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Amanda R. Del Biaggio is a an Administrative Manager at Arctos responsible for providing comprehensive logistical and administrative support to both the Investment and Investor Relations Team.  Prior to joining Arctos, Ms. Del Biaggio was an Executive Assistant at EnCap Investments for nine years where she provided direct support to Partners, Directors and other senior management. Prior to EnCap, Ms. Del Biaggio was an Executive Assistant to the Investor Relations Team at HM Capital Partners.

Jordan L. Solomon is a Partner at Arctos Partners. In addition to his investment responsibilities, Mr. Solomon leads value-creation, sourcing, executing and managing investments for the Sports strategy.

Prior to co-founding Arctos Partners, Mr. Solomon served as Executive Vice President of MSG Sports at the Madison Square Garden Company, where he was responsible for MSG’s $700 million annual sports business operations, including the New York Knicks (NBA) and New York Rangers (NHL). Mr. Solomon led commercial strategy for the teams, including sponsorships, ticketing, marketing, merchandizing, venue operations and analytics. He also interfaced with league executives of the NBA, NHL, and NBA G-League. Mr. Solomon was responsible for evaluating acquisitions for MSG Sports. Under Mr. Solomon’s leadership, MSG Sports grew revenue and operating profits, grew direct to consumer ticket sales, and enhanced the fan experience through stadium renovations.

Mr. Solomon joined MSG from the NBA, where he was Vice President of Team Marketing and Business Operations, the internal consulting group of the NBA. In this role, he advised team owners and executives on strategies and tactics to increase team revenues and profitability. Mr. Solomon also led TMBO’s strategy and analytics group, which provided analytical insights on ticket pricing, retention modeling, and customer segmentation to all NBA teams.

Prior to the NBA, Mr. Solomon was an Associate Principal at McKinsey & Company in the Asset & Wealth Management and Sales & Marketing Practices. At McKinsey, Mr. Solomon advised senior executives on strategy, sales and marketing, and operations, and conducted due diligence for private equity firms. He served clients in the sports, media and entertainment, gaming and financial services industries. Mr. Solomon started his career with SVB Capital, where he was a Director of the Venture Capital Group and worked to launch SVB’s first fund of funds and venture capital fund.

Mr. Solomon graduated with distinction from the University of Wisconsin – Madison with a BA in Economics and International Relations. He received his MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and an MPA from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. In 2018, Mr. Solomon was named a Forty Under 40 honoree by the Sports Business Journal.

Meaghan J. Murphy is the Director of Operations at Arctos Partners. Ms. Murphy is responsible for helping improve organizational processes to ensure work quality, productivity and efficiency is in line with firm goals and objectives. Ms. Murphy is also responsible for working with firm leadership to develop and implement firm policies and procedures and build the firm’s human resources function.

Prior to the formation of Arctos Partners, Ms. Murphy served as the Office Manager at RedBird Capital Partners, a New York and Dallas based private equity firm. Ms. Murphy began working for RedBird in 2015 and was key in opening the Dallas office and the administration, development and implementation of firm policies and procedures. Additionally, while at RedBird, Ms. Murphy assisted in the accounting function of the Firm and managed, developed and executed both internal and external company events.

Prior to joining RedBird, Ms. Murphy served as the Dallas Office Manager at Park Hill Group, a global asset advisory and fundraising firm. While with Park Hill Group, she was tasked with the administrative oversight of the policies, practices and programs within the Dallas office.

Ms. Murphy holds a B.A. in both Latin American Studies and Political Science from the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Larissa E. Wall is a Managing Director of Finance at Arctos Partners. Ms. Wall is responsible for the accounting, related reporting, and other financial aspects involving the firm, related funds, and affiliates.

Prior to joining Arctos, Ms. Wall spent over five years at Fortress Investment Group (Fortress), a premier, highly diversified global investment manager as Vice President. While at Fortress, Ms. Wall led an accounting team focused on the finance and reporting functions for multiple private equity style credit funds, which included opportunistic investments in commercial real estate and real estate-related assets, as well as undervalued assets with long dated cash flows.  Outside of her primary finance responsibilities, Ms. Wall conceptualized and helped direct multiple annual Dallas office community outreach projects.  These projects included providing 175 meals to children during the summer when they may not otherwise receive one and volunteering at a Dallas food pantry with a mission of getting nutritious food into the hands of our low-income neighbors through its distribution network and in-house pantry.

Prior to joining Fortress, Ms. Wall was a Senior Associate at Texas Pacific Group (TPG), a leading global private investment firm, where she spent over four years.  She was responsible for revenue accounting for all business units, prepared revenue budgets and reforecasts, and was instrumental in continuous process improvement initiatives throughout her tenure at TPG.  Ms. Wall also co-founded TPG Professional Women’s Network, which focused on promoting professional development through events aimed at connecting people and sharing knowledge.

Earlier in her career, Ms. Wall worked for Ernst & Young in New York, serving clients in the financial services industry, with a primary focus on private equity and hedge funds.

Ms. Wall graduated from Texas A&M University with distinction, where she received a BBA in Accounting and a MS in Finance, and she is a Certified Public Accountant.

Michelle E. Bonvino is an Assistant Controller at Arctos Partners. Ms. Bonvino is responsible for the accounting, related reporting, and other financial aspects involving the firm, related funds and affiliates.

Prior to joining Arctos, Ms. Bonvino spent nearly a decade at KPMG in Dallas in the asset management practice, most recently as a Sr. Manager. She led audit engagement teams serving both private and public clients across the real estate, private equity, and sports industries.

