Our Team

Todd M. Abbrecht is Co-Chief Executive Officer and a member of the firm’s Management and Investment committees.

Since joining THL in 1992, Mr. Abbrecht has been involved in the execution of THL’s investments in the healthcare and consumer spaces and currently sits on the Boards of CSafe Global, Professional Physical Therapy, and Syneos Health (formerly inVentiv Health, Inc.). Prior Board positions include Aramark Corporation, Curo Health Services, Dunkin’ Brands, Inc., Fogo de Chão, Healthcare Staffing Services, Intermedix Corporation, Juvare, Michael Foods, Inc., National Waterworks, Inc., Party City, PCI Pharma Services and Warner Chilcott plc.

Prior to joining THL, Mr. Abbrecht worked at Credit Suisse First Boston in its mergers and acquisitions department.

Mr. Abbrecht holds a B.S.E. in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Mr. Abbrecht serves on the Board of Directors of the Joslin Diabetes Center and the Board of Trustees of Wellesley College.

Colby Adcock is a vice president at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Mr. Adcock is currently a director of AbacusNext.

Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Adcock worked as an associate and vice president at GCP Capital Partners (formerly Greenhill Capital Partners) where he sourced, evaluated and executed transactions within the technology industry.  Prior to GCP Capital Partners, Mr. Adcock worked as an analyst in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Mr. Adcock holds a B.S. in Finance from the Warrington College of Business at the University of Florida.

Rohan Angle is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Angle worked as an investment banking analyst in the Financial Sponsors Group at Citigroup Global Markets in New York.

Mr. Angle holds a B.A. in Economics from the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University.

Mark Bean is a director at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Mr. Bean is currently a director of AbacusNext, Nextech and Odessa.  His former directorships include Alfresco Software, Inc.

Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Bean worked as a vice president at Sorenson Capital with a focus on technology in industries including financial services, education and healthcare. Prior to Sorenson Capital, he worked at L.E.K. Consulting in Boston where he developed growth strategies and conducted growth equity and LBO due diligence.

Mr. Bean holds a B.A., magna cum laude, in Economics from Brigham Young University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Joshua D. Bresler is a managing director at Thomas H. Lee Partners. Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Bresler worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in its Investment Banking Division’s Financial Institutions Group.

Mr. Bresler is currently a director of Ashling Partners, Phytech Ltd. and System One Holdings, a board observer at Guaranteed Rate and a member of the firm’s investment team on The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation. His prior directorships include First BanCorp (Puerto Rico), GCA Services Group, Michael Foods, Sterling Financial Corporation, CompuCom Systems, Inc., and Systems Maintenance Services, Inc.  Other prior investment experience at THL includes FIS, Warner Music Group and Houghton Mifflin Co.

Mr. Bresler holds an A.B. in Economics, magna cum laude, from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Mr. Bresler serves on the Board of Directors of Charlestown Nursery School as Treasurer and on the Board of Directors of Charlestown Little League and on the Concussion Legacy Foundation’s Boston Advisory Board.

Jim Carlisle is a Managing Director at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Carlisle worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the Financial Institutions Group.

Mr. Carlisle is currently a director of Autostore, Auction.com, Brooks Automation, Fortna, House of Design, KINEXON and Material Handling Systems. His prior directorships include Achievement Technologies, Agencyport Software, iHeartMedia, Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Front Line Management Companies, Ten-X Commercial and Univision Communications.

Mr. Carlisle holds a B.S.E., summa cum laude, in Operations Research from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Mr. Carlisle serves as a member of the Board of Directors of The Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and is an active contributor to the National Park Foundation.

Emily Chen is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Ms. Chen worked as a Strategic Partners analyst at Blackstone in New York.

Ms. Chen holds a B.A. in Economics and a B.A. in Statistics from the University of California at Berkeley.

Ethan Chosnek is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners. Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Chosnek worked as an investment banking associate in the Leveraged Finance Group at RBC Capital Markets in New York.

Mr. Chosnek holds a B.S. in Finance, cum laude, from the Warrington School of Business and a Masters in International Business from the Hough Graduate School of Business at the University of Florida.

