Dana leads the talent efforts at Emblem, partnering with investors and management teams to align talent strategy with value creation. He helps portfolio companies scale by strengthening leadership capability and building systems that enable performance, development, and succession.

Before joining Emblem, Dana led talent at Gauge Capital, where he built and stood up the firm’s talent function. Earlier in his career, he spent nearly a decade in executive search with Spencer Stuart and Russell Reynolds, following several years as a marketing executive at PepsiCo.

Dana holds an MBA from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business and a BS in Economics from Santa Clara University.

Emblem Investments

Emblem crafts well-aligned partnerships that provide capital and capability to catalyze long-term transformational growth. Emblem has deep investment and operational experience across industries and transaction types – including founder-led buyouts, carveouts, joint ventures, minority growth, and recapitalizations.

Emily is an Operating Partner and head of talent at Mainsail Partners, a growth equity firm that partners with founders of bootstrapped software companies to help them realize their potential. For nearly 20 years, Mainsail has been helping management teams navigate the challenges and opportunities that come with rapidly scaling a software company. With offices in Austin and San Francisco, the firm has raised over $2.2 billion in committed capital and invested in more than seventy companies. For more information, visit www.mainsailpartners.com or follow the firm on LinkedIn.

Prior to Mainsail, Emily was an Engagement Manager at Heidrick & Struggles in the Global Technology & Services Practice focused on executive level placements for Private Equity backed portfolio companies. She began her career in 2006 in management consulting, where she engaged on several US-based cross-continental projects in India, China, Hong Kong and Brazil. She moved to São Paulo, Brazil in 2008 and joined an executive search boutique dedicated to executive and board level positions across a variety of industries. Prior to repatriating back to the US in 2013, Emily served as the Managing Director for the Brazil subsidiary of Altimetrik, an IT multinational consultancy focused on ERP, cloud, and mobile app development.

Emily holds a BA in Sociology from the University of Michigan, and an MBA from Ibmec São Paulo in Brazil.

Mainsail Partners

Mainsail Partners is a growth equity firm that partners with founders of bootstrapped software companies to help them realize their potential. For nearly 20 years, Mainsail has been helping management teams navigate the challenges and opportunities that come with rapidly scaling a software company. The firm includes women and men who are former software company operators who have seen these challenges first-hand. Mainsail offers assistance across a variety of functional areas including talent, finance, customer success, sales and marketing, product management, and R&D. With offices in Austin and San Francisco, the firm has raised over $2.2 billion in committed capital and invested in more than seventy companies. For more information, visit www.mainsailpartners.com or follow the firm on LinkedIn.

Elizabeth is an Operations VP, Human Capital at Trive Capital, where her responsibilities include partnering with investment and management teams to develop and execute human capital strategies and projects in support of Trive’s portfolio companies.

Prior to joining Trive, Elizabeth served in various roles at Lennox International, a global HVAC manufacturer, including as HR Business Partner supporting corporate functions, a factory HR Manager leading engagement and retention, and a Talent Acquisition Specialist supporting global recruiting efforts. Previously, Elizabeth worked as Head of HR and Operations at RIDE TV.

Elizabeth received her MBA from the University of Texas at Arlington, an MA in Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management from Southern Methodist University, and a BA in Spanish from the University of Texas at Arlington.

Suzanna Borthwick Butler is a Principal at FTV Capital, a leading sector-focused growth equity investment firm. She focuses on executive talent acquisition and leadership strategy for portfolio companies in FTV’s flagship funds, partnering with CEOs and boards to identify, attract, and develop top executive and board-level talent. Suzanna brings a deep understanding of organizational dynamics and value creation through people, helping management teams scale effectively during periods of rapid growth and transformation.

Prior to joining FTV, Suzanna led global talent acquisition for a boutique executive search firm, spent several years at Korn Ferry placing executives in public and private fintech and payments companies, and began her career at Silver Point Capital as a human resources generalist. Passionate about inclusive leadership and the intersection of talent and performance, Suzanna plays a key role in shaping FTV’s approach to human capital as a strategic driver of investment success.

