The Copia Group is a diverse-owned investment adviser that provides debt and equity capital solutions to privately held, lower middle-market, U.S.-based companies. We offer a distinctive value proposition combining the strategic investment of financial and relational capital with the holistic development of scalable business models. Our intentional approach to impact investing seeks to turn critical challenges into high-return opportunities that deliver impact at scale. We are especially adept at partnering with women and ethnically diverse business operators. Moreover, we emphasize the benefits of diversity and inclusion across all portfolio companies. Our commitment to building a better society, where access to opportunity abounds, is core to our mission. For more information, visit The Copia Group at https://copiagroupllc.com/ and follow us on LinkedIn.

The Private Equity CFO Association® (PECFOA) is a thought-leadership and networking organization with chapters in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C./Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Houston, San Francisco/Palo Alto. PECFOA was established for CFOs by its members to enable peer networking (via a dedicated website or at member meetings). The breadth of experience and willingness to collaborate is what makes PECFOA a great resource for CFOs.

Delta Capital is a Chicago-based litigation finance private equity firm focused on making equity & credit investments globally. Delta provides bespoke financial solutions to law firms and other professional service firms, businesses, insolvency estates, private investment funds, and government agencies to enable them to investigate claims, pursue litigation or arbitration, recover assets, enforce judgments or awards, borrow money for operations or other purposes, and/or more effectively manage their risks, cash flow, and capital expenditures so they can focus on their core business. For additional information, please visit www.deltacph.com.

CHS Capital is a Chicago-based private equity firm with 24 years of experience investing in the middle market. Through partnerships with strong management teams, CHS Capital accelerates earnings growth and drives value creation through human capital enhancements, performance improvement actions and strategic growth initiatives. Throughout its history, CHS Capital has made investments in over 390 businesses and invested $2.9 billion of capital. For additional information, please visit www.chsonline.com.

Shorehill Capital is a Chicago-based private equity firm focused on making control equity investments in North American engineered industrial products, industrial service and value-added distribution companies with EBITDA between $3.0 million and $15.0 million and add-ons of any size. Shorehill seeks opportunities where its experience, network and investment management approach can have a significant impact on investment performance. The Shorehill partners have a 30-year track record of helping middle market companies achieve increased growth and improved operational performance through a structured investment management plan. For additional information, please visit www.shorehillcapital.com.

Conversus Asset Management, LLC (“CAM”) was the sole asset manager for Conversus Capital, L.P., (ticker: CCAP NA), formally the world’s largest publicly traded private equity fund of funds ($2B of AUM) launched in 2007 to provide investors liquidity in a historically illiquid asset class. In July 2012, CCAP agreed to sell its underlying fund investments that closed at the end of 2012. All entities were transitioned to a liquidating custodian at the end of April 2013.Chief Financial Officer (11/09–04/13)Direct report to Chief Executive Officer’s of CAM & CCAP and responsible for all aspects of internal and monthly external public financial reporting, regulatory reporting, budgeting, tax compliance, operations, coordinating outsourced fund administrator, internal controls, accounting policy & procedures and IT systems of CAM and CCAP, which encompasses 20 legal vehicles. Management level direct reports include Finance Director and Human Resource & Operations Manager.

A privately-held $19 billion multi-bank holding company comprising 9 community banks (including trust departments) with 153 customer-banking centers in Illinois, Texas, Arizona and California.Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer & Corporate ControllerDirect report to CFO and head of all internal and external financial reporting, regulatory reporting, internal controls and accounting policy & research with further oversight of tax policy & compliance. Founding Chairman of the national asset liability committee. Responsible for coordination of external audits and regulatory examinations. Management level direct reports included 9 CFO’s of bank and non-bank subsidiaries and 4 ALM professionals.

Specialized in audits of financial institutions. Banking clients included a large publicly held international bank with global operations and numerous community banks. Additional responsibilities included efficient resource management, mentoring staff, and identifying revenue enhancement opportunities.