Akshay Dajee is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Dajee worked as an investment banking analyst at Allen & Company in New York.

Mr. Dajee holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University.

Anthony J. DiNovi is Chairman and a member of the firm’s Management and Investment committees.  Mr. DiNovi previously worked in the Corporate Finance Groups at Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Wertheim Schroder & Co.

Mr. DiNovi’s prior directorships include Dunkin’ Brands Inc., Endurance Specialty Insurance, Ltd., Experian Information Solutions, Inc., Eye Care Centers of America, Inc., FairPoint Communications, Inc., First Alert Inc., Fisher Scientific International, Inc., The Learning Company, Inc., Michael Foods, Inc., National Waterworks, Inc., Nortek Inc, and West Corporation.

Mr. DiNovi holds an A.B., magna cum laude, in Social Studies from Harvard College and an M.B.A with High Honors from Harvard Business School.

Mr. DiNovi is active in a number of charitable organizations including Boston Children’s Hospital and Regis High School in New York City.

Madailein Dwyer is a Business Development Manager at Thomas H. Lee Partners focusing on Financial Services and Technology.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Ms. Dwyer was a Project Manager at Guidepoint Global, where she was responsible for research service delivery and day-to-day communications for strategy consulting clients.  Ms. Dwyer held several roles at the company including research associate and research manager.

Ms. Dwyer holds a B.A. in Government from Cornell University.

Conor Fernandez is a principal at Thomas H. Lee Partners. Mr. Fernandez is currently a director of Brooks Automation and House of Design.

Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Fernandez worked at Apple as a Global Supply Manager for iPad. Previously, Mr. Fernandez was with Snow Phipps Group, a New York-based private equity firm, and worked in the Global Industrials Group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Mr. Fernandez holds a B.A. in Economics from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Timothy R. Ferris is a vice president at Thomas H. Lee Partners. Mr. Ferris is currently a director at Carpe Data and Insurance Technologies.

Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Ferris worked as an analyst in the Financial Institutions Group at Morgan Stanley in New York.

Mr. Ferris holds a B.A. in Economics, cum laude, from Boston College.

Alexander Fields is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Fields worked as an analyst in the Consumer and Business Services Group at Deutsche Bank in New York.

Mr. Fields holds a B.S. in Management with concentrations in Accounting and Finance, magna cum laude, from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College.

James Gammill is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Gammill worked as an analyst in the Technology, Media & Telecom Group and an associate in the Office of the Chairman at Goldman Sachs in New York.

Mr. Gammill holds a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Andrew Garske is a senior associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Garske worked as an analyst in the Healthcare Group at UBS Investment Bank in New York.

Mr. Garske holds a B.S. in Management with concentrations in Finance and Accounting, summa cum laude, from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College.

Mr. Garske currently serves on the Private Equity / Venture Capital Associate Council at the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley.

Eliza Guild is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Ms. Guild worked as an analyst in the Exclusive Sales M&A Group at Barclays in New York.

Ms. Guild holds a B.A. in Economics from Harvard University.

Zachary Gut is a managing director at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Mr. Gut is currently a director at RightHand Robotics.

Prior to joining THL, Mr. Gut was a co-founder of Brighton Park Capital, a software focused growth equity firm based in Greenwich, CT.  Prior to Brighton Park, Mr. Gut was a growth equity investor for a decade at Summit and Apax Partners. At both Brighton Park and Summit Partners, Zach invested in technology companies that drive automation of core business processes, with experience in cyber security, infrastructure, data and analytics, e-commerce, human capital management and healthcare IT.

Mr. Gut holds a B.A. from Georgetown University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Sam Haddad is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Haddad worked as an investment banking analyst in the Global Industries Group at UBS Investment Bank in New York.

Mr. Haddad holds a B.A. in Finance from the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University.

Thomas M. Hagerty is a managing director at Thomas H. Lee Partners. Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Hagerty worked in the Mergers and Acquisitions Department of Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated.