FTV Capital

FTV Capital is a sector-focused growth equity investment firm that has raised more than $10.2 billion to invest in innovative, high-growth companies across financial technology and services, vertical software, enterprise technology and services, and healthcare technology and services. Founded in 1998, FTV has developed a highly differentiated and disciplined growth equity model, which leverages the firm’s deep domain expertise and thematic investing approach to help portfolio companies accelerate growth. FTV also provides companies with access to its Global Partner Network®, a strategic group of more than 600 executives from many of the world’s leading financial services firms and FTV Propel®, an in-house team of seasoned operational leaders who deliver counsel and resources across a range of critical business functions. FTV has invested in over 150 portfolio companies and has offices in New York, London, San Francisco.

David Cohen joined Kelso in 2019 as a Partner and Managing Director leading Human Capital work. He is focused on applying talent and human resources best practices to enhance the firm’s investment process, portfolio companies and Kelso Specialist Network. He spent the preceding nine years at American Securities in a similar role in support of their middle market portfolio.

Prior to his work in private equity, Bristol-Myers Squibb for more than eight years where he held various HR leadership positions including three and a half years based in Singapore as their HR leader for Asia Pacific. Prior to joining BMS in 2001, David was with General Electric for nine years where he held various HR positions in the Company’s Healthcare, Industrial Systems and Plastics businesses. Over the course of his 35+ year business career, David has worked outside the United States three times and has extensive experience starting and developing businesses in India, China, Southeast Asia and Japan. Finally, he began his career managing a small rural based development organization in Botswana, Africa as a United States Peace Corps Volunteer.

David has a B.A. in Economics and an MBA in General Management from the University of Michigan.

About Kelso

Kelso is a founding firm in the private equity industry with a unique history and legacy, having been founded by the inventor of the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (or “ESOP”) more than 40 years ago. The principles of partnership and alignment of interest serve as the foundation of the firm’s culture and investment philosophy. Kelso is focused on North American mid-market buyout transactions within four core sectors. Since 1980, Kelso has invested through 11 funds with over $15 billion of equity capital across 135+ investments. Kelso benefits from a successful investment track record, industry-leading GP alignment, deep sector expertise, a long-tenured investing team, and a reputation as a preferred partner to management teams and corporates. The firm is based in New York, NY.

Camille joined Charlesbank in 2018 as an Operating Partner focused on Talent. She partners with the Charlesbank portfolio companies to create value through people, focusing on organizational due diligence, building outstanding leadership teams, and developing portfolio level capabilities to support the portfolio CEOs and executive teams. She joined Charlesbank from Green Peak Partners, where she served as a partner working with private equity and corporate clients to develop talent strategies, optimize organizational structures, improve hiring outcomes and develop leadership teams. She previously worked at The Boston Consulting Group, providing strategic and organizational advice to leading Fortune 500 companies, private equity firms, and public sector agencies. She started her career at Lehman Brothers. Camille earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Columbia College.

Founded in 1998, Charlesbank Capital Partners is an established private investment firm with more than $17 billion of cumulative capital raised since inception. The team has a long history of working together, a deep specialization in the middle market and experience investing over multiple business cycles. Known for its consistent, disciplined approach, Charlesbank invests primarily in North America, focusing on several core sectors (business and financial services, consumer, healthcare, industrial, and technology and technology infrastructure), with a particular focus on founder-led companies, corporate carve-outs, and transformational opportunities. In addition to its Flagship private equity funds, the firm has dedicated credit and technology strategies. The three groups collaborate closely, leveraging Charlesbank’s brand and collective insights, resources and networks. Charlesbank is guided by its mission to deliver superior risk-adjusted returns through a best-in-class team and culture and by its core values of Team, Impact, Excellence and Respect. The firm has more than 160 staff members and offices in Boston and New York.

