2026
Paul Marino Sadis & Goldberg LLP Partner 212.573.8158 pmarino@sadis.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/pamarino/ Paul Marino is a partner in the Financial Services and Corporate groups. Paul focuses his practice in matters concerning financial services, corporate law and corporate finance. Paul provides counsel in the areas of private equity funds and mergers and acquisitions for private equity firms and public and private companies and private equity fund and hedge fund formation. Paul works on a variety of M&A transactions, including leveraged acquisitions, divestitures of business divisions, going-private transactions, and other strategic acquisitions and dispositions, in the following industries: manufacturing, telecommunications, consumer products, hospitality, healthcare, and technology, among others. His practice also includes joint ventures and general company representation matters. Paul has represented national and multinational corporations, ranging from telecoms to tech companies, as well as real estate syndication and financial investors and investment advisors. He has also negotiated and structured a number of U.S. domestic and cross-border mergers and
Steve Brady Withum Partner / Practice Leader, Transaction Advisor Sbrady@withum.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevebrady1/
Drew Brantley Frisch Capital Founder / CEO drew@frisch.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewbrantleynever settle/
David Fitzgerald Sadis & Goldberg LLP Partner 212.573.8428 dfitzgerald@sadis.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-fitzgerald-408ab855/
I am an experienced transactional and regulatory attorney with specific expertise in leveraged finance, mergers & acquisitions, fund formation, private equity and hedge funds, including significant regulatory expertise in the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
Matthew Hays GRYPHON Chief Revenue Officer mhays@gryphon-strategies.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/haysmatt/
Matt Hays is a Partner and Chief Revenue Officer at Gryphon Strategies, where he advises private equity firms, independent sponsors, and other alternative investors on pre-transaction due diligence and strategic intelligence matters. He works closely with clients to identify reputational, operational, and management-related risks through in-depth background investigations, public-record research, and discreet primary-source intelligence. Matt joined Gryphon in 2019 after serving as the International Republican Institute’s country director for Thailand and Malaysia. Based in Bangkok, he advised political parties and elected officials across Southeast Asia on communications, constituent engagement, and policy development. Matt holds a master’s degree in Global Affairs from New York University and a B.A. in History from American University.
Lino Maldonado City National Bank Vice President – Relationship Manager Lino.Maldonado@cnb.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/lino-maldonado-01654114 5/ Lino Maldonado is a vice president and Relationship Manager for City National’s Commercial banking deposits team in La Jolla. With more than 16 years of banking experience, Mr. Maldonado specializes in managing clients across San Diego County and throughout City National’s footprint. He provides tailored solutions including operating accounts, client account servicing, treasury management, and various tailored escrow and holding accounts. Prior to joining City National, he spent 11 years at US Management in San Diego. Mr. Maldonado graduated from San Diego State University with a bachelor of Business Administration.
John McQuiston City National Bank Senior Vice President John.mcquiston@cnb.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-mcquiston-5a336520/
Amy Rooks ExtensisHR Sales Manager arooks@extensishr.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-rooks-45a98218/
With a diverse career spanning roles as an HR Director, Chief Operating Officer, GovCon Consultant, and various positions in Business Development, I bring a unique perspective to PEO sales. My experience on both sides of the desk equips me with a deep understanding of the challenges businesses face. This breadth of expertise allows me to offer tailored solutions that put my clients at ease, knowing they are in capable hands.
Amanda Rowley ExtensisHR Sales Manager, Private Equity arowley@extensishr.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-rowley-b4b68464/
I work with small to midsize businesses nationwide to help them find ways to contain costs and drive revenue through better HR practices. Insperity delivers admin relief, better benefits, reduced liabilities and a systematic way to improve employee productivity.