Mr. Hagerty is currently a director of Black Knight Financial Services, Ceridian HCM Holdings Inc., The Dun and Bradstreet Corporation, FleetCor Technologies, Inc., Fidelity National Financial, Inc. and Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp.  His prior directorships include Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc., Cott Corporation, Inc., EquiCredit Corporation, First BanCorp, HomeSide, Inc., MoneyGram International, Inc., Metris Companies Inc., Optimal Blue, Syratech Corporation, Sun Pharmaceutical Corp., TAC Bancshares, Inc., Select Beverages, Inc., ServiceLink, LLC. and Tucker Anthony Sutro.

Mr. Hagerty holds a B.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Mr. Hagerty serves on the boards of Berklee College of Music and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

Katy Hedlund is a vice president in the Capital Markets Group at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Ms. Hedlund worked at J.P. Morgan in the Capital Markets and Leveraged Finance Origination groups, structuring and syndicating leveraged loan and high yield bond transactions for financial sponsor and corporate clients.

Ms. Hedlund holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Chicago.

Sam Hendler is a managing director at Thomas H. Lee Partners, responsible for Business Development, including sourcing strategy, market‐facing relationships and the development of Identified Sector Opportunities in the Healthcare industry group. In this role, Mr. Hendler brings his extensive experience advising both SaaS and technology‐enabled services companies on M&A transactions, private placements and corporate divestitures.

Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Hendler served as a managing director at Harris Williams, where he established and managed the firm’s global healthcare IT practice. Earlier in his career, he worked as an associate with Quellos Private Capital Markets, L.P., and as a Mergers and Acquisitions Analyst with Broadview International, LLC.

Mr. Hendler holds an A.B., magna cum laude, in Politics from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.

Benjamin Hildenbrand is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Hildenbrand worked as an investment banking analyst in the Global Healthcare group at Barclays in New York.

Mr. Hildenbrand holds an A.B., magna cum laude, from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.

Jeffrey Hou is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Hou worked as an investment banking analyst in the Communications and Media Group at Barclays in New York.

Mr. Hou holds a B.A. in East Asian Languages and Culture, with honors, from Columbia University.

Lizzie Hunpatin is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners. Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Ms. Hunpatin worked as an analyst in the Firm Strategy and Execution Group at Morgan Stanley in New York.

Ms. Hunpatin holds a B.A. in Chemistry from the University of Chicago.

Ms. Hunpatin is a Board member of the Synergist Network.

John Hwang is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Hwang worked as a private equity associate in the Healthcare Practice at Apax Partners in New York.  Mr. Hwang formerly served as an analyst in the Healthcare Group at Lazard Frères & Co.

Mr. Hwang holds an A.B. in Economics from Harvard University.

George Jiang is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Jiang worked as an investment banking analyst in the Global Industrials Group at Goldman Sachs in New York.

Mr. Jiang holds a B.A. in Computer Science, magna cum laude, from Columbia University.

James Jung is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Jung worked as an investment banking associate in the Global Technology Group at Jefferies LLC in San Francisco.

Mr. Jung holds a B.B.A., with distinction, from the Schulich School of Business at York University.

Mike Kaczmarek is a managing director at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Mr. Kaczmarek is currently a director of Auction.com, AutoStore, Brooks Automation, Fortna, FourKites, House of Design, KINEXON and Material Handling Systems, Inc.  His prior directorships include Ten-X Commercial.

Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mike worked as a vice president of Rockbridge Growth Equity, where he worked to source, evaluate and execute transactions and was an active portfolio company board member.  Mr. Kaczmarek also worked as an associate at Pamlico Capital where his work was focused in the business & technology services and communications industries. Prior to Pamlico Capital, Mike worked in investment banking with Wachovia Securities where he focused on mergers and acquisitions, equity financings and leverage finance transactions for both public and private companies in the technology, media & telecom industries.  Mr. Kaczmarek serves on the Advisory Board for MassRobotics.

Mr. Kaczmarek holds a B.S. in Finance from the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University.

David Kilkenny is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Kilkenny worked as an associate in the Private Equities Department at Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) in Abu Dhabi.

Mr. Kilkenny holds a BSBA degree in Finance from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.