Mara Lamoureux Edgar is an Operating Partner, Talent at BayPine, where she leads talent strategy and organizational effectiveness to support value creation across the firm and its investments. She partners with deal teams and portfolio company leaders on initiatives throughout the deal lifecycle, including pre- and post-investment diligence, C-suite and board recruitment, leadership development, and building capabilities for long-term growth.

Prior to joining BayPine, she was Managing Director of Human Capital at The Riverside Company. Earlier in her career, Ms. Edgar held senior roles at Parthenon Capital, Arrowroot Capital, and TA Associates, and served in global operational roles at Quintiles and Kantar Consulting.
Ms. Edgar serves as a Trustee of Parker School and is involved with 51 Vets and How Women Lead, supporting veterans and advancing diversity initiatives. She holds a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School, a B.A. from Wheaton College, and an Executive Coaching certification from Columbia University.

Angela is the Head of Human Capital and member of the Investment Committee at GrowthCurve Capital, where she partners with the Investment team and management teams to accelerate growth through talent and organizational design. Angela’s role focuses on assessing organizations upfront to create a blueprint for value creation, developing a bespoke organizational development strategy, and seeking to drive continuous improvement within GrowthCurve’s portfolio companies. Before joining GrowthCurve in 2022, Angela was the Chief Human Resources Officer at Sun Capital Partners, where she worked across a diverse portfolio driving human capital initiatives. Before joining private equity, Angela held several global Human Resources leadership positions at JLL, Kellogg Company, and Procter & Gamble, working in both the U.S. and Europe. Angela brings a wealth of data analytics, assessment, recruiting, talent management, and leadership development expertise from her prior experience and education. Angela earned a Master and Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from Wayne State University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Kalamazoo College.

GrowthCurve Capital is a private equity firm with a proprietary approach that seeks to leverage AI, digital transformation, and human capital capabilities within its portfolio companies to accelerate their growth and create sustainable value. We believe AI provides unique opportunities to unlock new areas of value creation within our portfolio companies by enhancing their operational decision-making at scale. Together with a differentiated approach to human capital, we believe this ecosystem empowers management teams to create sustainable value.

GrowthCurve’s control-oriented investment strategy is centered on data-rich and growth-focused businesses in three investing sectors where we have deep expertise and strong networks: technology and information services, healthcare, and financial services.

Tanya joined Frazier Healthcare Partners in January 2020 on the Growth Buyout team. She is the human capital practice leader, responsible for the continued development of the human capital team and impact they have on portfolio value creation plans. Additionally, her expertise in talent management including executive coaching, retention and succession planning builds essential leadership capabilities, culture, engagement and performance across the firm and portfolio.

Tanya has over 20 years of global HR management and process improvement experience in healthcare, technology, and consumer packaged goods. This includes increasing levels of responsibility, including a focus on talent and culture transformation at companies including Hospira, PharMEDium, Dyson, Inc., AMETEK (NYSE: AME), and Sara Lee.

Prior to joining Frazier, she founded her own talent development consulting firm while serving as the interim Chief People Officer for Matrix Medical Network, a Frazier portfolio company.

Tanya is a member of the Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation, a nonprofit organization housing the premier network of female executives across the health care industry.

She received her BS in Recreation Therapy at Indiana University and her MBA at Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.

Jamie Jacobs serves as the Chief Talent Officer of Oak Hill Capital. Working across the entire portfolio of Oak Hill funds focusing on all aspects of Human Capital with specialties in Talent Management, Talent Acquisition, Organization design and assessment, HRIS, compensation, and benefits advice. For almost eight years prior to partnering with Oak Hill, Jamie was the Director of Human Capital at American Securities where she worked with portfolio companies’ leadership teams on all aspects of Human Capital. Previously Jamie was with Morgan Stanley for nearly eleven years where she held a number of leadership positions within the firm including heading HR projects, program and data management for the wealth management division, restructuring and strategy for the firm’s recruiting function, Senior HR Business partner for the Private wealth management business, Head of Business Management for the International Private Wealth Management business and Head of Business Management and COO for the Global Talent Management organization. Earlier in her career Jamie worked in Management Consulting at PriceWaterhouseCoopers focusing on technology, business process, and strategy consulting. Jamie received a BS in Business and Economics from Lehigh University.

