Private Equity Advisory Council

Senior Advisors

• Peter Barris
  Chairman, New Enterprise Associates
  Chair, Northwestern University
• Fernando Chico ’76 MBA
  Chairman
  ASUR
• T. Bondurant French ’75, ’76 MBA
  Chairman
  Adams Street Partners
• Harry Kraemer
  Executive Partner, Madison Dearborn Partners
  Clinical Professor, Kellogg
• Lanny Martin ’68, ’73 JD, ’22 H^*
  Chairman and Managing Director, Platte River Equity
  Former Chair, Northwestern University
• W. James McNerney, Jr.
  Senior Advisor, Clayton Dubilier and Rice
  Chair, Kellogg Global Advisory Board
• David A. Sachs
  Co-Founder and Partner
  Ares Management LLC
• Michael Sacks ’88 MBA, JD
  Board Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
  Grosvenor Capital Management
• Mike Shannon ’83 MBA
  Co-Founder and Chairman
  KSL Capital Partners
• Stephen G. Woodsum ’79 MBA
  Co-Founder
  Summit Partners

Current Council Members (North America)

Council Chair: Kip Kirkpatrick ’94, ’97 MBA
Co-Founding Partner and Co-CEO
The Vistria Group

Council Vice Chair: Gordon Pan ’98 MBA
President
Baird Capital

Council Vice Chair: Dave Schnadig ’90 MBA
Co-President
Cortec Group

• Chris Ackerman ’99 MBA
  Managing Partner
  Flexpoint Ford
• Jeffrey Akers ’04 MBA
  Partner & Head of Secondary Investments
  Adams Street Partners
• Matt Allessio ’09 MBA
  Head of Growth and Rise Operations
  TPG
• Donna Riley Bebb ’02 MBA
  Head of ESG
  Thoma Bravo
• Rob Berner ’86 MBA
  Founder and Joint Managing Partner
  Bespoke Capital Partners
• Elizabeth A. Browne ’13 MBA
  Managing Director
  GCM Grosvenor
• John Carroll ’98 MBA
  Managing Director
  Summit Partners
• Judy Chambers ’98 MBA
  Managing Principal, Private Markets Consultant
  Meketa Investment Group
• Rich Copans ’05 MBA
  Managing Director, Head of Basic Industries
  Madison Dearborn Partners
• Ben Dickson ’11 MBA
  Managing Director
  American Securities
• James Dimitri ’08 MBA
  Partner
  Veritas Capital
• Scott Gwilliam ’95 MBA
  Managing Partner
  Keystone Capital
• Sal Hasnain ’13 MBA
  Managing Director
  Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
• Daniel Haspel ’12 MBA
  Managing Director
  Golden Gate Capital
• Pam Hendrickson ’84 MBA
  Vice Chairman
  The Riverside Company
• Deborah Hodges ’95 MBA
  Chief Operating Officer & Chief Compliance Officer
  MidOcean Partners
• Beth Hoffman ’97 MBA
  Managing Director
  Berkshire Partners
• Ram Jagannath ’07 MBA, JD
  Senior Managing Director, Global Head of Healthcare
  Blackstone
• Christopher Johnson ’09 MBA
  Operating Senior Vice President, Permanent Capital 
  Vista Equity Partners
• Darpan Kapadia ’00 MBA
  Chief Operating Officer
  LS Power
• Suzanne Hooper King ’95 MBA
  Partner, Head of LP Relations
  New Enterprise Associates
  
• Jennifer Kwon Chou ’09 MBA
  Managing Director and Chief Strategy Officer
  The Gores Group
• Steve Lefkowitz ’86, ’87 MBA
  Founding Partner
  Sagewind Capital
• Ed Lhee ’97 MBA
  Partner
  New Harbor Capital
• Spencer Moore ’11 MBA
  Managing Director
  Peak Rock Capital
• Jim Neary ’92 MBA
  Managing Director, Co-Head of U.S. Private Equity
  Warburg Pincus
• Meranee Phing ’05 MBA
  Senior Partner
  The Riverside Company
• Danielle Qi ’12 MBA
  Managing Director
  H.I.G. Growth Partners
• Matthew Raino ’07 MBA
  Managing Director
  Madison Dearborn Partners
• Michael Recht ’10 MBA
  Managing Director
  TowerBrook Capital Partners
• Rufus Rivers ’89 MBA
  Managing Partner
  RLJ Equity Partners
• Matt Scanlan ’81 MBA
  Operating Executive
  Golden Gate Capital
• Anthony Shontz ’07 MBA
  Partner, Head of Private Equity Partnership Investments
  Partners Group
• Hudson Smith ’04 MBA
  Partner
  Thoma Bravo
• Michael L. Smith ’98 MBA
  Co-President, Partner and Co-Head  
  Ares Credit Group
• Todd Solow ’03 MBA
  Partner
  Norwest Equity Partners
• Mark S. Strauch ’98 MBA
  Founding Partner and President
  Alpine Investors
  
• Mark D. Taber ’98 MBA
  Managing Director
  Great Hill Partners
• Sandy Thompson ’92 MBA
  Partner
  BDT & Company
• Heather Smith Thorne ’06 MBA
  Senior Advisor 
  Cavu Venture Partners
• Elizabeth Traxler ’08 MBA
  Managing Director
  Neuberger Berman
• Kathy Wanner ’97 MBA
  Founding Partner
  Fairway Capital Management
• Justin Ward ’09 MBA
  Partner 
  BDT Capital Partners
• Philip Yau ’95 MBA
  Managing Director
  GI Partners
• Suzanne Yoon ’15 CERT
  Founder and Managing Partner
  Kinzie Capital Partners

Current Council Members (Asia)

Council Co-Chair: Alexandre Emery ’97 MBA
Senior Advisor
Permira

Council Co-Chair: Richard Zhang ’93 MS
Partner, Head of Greater China
Apax

• Anotai Adulbhan ’97 MBA
  Managing Partner
  Lakeshore Capital Partners
• Mark Cho ’01 MBA
  Managing Director
  Blackstone
• Gordon Ding ’05 MBA
  Partner
  Warburg Pincus
• Zhen Ji ’03 MBA
  Managing Director
  KKR
• Jenny Lee ’01 MBA
  Managing Partner
  GGV Capital
• Frank Su ’02 MBA
  Head of PE Asia, MD
  CPP IB