Syndie Kim is a vice president at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Ms. Kim worked as a research analyst at Fidelity Investments where she evaluated public equity investments in the consumer sector.  Previously, Ms. Kim was an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners and an analyst in the Technology Group at Morgan Stanley.

Ms. Kim holds a B.S. in Economics and Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Reshmi Kotla is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Ms. Kotla worked as an investment banking analyst in the Chemicals Group at Citigroup in New York.

Ms. Kotla holds a B.S., summa cum laude, in Applied Economics and Management with a concentration in finance from the Charles H. Dyson School at Cornell University.

Jon Lange is a principal at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Mr. Lange is currently a director at Senior Home Care Holdings, Hospice Care Holdings, Intelligent Medical Objects and Smile Doctors.

Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Lange worked at Elliott Management, an activist hedge fund based in New York, where he invested in healthcare, technology, and consumer companies.  Previously, Mr. Lange worked in the North American private equity group at Bain Capital and at the Baupost Group, an investment firm based in Boston.  Mr. Lange began his career at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the technology, media, and telecommunications investment banking group.

Mr. Lange holds a BSE, summa cum laude, in Operations Research and Financial Engineering from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Stephen Lantz is a vice president at Thomas H. Lee Partners. Mr. Lantz is currently a director of Odessa.

Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Lantz worked as a vice president at M33 Growth, where he evaluated growth equity and lower-middle market private equity investments in the vertical software and services sectors.  Previously, Mr. Lantz was a vice president at Duck Creek Technologies and investment associate at Apax Partners.

Mr. Lantz holds a B.S. in Economics and a B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, summa cum laude, from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A., with high distinction, from Harvard Business School.

Cliff Longley is a director at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Mr. Longley is currently a director at Bazaarvoice, Inc., inriver and Professional Physical Therapy (ProPT) and a former director of Give and Go Prepared Foods Corp.

Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Longley worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in its Investment Banking Division’s Financial Institution Group.

Mr. Longley holds a B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering, summa cum laude, from Vanderbilt University, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Nicholas Lynch is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners. Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Lynch worked as an associate at Audax Private Equity. Mr. Lynch was also formerly an analyst in the Leveraged Finance and Financial Sponsors Group at UBS Investment Bank in New York.

Mr. Lynch holds a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics, with honors, from Bates College.

Dylan Magee is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Magee worked as an analyst in the Financial Sponsors Group at Citigroup Global Markets in New York.

Mr. Magee holds a B.S. in Applied Economics and Management, magna cum laude, from the Charles H. Dyson School at Cornell University.

Michael Mapes is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Mapes worked as an investment banking analyst in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Group at Goldman Sachs in New York.

Mr. Mapes holds a B.A. in Business Economics from the University of California Los Angeles.

Gaurav Mittal is a managing director at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Mr. Mittal leads business development related activities including sourcing strategy, market-facing relationships and development of opportunities for the Automation Fund.

Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Mittal was a managing director in the Global Industrials Group at Credit Suisse in New York, where he focused on the coverage of large-cap multi-industry and industrial technology companies.  During his nearly decade long career at Credit Suisse, Mr. Mittal was involved in developing corporate relationships and executing a wide range of M&A, equity and debt offerings.

Mr. Mittal holds a B.Tech. in Computer Science from Punjab Technical University, India and an M.B.A. from Duke University.

Kevin Mok is a senior associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Mok worked as an analyst in the Technology, Media & Telecom Group at Goldman Sachs in New York.

Mr. Mok holds a B.S. in Management with a concentration in Finance, summa cum laude, from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College.

Mr. Mok is actively involved in the Boston community with Social Venture Partners, the Young Professionals Committee of Goodwill Massachusetts, and Big Brothers Big Sisters.

Joshua M. Nelson is a managing director at Thomas H. Lee Partners. Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Nelson worked at JPMorgan Partners, the private equity affiliate of JPMorgan Chase. Mr. Nelson also worked at McKinsey & Co. and The Beacon Group, LLC.