Oak Hill Capital is a private equity firm managing funds with over $19 billion of initial capital commitments and co-investments since inception. Over the past 36 years, Oak Hill Capital and its predecessors have invested in approximately 100 private equity transactions across broad segments of the U.S. and global economies. Oak Hill Capital applies an industry-focused, theme-based approach to investing in the following sectors: Business Services, Industrials, Media & Communications, and Consumer. Oak Hill works actively in partnership with management to implement strategic and operational initiatives to create franchise value. For more information, please visit: www.oakhill.com.

John Knapp is an Operating Director and Talent Specialist in Berkshire Partners’ Portfolio Support Group, where he focuses on talent leadership and human capital best practices across the portfolio. Prior to joining Berkshire, John was a Partner with David Barrett Partners, a global executive search firm. Earlier in his career, he was a Principal with Egon Zehnder where he led the firm’s North American Asset Management practice and a Vice President of Institutional Wealth Services for Fidelity Investments. He began his career with Accenture in the firm’s Strategy and Business Architecture practice, and earned a B.A. from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.

Berkshire Partners, a Boston-based investment firm, has been investing in well-positioned, growing companies for more than 35 years. Berkshire Private Equity has made more than 145 private equity investments since its inception and has a strong history of partnering with management teams to grow the companies in which it invests. Stockbridge, founded in 2007, seeks to make public equity investments in high-quality companies with strong competitive positions and long-term growth prospects. The firm’s Stockbridge and private equity teams frequently collaborate and leverage their collective industry expertise in multiple areas, including in communications and digital infrastructure, consumer, healthcare, technology, and services and industrials. For additional information, and to see a full list of the firm’s private equity investments, visit www.berkshirepartners.com.

Conor is the Chief Talent Officer at Shore Capital, a microcap private equity firm focused on partnering with companies that have between $1-10 million of EBITDA. Conor is responsible for the recruitment of best-in-class executive leadership talent across Shore Capital’s portfolio companies, including the curation of a senior leader network, and driving innovation of assessment and human capital best practices.

Previously, Conor served as Partner and Head of the Private Equity practice at True Search. Conor served private equity firms and their portfolio companies through delivering a comprehensive and innovative suite of strategic talent services, and executive search engagements.

Prior to joining True, Conor was a Partner at a Chicago-based executive search boutique focused on serving private equity clients. Prior to his search career, Conor served as a consultant with Navigant Consulting in Chicago, where he provided business valuation and advisory work for private equity and other financial services clients.

Conor graduated with a B.S. in Finance from Miami University, and an M.B.A from The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Diana joined TA in 2016, where she leads human capital for the firm’s portfolio. Diana partners with management teams and deal sponsors to support key human capital priorities, and is focused on identifying, assessing, and hiring world-class executive talent. Prior to TA, Diana founded and built the talent team for OpenView Venture Partners, where she led recruiting for the firm and their portfolio of B2B software companies. She holds a B.A. in Communications from Boston College.

TA is a leading global private equity firm focused on scaling growth in profitable companies. Since 1968, TA has invested in more than 560 companies across its five target industries – technology, healthcare, financial services, consumer and business services. Leveraging its deep industry expertise and strategic resources, TA collaborates with management teams worldwide to help high-quality companies deliver lasting value. The firm has raised $65 billion in capital to date and has over 150 investment professionals across offices in Boston, Menlo Park, Austin, London, Mumbai and Hong Kong. More information about TA can be found at www.ta.com.