Andriy Sydorenko Withum
asydorenko.@withum.com
Gerard LoBue City National Bank
Gerard.lobue@cnb.com
Mohammed Aboukheir Capital One Relationship Manager mohammed.aboukheir@capitalone.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammed-aboukheir-29b 785a6/
Carlos Alcala Altera Investments Chief Financial Officer calcala@alteraprivate.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/calcala95/
Efe Alyanak EVIDA Capital Partners Managing Partner ealyanak@evidacapital.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/efe-alyanak-902961160/
Jacob Atkinson United Western Group Partner jatkinson@unitedwestern.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-atkinson-402497110/
Linnea Begley Argosy Credit Partners Associate lbegley@argosycredit.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/linnea-begley/
Katy Bosco Lloyd Jones SVP, Capital Markets kbosco@lloydjonesllc.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/katy-bosco/
Andrew Boyd Bramalea Partners Founder andy@bramaleapartners.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/andy-boyd/
Brandon Boyd Raita Capital Group Principal bboyd@riatacapital.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-boyd-00a3b420/
Dion Boyd RHT Growth Partners Co-Founder dion@rhtgrowthpartners.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/dion-x-boyd/
Jason Chertin McMillan LLP Partner jason.chertin@mcmillan.ca https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-chertin-17486731/
Cody Church Clear North Capital CEO & Founder cchurch@clearnorthcapital.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/cody-church-ab0791194/
Geoff Coar New State Capital Partners Partner gcoar@newstatecp.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/geoffcoar/
Dino Colonna Chicago Atlantic Partner dcolonna@chicagoatlantic.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/dino-colonna-cfa-5623764 7/
Richard Consul Bankers Edge Advisory Managing Partner raconsul@bankersedgeadvisory.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-consul-cfa/
Jim Cummings Pelorus Founder jim@usepelorus.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/cummings2/
Joe DiGennaro STREAM Capital Partners, LLC Vice President joe@stream-cp.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-digennaro-a9a22610a/
Phillip DiGennaro STREAM capital Partners, LLC Managing Director phil@stream-cp.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/philip-digennaro-36748110 5/
Ben Dinehart LongWater Capital Solutions Managing Director Ben@lwopps.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-dinehart-62a10550/
Yelena Edelstein E1st Investments President yelena.edelstein@e1st-investments.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/yelenaedelstein/
James Feldkamp Alary Capital Managing Partner jfeldkamp@alarycapital.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesfeldkamp/
Sean Feng Prospect Capital Senior Vice President sfeng@prospectcap.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanfeng7/
David Fershteyn Altera Capital Managing Partner & CEO david@alteraprivate.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidfershteyn/
Ari Franklin Seneca Partners Associate arif@senecapartners.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/arifranklin1/
Deepak Garg Basis Vectors Capital Partner deepak@basisvectors.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepak-garg-03675911/
Lincoln Gibbs Blue Collar Trades Group Founder lgibbs@bluecollartg.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/lincolngibbs/
Trevor Gibson LongWater Capital Solutions Managing Director Trevor@lwopps.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevordossgibson/
Al Gordon Richland, Gordon & Company Chairman/CEO agordon@richlandgordon.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/al-gordon-754584169/
Ambarash Gupta Basis Vectors Capital Founder & CEO ambarish@basisvectors.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/ambarishngupta/
Sanjay Gupta Forge Select Partner sgupta@forgeselect.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjay-gupta-65a263/
Lexington Halbert Princeton Equity Group Investor lhalbert@princetonequity.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexingtonhalbert/
Elliot Hambrecht Whitewolf Hybrid Capital Partner elliot.hambrecht@whitewolfcapital.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/elliot-hambrecht-434b9928 /
Woody Hamilton HighVista Strategies Vice President whamilton@highvistastrategies.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidwoodrowhamilton/
Bonnie Harland Pouschine Cook Capital Management, LLC Director bharland@pouschinecook.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/bonnie-harland-958914/
Banyon Harrell Route 2 Capital Partners Vice President bharrell@route2capital.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/banyonharrell/
Kelvin Harrylall Harrylall Industrial Holdings Inc. Founder & CEO kelvin.harrylall@hih.group https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelvinharrylall/
David Heresh Mantra Investment Partners Partner dh@mantrainvest.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/dahersh/
Nelson Irizarry Sama Capital Managing Partner nelson@samacorp.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/nelsonirizarry/
Justin Kaplan White Wolf Capital Group Managing Partner justin.kaplan@whitewolfcapital.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-kaplan-a7976/
Rohit Kejriwal Stack Growth Solutions Founder & President rohit@stackgs.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohit-kej/
Scott Kester Route 2 Capital Partners Managing Partner skester@route2capital.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-kester-7676987/
Grant Kornman Align Collaborate Partner gkornman@aligncollaborate.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/grant-kornman/
Michael Kornman Align Collaborate Partner mkornman@aligncollaborate.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-kornman-717a1a2 /