Mr. Nelson is currently a director of Adare Pharma Solutions, Agiliti Health, Inc., Autism Home Care Holdings, Inc., CSafe Global, Hospice Care, Intelligent Medical Objects, Nextech, Professional Physical Therapy (ProPT), Senior Home Care Holdings, Inc. and Smile Doctors.  His prior directorships include 1-800 CONTACTS, Inc., Curo Health Services, Hawkeye Energy Holdings, Healthcare Staffing Services, Intermedix Corporation, Party City and Syneos Health (formerly inVentiv Health, Inc.).

Mr. Nelson holds an A.B., summa cum laude, in Politics from Princeton University and an M.B.A. with Honors from Harvard Business School.

Alec Newell is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Newell worked as an investment banking analyst in the Media and Communications Group at Morgan Stanley in New York.

Mr. Newell holds a B.S.B.A., magna cum laude, in Business Administration from the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University.

Trevor Owens is a business development manager at Thomas H. Lee Partners focusing on Automation.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Owens was a marketing associate at J.P. Morgan Securities where he was responsible for the business development efforts of a private equity and venture capital coverage group.  Prior to that, Mr. Owens founded OpusVR, an SAAS platform enabling artists and art galleries to drive mobile commerce through virtual reality.

Mr. Owens holds a B.A. in Economics from Saint Michael’s College.

Megan M. Preiner is a managing director at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining THL, Ms. Preiner worked in the Media & Telecommunications Group at Credit Suisse in New York.

Ms. Preiner is currently a director of Adare Pharma Solutions, Agiliti Health, Inc., Autism Home Care Holdings, Inc., Healthcare Staffing Services, Hospice Care, Senior Home Care Holdings, Inc. and Smile Doctors.  Her prior directorships include CSafe Global, Intermedix Corporation and Phillips Pet Food & Supplies.

Ms. Preiner holds a B.A. in Political Economy, cum laude, from Georgetown University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Ms. Preiner serves as Treasurer on the Board of Directors of Friends of Excel Academy, a network of charter schools serving the greater Boston area.

Brian Radic is a director at Thomas H. Lee Partners. Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Radic served as a principal on the Software team at LLR Partners in Philadelphia where he invested in and helped drive the growth strategies for technology companies across several industries, including cyber security, data services, healthcare and risk management.

Mr. Radic holds a B.S. in Economics with concentrations in Finance and Management from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Radic serves as a board member at The Enterprise Center.

Ganesh B. Rao is a managing director at Thomas H. Lee Partners. Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Rao worked at Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated in the Financial Institutions Group.

Mr. Rao is currently a director of AbacusNext, Dun & Bradstreet, Ceridian HCM Holding Inc., AmeriLife Group, Auction.com, Carpe Data, Hightower Advisors, Insurance Technologies, Nextech, Odessa and a board observer at Guaranteed Rate.  His prior directorships include Comdata, Optimal Blue, Nielsen, MoneyGram International, ServiceLink Holdings and Ten-X Commercial.

Mr. Rao holds a B.A., summa cum laude, in Economics from Duke University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Sarika Ramakrishnan is a vice president at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Ms. Ramakrishnan worked as a private equity associate at Genstar Capital in San Francisco, where she executed two platform leveraged buyout transactions.  Prior to Genstar, Ms. Ramakrishnan served as a leveraged finance investment banking analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in New York.

Ms. Ramakrishnan holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Columbia University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Alec S. Ren is a vice president at Thomas H. Lee Partners. Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Ren worked as an analyst at Evercore in New York.

Mr. Ren holds a B.A. in Biology and a B.S. in Economics with a concentration in Finance, magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania.

Samuel Rives is a vice president at Thomas H. Lee Partners. Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Rives worked at Audax Private Equity in Boston, where he focused on investments in multiple industries including consumer, healthcare, and technology. At Audax, Mr. Rives developed investment theses, evaluated and executed new transactions, assisted management teams on growth initiatives, and helped manage sale and exit processes.

Mr. Rives holds a B.A. in Economics, summa cum laude, from Middlebury College.

Alexander Sabel is a research analyst at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Sabel was a fundamental research associate on the Alternative Investments team at Fidelity Investments’ Strategic Advisers. Prior to that, Mr. Sabel served as a fundamental research associate on the U.S. Equity team at the same firm.