Steve is a Senior Vice President for Audax Private Equity where he leads Portfolio Human Capital. Previously, he was the Talent Partner at Kodiak Venture Partners. Steve also worked in the executive search industry at Korn Ferry and Russell Reynolds, where he focused on building leadership teams for early stage technology companies. Earlier in his career, he ran sales and marketing at several technology companies in Boston. Steve is a graduate of Denison University where he received a B.A. in History.

Based in Boston and San Francisco, Audax Private Equity is a leading middle market, growth-oriented investment firm with approximately $19 billion of assets under management, over 210 employees, and 100-plus investment professionals. Since its founding in 1999, the firm has invested in more than 165 platforms and 1,200 add-on acquisitions. Through our disciplined Buy & Build approach, across six core industry verticals, Audax helps portfolio companies execute organic and inorganic growth initiatives that fuel revenue expansion, optimize operations, and significantly increase equity value. For more information, visit audaxprivateequity.com or follow us on LinkedIn.

Dan Meyer is the Talent Partner for Align Capital Partners, where he leads the talent and recruiting efforts for the firm. He works closely with the investment team and portfolio company management to back and build outstanding leadership teams. Prior to joining ACP, Dan was the CEO of ES Xplore and held multiple roles inside of Hunt Consolidated Incorporate. Before joining HCI and running ES Xplore, Dan spent twelve years as the Talent Partner for Sevin Rosen Funds and Austin Ventures, where he worked closely with investment partners to build leadership teams and expand the firms’ talent network. Before his time in private equity, he worked at a leading executive search firm executing assignments for a broad range of companies from start-ups to Fortune 50.

Align Capital Partners is a growth-oriented private equity firm that partners with business owners and management teams to create shared success. ACP manages $1.78 billion in committed capital with investment teams in Cleveland and Dallas. ACP brings experience and resources to help lower-middle market companies accelerate their growth, to the benefit of management, employees and the firm’s investors. ACP makes control investments in differentiated companies within the business services, technology, specialty manufacturing and distribution sectors.

Cara Nealon is an Executive Vice President in Bain Capital’s Portfolio Group and a member of the North America Private Equity team. Since joining Bain Capital in 2021, she has led the human capital agenda across the firm’s North American portfolio—building inclusive, high-performance organizations and ensuring companies have effective leadership teams. A talent specialist, Cara partners with CEOs and boards on executive assessment, succession, leadership development, and team effectiveness. Prior to Bain Capital, she was a Senior Principal at ghSMART, advising corporate clients and investors on executive selection, development, and organizational change. Earlier, she was a Project Leader at Boston Consulting Group, where she focused on organizational effectiveness, leadership capability building, and private-equity due diligence.

Bain Capital

Bain Capital is a leading global private investment firm founded in 1984 by former Bain & Company partners, including Mitt Romney, T. Coleman Andrews III, and Eric Kriss. Headquartered in Boston, the firm manages multiple asset classes including private equity, credit, public equity, venture capital, real estate, and impact investing. With offices across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, Bain Capital invests in a wide range of industries such as healthcare, technology, consumer products, financial services, and industrials. The firm is known for its collaborative, data-driven approach that leverages deep industry expertise and operational insights to drive long-term growth in portfolio companies. Beyond financial performance, Bain Capital is also committed to sustainability and social impact, integrating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations into its investment strategies. Today, it manages more than $180 billion in assets globally and remains one of the most respected names in alternative investments.

John Sander is a Principal at Lightyear Capital, where he focuses on driving value creation initiatives across the firm’s portfolio. He joined Lightyear in 2022 after five years with Vista Equity Partners’ operating group. Earlier in his career, he served as an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company.
Mr. Sander holds a B.A. in Computer Science from Pomona College and was a Fulbright Scholar in Germany, where he conducted research in AI and machine learning. He earned his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Lightyear Capital

Lightyear Capital is a New York-based private equity firm that partners with growth companies at the nexus of financial services, technology, healthcare, and business services. For over 25 years, Lightyear has worked closely with management and leveraged its industry expertise, network of advisors, and operating resources to accelerate growth and build market leading businesses. Since its founding, Lightyear Capital has raised six funds and deployed more than $5.0 billion across 60 platform investments.