Filip Kowalewski CapHub Vice President filip@caphub.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/filip-kowalewski-637765bb/
Jeffrey Krieger Dynamic Core Capital Partners Vice President, Capital Raising & Investments krieger@dynamiccorecapital.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-krieger-411494275/
Bill Kwiatkowski Capital One Managing Director william.kwiatkowski@capitalone.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamkwiatkowski/
Jim Laudette LK Growth List Managing Partner jim@lkgrowthpartners.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimlaudette/
Barrett Lauer Blue Sage Capital Head of Business Development barrett.lauer@bluesage.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/barrett-lauer-13927360/
Tristan Laurencin Quilvest Capital Partners Private Equity – Business Development TLaurencin@quilvestcapital.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/tristan/
Ron Lutz Five Hill Capital, LLC Executive Advisor ron@fivehillcapital.com
Daniel Macks STREAM Capital Partners, LLC Managing Director D.macks@stream-cp.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielmacks/
Jeffrey Marcus Silverview Credit Partners Managing Director jeffrey.marcus@silverview.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-marcus-0111b048/
Mike Matacunas Five Hill Capital, LLP CEO mike@fivehillcapital.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-matacunas/
Wyatt McCallum Prospect Partners Vice President wmccallum@prospect-partners.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/wyatt-mccallum-17811b26 /
John McGonigle Forge Select Vice President jmcgonigle@newstatecp.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/jkmcgonigle/
David Naiman Wherewithal Partners Managing Partner dnaiman@wherewithalpartners.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidnaiman/
Colin North Peninsula Capital Partners Associate Director north@peninsulafunds.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/colin-north/
Chris Norton Capitala Group Managing Director cnorton@capitalagroup.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-norton-993919185/
Paul Oris Tecum Capital Senior Vice President poris@tecum.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/pauloris/
Michael Palm Charter Growth Capital Partner mpalm@chartercapitalpartners.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-palm-05b69111/
Khalil Pettus RHT Growth Partners Managing Partner khalil@rhtgrowthpartners.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/khalilpettus/
John Pollock LV2 Equity Partners, LLC Managing Director jcpollock@lv2partners.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnpollockgrandrapids/
Mitch Prevot 747 Capital Principal mitch@747capital.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchprevot/
Rochelle Probst
rochelle.probst@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/rochelle-probst-a3a2327/
Keshav Rao Cedris Capital Founder keshav@cedriscapital.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/keshav-rao-50a5b116/
Parag Rathi RC Capital Principal prathi@rccf.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/parag-rathi-4869207/
Pheonix Ro
luckynyc999@gmail.com
Joe Rodgers Source Capital Managing Director joerodgers@source-cap.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-rodgers-586a5319/
Amy Rooks ExtensisHR Director of Marketing arooks@extensishr.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-rooks-45a98218/
Amanda Rowley ExtensisHR Director of Revenue Marketing arowley@extensishr.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-rowley-b4b68464/
Jack Rushin Saddle Horn Equity Director jack.rushin@saddlehornequity.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-rushin-492615143/
Cory Sandrock Pareto & Company Managing Partner cory@paretoandcompany.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/corysandrock/
Fazl Shaikh Muzinch & CO., Inc. Senior Associate fshaikh@muzinich.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/fazl-shaikh-8b2393a5/
Matthew Sherman Altera Investments Managing Director matthew@alteraprivate.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/shermanm/
Erich Sorger Gemspring Capital Managing Director erich@gemspring.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/erich-sorger-5a727b5/
Kevin Speight Plexus Capital, LLC Principal kspeight@plexuscap.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-speight-a276009a/
Franklin Staley Exeter Street Capital Partners Managing Director fstaley@exeterstreetcapital.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/franklin-staley-5bb2b317/
Tom Sutrinaitis Gemspring Capital Director – Growth Solutions Fund tom@gemspring.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/sutrinaitis/
Alex Taggart The Cynosure Group Director alex.taggart@cynosuregroup.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-taggart-73b4822/
Benjamin Tilson At Nexus, LLC Managing Partner Ben@At-Nexus.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-t-b4623510/
Henry Tong Vibrant Equity Vice President henry@vibrantequity.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/tongh/
Rob Tudhope Vibrant Equity Managing Director rob@vibrantequity.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tudhope-2b12823/
Vidura Ufeli EVIDA Capital Partners Managing Partner vufeli@evidacapital.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/viduraufeli/
Panos Voulgaris Banner Ridge Partners Vice President, Business Development pvoulgaris@bannerridge.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/panos-voulgaris-96604314 2/
Chris Wang Prospect Capital Management Vice President cwang@prospectcap.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherw/
Chris White Insight Equity Managing Director, Investor Relations cwhite@insightequity.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-white-7b8931b/
Derrick Yu Southfi eld Mezzanine Capital Principal dyu@southfieldmezz.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/derrick-yu-61427611/