Mr. Sabel holds a B.S., magna cum laude, in Finance from Providence College.

Jesse Searby is a managing director at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Mr. Searby is responsible for Business Development, including sourcing strategy, market-facing relationships and development of Identified Sector Opportunities in the Technology & Business Services industry group. In this role, Mr. Searby brings significant technology related industry experience in the areas of consumer technology, e-commerce, software and tech-enabled business services.

Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Searby was a Senior Vice President in corporate development with MyWebGrocer, the only end-to-end Digital Experience Platform for leading grocers and CPG brands, where he was responsible for corporate strategy and executive oversight of capital markets activities. He also played a key role as Senior Vice President of strategic initiatives at the same company, providing management oversight of digital marketing strategy and sales. Mr. Searby previously served on the board of directors of NorthCounty Credit Union and worked in investment management at CitiGroup.

Mr. Searby holds a B.A. in History from University of Vermont.

Ed Shahnasarian is a director at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Mr. Shahnasarian is currently a director of AmeriLife Group, LLC, Carpe Data, Hightower Advisors and Insurance Technologies.  His prior directorships include Prime Risk Partners.

Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Shahnasarian worked as a senior associate for Bernhard Capital Partners in Baton Rouge, LA where he was involved in all facets and stages of deal execution.

Mr. Shahnasarian holds a B.S. in Finance & Accounting, magna cum laude, from Florida State University, and a MSc. in Accounting and Finance, with Merit, from The London School of Economics.

Kearney Shanahan is a director of Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Mr. Shanahan is currently a director of Ashling Partners and Qventus.

Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Shanahan was a Principal at Solamere Capital where he sourced, evaluated and executed transactions and was an active portfolio company board member. While at Solamere, he focused on healthcare, business, financial and government technology and service businesses. Prior to Solamere Capital, he worked as an Associate at Fisher Lynch Capital and a Senior Associate – Team Leader at Cambridge Associates.

Mr. Shanahan holds a B.A. in Biology from Colby College and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Mr. Sperling is Co-Chief Executive Officer and a member of the firm’s Management and Investment committees.

Mr. Sperling’s current and prior directorships include Thermo Fisher Scientific Corp., the Madison Square Garden Company, Experian, Warner Music Group, Houghton Mifflin Co., Fisher Scientific, Agiliti, Univision Communications, Inc., iHeartMedia, Inc., Front Line Management Companies., The Learning Company, PriCellular Corp., ProcureNet, ProSiebenSat.1, Wyndham Hotels, Federal Street Acquisition Corp. and several other private companies.

Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Sperling was, for more than a decade, managing partner of the affiliate of Harvard Management Company that managed all alternative asset classes for Harvard University’s endowment fund. Before that he was a Senior Consultant with the Boston Consulting Group.

Mr. Sperling is involved with a number of charitable and non-profit organizations. He is Chairman of MassGeneralBrigham, the Parent of the Harvard teaching hospitals, Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women’s Hospital as well as a number of leading specialty and community hospitals and physicians practice groups. He is Chairman Emeritus of the CitiCenter for Performing Arts and Wang Theater. He is also a member of each of the Harvard Business School Board of Dean’s Advisors, the Harvard University Committee on University Resources and the Harvard Business School’s Rock Center for Entrepreneurship.

Mr. Sperling holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.S. from Purdue University. He is married with four children.

Sarah Spotts is a business development manager at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Ms. Spotts was a private markets investment associate and team lead senior investment associate at Meketa Investment Group. Prior to that, Ms. Spotts was a sales intern at Liquidnet, Inc.

Ms. Spotts holds a B.S. in Management with concentrations in Finance and Marketing from Boston College and an M.B.A. from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College.

Benjamin Stern is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Stern worked as an investment banking analyst at Centerview Partners in New York.

Mr. Stern holds a B.S. in Business Administration, summa cum laude, with majors in Finance and Operations & Information Management and a minor in Biology from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.

Jeff T. Swenson is a managing director at Thomas H. Lee Partners. Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Swenson worked in the private equity group at Bain Capital, LLC. Mr. Swenson also worked as a management consultant at Bain & Company.