Karina is a seasoned human capital executive with wide-ranging experience in organization design, building & scaling organizations, leadership assessment, executive recruiting, and succession planning. Currently, Karina leads the Human Capital at Clearlake where she focuses on Talent management across Clearlake’s portfolio companies.

Prior to joining Clearlake, Karina co-led Human Capital Practice at Advent International where she focused on Human Capital Management across Advent’s portfolio companies, including leadership assessment, and growing network of top senior executives for CXO, Board, and Operating Partner, and Advisor roles. Prior to Advent, Karina was a Talent Partner at Softbank where she focused on Talent Practice for the Vision Fund and SoftBank Group portfolio companies. Previously Karina served as a Partner, Human Resources at Andreessen Horowitz. Prior to Andreessen Horowitz, Karina worked as a CHRO at Nuru International, an US non-profit organization with operations in the US and Africa, as well as held Recruiting roles in Europe at McKinsey & Company, and at CitiBank.

Karina holds a Master degree in Psychology from Warsaw School of Social Psychology.

Margreet (Maggie) van de Griend is based in New York, joined Warburg Pincus in 2019 and focuses on organization, talent, and leadership development for portfolio companies. Prior to joining Warburg Pincus, Ms. van de Griend was a Principal at Katzenbach Partners and an Organization Expert at McKinsey & Company. She founded Sokrates Partners – a small, globally operating consulting firm. Ms. van de Griend's consulting career has focused on questions of leadership, executive teaming, transformation, commercial effectiveness, and organization; she has advised the leaders of large global corporations across multiple industries (e.g., Technology, Health Care, Consumer Goods, Transportation/Logistics, and Financial Services). She holds a Drs. (advanced academic) degree in Classical Languages and Culture from the University of Amsterdam (Netherlands).

Warburg Pincus LLC is a leading global growth investor. The firm has more than $83 billion in assets under management. The firm’s active portfolio of more than 260 companies is highly diversified by stage, sector, and geography. Warburg Pincus is an experienced partner to management teams seeking to build durable companies with sustainable value. Since its founding in 1966, Warburg Pincus has invested more than $116 billion in over 1,000 companies globally across its private equity, real estate, and capital solutions strategies. The firm is headquartered in New York with offices in Amsterdam, Beijing, Berlin, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Luxembourg, Mumbai, Mauritius, San Francisco, São Paulo, Shanghai, and Singapore. For more information please visit www.warburgpincus.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

As Partner & Chief Talent Officer, Ali leads internal talent initiatives at FTV Capital and provides comprehensive talent advisory services to the firm’s portfolio companies as part of FTV’s value creation platform, FTV Propel®. Prior to joining FTV, Ali was responsible for all human capital management initiatives at TCV. Prior to TCV, Ali was a senior client partner at Korn/Ferry International and held executive level positions at various alternative investment firms including Arden Asset Management, Och-Ziff Capital Management and Citadel Investment Group, as well as global executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles. She holds a bachelor’s degree in humanities from the University of California, Berkeley.
FTV Capital is a growth equity investment firm that has raised nearly $4 billion to invest in high-growth companies offering a range of innovative solutions in three sectors: enterprise technology and services, financial services, and payments and transaction processing. FTV’s experienced team leverages its domain expertise and proven track record in each of these sectors to help motivated management teams accelerate growth. FTV also provides portfolio companies with access to its Global Partner Network®, a group of the world’s leading enterprises and executives who have helped FTV portfolio companies for two decades. Furthermore, FTV offers a robust platform to optimize portfolio company operations and fuel their growth through FTV Propel, an in-house team of seasoned operational leaders who deliver strategic counsel and practical resources across a range of critical business functions, including sales, talent, business development, marketing and technology.

