Elizabeth Campbell
Senior Vice President, Portfolio Advisors
Liz is a Senior Vice President of Portfolio Advisors and serves as a voting member of one or more of the firm's Investment Committees. Liz joined Portfolio Advisors in 2013 and is a member of the primary investment research and due diligence team. Previously, Liz was an Associate at Stanwich Advisors, a boutique investment bank specializing in capital raising and advisory services for private equity funds, where she was responsible for due diligence, project management, and market research. Liz received her B.A. from Middlebury College.
Carolyn Galiette
Chief Investment Officer, Ironwood Capital
Carolyn is a founding partner of Ironwood Capital. She serves as president and chief investment officer for the firm and chairs the firm’s various investment committees. She manages day to day execution of the firm’s investment strategy, process and stakeholder reporting and engagement. She is active at industry events where she focuses on business development. Carolyn’s experience includes originating, structuring, underwriting and distributing private debt and equity, asset-backed securities and various other financial securities. Prior to co-founding Ironwood Capital in 1991, Carolyn was an investment professional with Aetna, Inc. Previously, she worked for PaineWebber in investment banking.
Carolyn currently serves on the Board of Governors of the Small Business Investors Alliance and is chair of the Executive Committee. In 2018, Carolyn was named to the 2018 List of Mergers & Acquisitions’ Most Influential Women in Mid-Market M&A. She has testified before the United States Congress on behalf of small business investors. She is a member of the Private Equity Women Investor Network and Women’s Association of Venture Equity. Carolyn has also served on various leadership committees for Middlebury College, the Loomis Chaffee School, and the Hotchkiss School and as president of the Avon, Connecticut PTO. She has managed multiple fundraising events.
Carolyn is a graduate of Dartmouth College where she received a B.A. Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, in English, with concentrations in Economics and French.
Cara Hoy
Vice President, L Catterton
Ms. Hoy is a Vice President at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, she was a Consultant with Bain & Company. Prior to Bain, she was an Associate at Silver Lake Partners, a private equity firm. She has had additional experience at LinkedIn, The Blackstone Group and Lehman Brothers. Ms. Hoy graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Economics degree from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. She has passed all three levels of the CFA Program.
Kerri McNicholas
Principal, Gainline Capital Partners
Kerri McNicholas is a Principal at Gainline. Prior to joining Gainline in 2017, Kerri was a Vice President at Spire Capital Partners, which she joined in 2013. At Spire Capital Partners, she was responsible for investment sourcing and evaluation, diligence, transaction execution and portfolio management. Kerri began her career at Lincolnshire Management, Inc., where she worked from 2009 to 2012. At Lincolnshire, she was responsible for all aspects of diligence, financial analyses and transaction execution. Kerri has served as a director or observer of numerous companies, including Integrated Energy Services, Lighthouse eDiscovery, Vector Media, Performance Assessment Network and Surgent Professional Education.
Kerri received a B.S. in Finance from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College.
Christa Clark
Partner, Financial Services, RSM
Christa Clark, CPA, is a tax partner at RSM with 15 years of diversified taxation and accounting experience. With a strong focus on the financial services industry, Christa services entities in almost every legal form, with extensive knowledge in partnership taxation. She utilizes her partnership and individual taxation expertise to serve her practice, which focuses on private equity funds, hedge funds, family offices, high-net-worth individuals, trusts and estates, and closely held businesses.
Christa is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants, 100 Women in Finance, and the Estate Planning Council of Lower Fairfield County, Inc. She holds an M.S. in Accounting from the University of Connecticut.