Mr. Swenson is currently a director of Bazaarvoice, Inc., 8th Avenue Food & Provisions, inriver, Intelligent Medical Objects and Qventus. He was previously a director of 1-800 CONTACTS, Acosta Sales and Marketing, Bargain Hunt, CTI Foods, Fogo de Chão (Nasdaq: FOGO), Give and Go Prepared Foods Corp., GrubHub Seamless Holdings Corporation, GCA Services Group, Intermedix Corporation, Phillips Pet Food & Supplies and West Corporation and a board observer at Dunkin’ Brands, Inc.

Mr. Swenson holds a B.A., with honors, in Economics from Northwestern University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Outside of THL, Mr. Swenson is active in various private and non-profit institutions and currently sits on the board of 88 Acres, a mission-based, healthy snacks company.

Joan Thompson is a vice president at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Ms. Thompson worked as an associate at Cressey and Company, a healthcare private equity firm in Chicago, where she helped evaluate and partner with healthcare services and technology businesses. Previously, Ms. Thompson was an investment banking analyst in the Global Healthcare Group at Barclays in New York.

Ms. Thompson holds a B.A., cum laude, in Economics from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Nik Tikoo is a senior associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Tikoo worked as an analyst in the Industrials Group at Lazard Frères & Co. in New York.

Mr. Tikoo holds a B.S. in Applied Economics and Management, magna cum laude, from Cornell University.

Shahab Vagefi is a managing director at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Mr. Vagefi is currently a director at Intelligent Medical Objects.

Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Vagefi was a founding partner at Martis Capital where he principally focused on services and information technology investments in the healthcare industry. Prior to Martis Capital, Mr. Vagefi was a senior associate in the U.S. Growth Buyout fund at The Carlyle Group.  Mr. Vagefi began his career in investment banking with Credit Suisse First Boston and JP Morgan H&Q.

Mr. Vagefi holds a joint BA-MA degree with Phi Beta Kappa honors in International Relations and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University and the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He holds an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Mr. Vagefi is a member of the Johns Hopkins Leadership Fellows.

Simran Vaidya is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Ms. Vaidya worked as an investment banking analyst in the Technology Group at Harris Williams in Boston.

Ms. Vaidya holds a B.S. in Finance from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Misha Ventura is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Ventura worked as an analyst in the Private Equity (Technology) Group at Livingbridge.

Mr. Ventura holds a B.S., summa cum laude, with concentrations in finance and economics from Babson College.

Joshua Warren is a vice president at Thomas H. Lee Partners. Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Dr. Warren worked as a vice president at BPEA, a private equity firm based in Boston, where he sourced, conducted diligence on, and managed healthcare investments. Previously, Dr. Warren was a project leader with Boston Consulting Group, where he specialized in helping private equity firms and strategic investors assess healthcare assets for acquisition.

Dr. Warren holds a B.A., cum laude, with distinction in Economics and Biology from the University of Pennsylvania, an M.D. from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School. He has presented first-author research at multiple international conferences and maintains an active medical license.

Adam J. Wiesel is managing director at Thomas H. Lee Partners, focusing on business development within the Financial Services vertical.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Wiesel worked for over a decade as a long short equity portfolio manager and analyst covering the business services,  IT services, financial technology and software industries at hedge funds such as Standard Pacific Capital, SAC Capital Advisors and North Bay Capital.  Prior to embarking on his investing career, Mr. Wiesel was a professional hockey player in the Montreal Canadiens organization.

Mr. Wiesel holds a B.S. in Engineering and Finance from Clarkson University and an M.B.A from Cornell University.

Ben Ye is a vice president at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Mr. Ye is currently a director at inriver.

Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Ye worked as a vice president focused on technology investing at SoftBank in San Francisco. Previously, Mr. Ye worked in technology private equity and growth equity at Apax Partners in New York.  Mr. Ye started his career at Barclays where he was a derivatives trader and also worked in investment banking.

Mr. Ye holds a B.S.E. in financial engineering and operations research from Columbia University.