Founded in 1998, FTV Capital has invested in more than 125 portfolio companies, including 6 Degrees Health, A-LIGN, Docupace, EBANX, ID.me, OpenSesame, Luma Health, ReliaQuest, Sysnet, Tango Card and Vagaro, and successfully exited/partially exited companies including Empyrean (acquired by Securian Financial), Enfusion (NYSE: ENFN), EXL Service (NASDAQ: EXLS), InvestCloud (recapitalized), Globant (NYSE: GLOB), MedSynergies (acquired by Optum), Mu Sigma (acquired by shareholders), Strata Fund Solutions (acquired by Alta Domus), Sunlight Financial (NYSE: SUNL), VPay (acquired by Optum) and WorldFirst (acquired by Ant Financial). FTV has offices in New York, San Francisco and Connecticut. Learn more by visiting www.ftvcapital.com and following the firm on LinkedIn.

Jess Weber has over 15 years of experience building transformative teams within notable consumer brands. Before joining Prelude Growth Partners, Jess served as the President and Interim CEO of Creatively, a digital talent marketplace. Previously, she was an executive search consultant at Russell Reynolds Associates, where she partnered with early-stage and Fortune 500 consumer clients to advance their strategic vision through talent. Jess has also held operating roles within media, retail, and CPG businesses, including leading digital strategy at Time Inc. She began her career in marketing at Limited Brands and Grey Global Group. She earned her M.B.A. from The Wharton School and graduated magna cum laude from New York University.

Prelude Growth Partners is a growth equity firm focused on providing capital and deep value-added operating support to high-potential, fast-growing consumer brands including Banza, Made Good, Sol de Janeiro, Summer Fridays and Westman Atelier. Prelude Growth seeks to make investments of $10 million to $50 million in each company across branded consumer categories, spanning personal care, beauty, food & beverage, baby, pet, health & wellness, and other consumer categories. For more information please visit www.preludegrowth.com

Grace Zuncic joined Manna Tree in 2024 as Managing Director of Human Talent, bringing her expertise to lead the firm’s recruitment, professional development, and workplace culture initiatives. Her leadership enhances Manna Tree’s ability to attract and retain top talent, supporting the firm’s mission to invest in transformative companies in the health and wellness sector.

Grace’s leadership is centered on fostering transformational experiences in inclusive, mission-driven organizations, focusing on talent and organizational development, total rewards, sustainability, and corporate strategy. Her passion for mission, process, and culture thrives in high-growth and dynamic environments.

Prior to joining Manna Tree, Grace served as Chief People and Impact Officer and Senior Advisor at Cotopaxi, where she led the company’s people strategy, sustainability and impact initiatives, ESG reporting, and philanthropic programs during a period of notable growth for the business. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Cotopaxi Foundation, supporting the organization’s mission to eradicate poverty in our lifetimes.

Before joining Cotopaxi, Grace spent a decade at Chobani, where she held several executive roles on the company’s Executive Leadership Team. As Chief People and Culture Officer, Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategy, and Chief of Staff and Strategy, she played a pivotal role in shaping Chobani’s people, culture, and business strategy. She also served on the Board of Directors for Chobani Australia from 2016 to 2022. Prior to Chobani, Grace was an investment advisor at Goldman Sachs.

Grace is a Board member of King Arthur Baking Company and an executive member of Boston College’s Wall Street Business Leadership Council. She also advises various non-profits, to include the Tory Burch Foundation.

Grace earned a B.A. in Philosophy and Political Science summa cum laude from Boston College. She received her MBA from Harvard Business School in 2010, where she served as Co-President of the Outdoors Club.

She resides in Larchmont, New York, with her husband Eric and their two young children. An active runner, baker, skier, and community volunteer, Grace enjoys staying engaged with her local community and pursuing her personal passions.