Ms. Bonvino graduated summa cum laude from Southern Methodist University, where she earned a BBA in Accounting, a minor in Psychology and a Master of Science in Accounting. She was recognized with the Outstanding Accounting Major award and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Sushaan R. Modi is a Vice President at Arctos Partners. Mr. Modi is responsible for all aspects of transaction evaluation and execution.

Prior to joining Arctos Partners, Mr. Modi was an Associate in the Strategic Advisory group at PJT Partners, a global boutique investment bank, in the firm’s New York office. Mr. Modi advised on $9 billion of M&A transactions and played an integral role in building out the firm’s sports, media, and entertainment practice. In addition to advising on complex sports and entertainment transactions, Mr. Modi also served as a strategic advisor to various teams and leagues, including the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, and CONCACAF. At PJT Partners, he was responsible for all aspects of client engagements and transaction execution, including preparation of engagement materials, valuation analysis, due diligence, structuring and marketing.

Prior to joining PJT Partners, Mr. Modi was an Investment Banking Analyst in the M&A group at Blackstone. Mr. Modi advised on $4 billion of M&A transactions and helped facilitate the spin-off and merger of Blackstone’s advisory businesses with PJT Partners. Mr. Modi also previously worked in corporate strategy and operations at Los Angeles Football Club, strategy and business intelligence at Major League Soccer, and strategy at Wagr.

Mr. Modi graduated with honors from the Huntsman Program at the University of Pennsylvania with a BS in Economics and BA in International Studies. He received an MBA with distinction from the Harvard Business School

Zachary W. Baran is a Managing Director at Arctos Partners. Mr. Baran is responsible for all aspects of transaction evaluation and execution, as well as helping lead thematic and data-driven research initiatives across the Firm (Arctos Insights).

Prior to the formation of Arctos Partners, Mr. Baran was an Associate at Warburg Pincus in New York, a global growth equity firm, where he was a direct report to the firm’s President, a former U.S. Treasury Secretary, and the firm’s Head of Research, in a role that required expertise across corporate finance, macro and quantitative finance. His responsibilities included helping to develop firm strategy, contributing to internal economic research, and assisting with business development and fundraising opportunities. While at Warburg Pincus, Mr. Baran formulated and executed internal projects that provided actionable advice on portfolio and fund cash flow management, internal capital allocation, select investment theses, and fundraising strategy. In addition, Mr. Baran participated in three fundraises totaling $22 billion in commitments, assisted coverage professionals and provided key marketing content.

Prior to working at Warburg Pincus, Mr. Baran was an Associate at Goldman Sachs in New York, where he focused on fundraising and investor relations for multi-strategy and private equity advisory relationships within the Alternative Investments & Manager Selection (AIMS) Group. In addition, he assisted in quantitative research into private equity and alternative assets.

Prior to Goldman Sachs, Mr. Baran worked for Landmark Partners, a leader in the global private equity, real estate and infrastructure secondary markets, in their Quantitative Research Group, reporting directly to the Head of Quantitative Research and private equity leadership team. As one of the early members of Landmark’s Quantitative Research Group, Mr. Baran was critical to the development of several data tools and services that the firm utilized to position itself as a “thought partner” for large limited partners and other institutional asset managers.

Mr. Baran graduated with distinction from the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a BA in Mathematics and Philosophy.

William O. Karmin is an Associate at Arctos Partners. Mr. Karmin is responsible for all aspects of transaction evaluation and execution.

Prior to joining Arctos, Mr. Karmin was an Investment Banking Analyst at Marathon Capital. During his time at Marathon, Mr. Karmin was involved in all aspects of M&A transactions, including valuation, conducting due diligence, drafting marketing materials and process management.

Mr. Karmin graduated with a BS in Journalism and minors in Business Institutions and Legal Studies from Northwestern University.

David J. O’Connor is a Managing Partner at Arctos Partners.  In addition to his investment responsibilities, Mr. O’Connor leads value-creation, sourcing, executing and managing investments for the Sports strategy.  Mr. O’Connor is also responsible for directing the Firm’s business strategy, governance and leadership team.

Prior to co-founding Arctos Partners, Mr. O’Connor was the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Madison Square Garden Company (NYSE: MSG), whose assets include Madison Square Garden, the New York Knicks (NBA), the New York Rangers (NHL), Radio City Music Hall, the Forum, Counter Logic Gaming and a number of other entertainment properties.

During his time at MSG, Mr. O’Connor oversaw all aspects of MSG’s sports business operations including media, sponsorship, ticketing, suites, hospitality, merchandizing, and venue operations, as well as representing and interfacing with NBA, NHL, and WNBA commissioners and league officials.  Mr. O’Connor led the successful spin-off of MSG into a pure-play live experience company from its predecessor company, MSG Networks.  He restructured numerous individual departments, most notably ticketing and sponsorship, and secured new properties for venue expansion in Las Vegas and London.

Prior to joining MSG, Mr. O’Connor spent more than 30 years at Creative Artists Agency (“CAA”), where he served as Managing Partner of the world-wide entertainment and sports agency.  He began his career in the mailroom at CAA and was soon promoted to agent, representing entertainment icons such as Sean Connery, Robert Redford, Eddie Murphy, Michael Douglas, Bruce Willis, Jerry Bruckheimer and Lorne Michaels.  In 1995, Mr. O’Connor took over day-to-day management and ownership of the agency along with his partners.  During his leadership tenure, Mr. O’Connor led the growth, expansion and diversification of the agency with the creation of CAA Sports, quickly establishing the division as the leading sports agency in the world.  Mr. O’Connor worked with all major domestic and international sports leagues, federations, and major clubs, as well as sports icons.  Mr. O’Connor also led CAA’s partnership with Texas Pacific Group Capital (TPG), and led the creation of Evolution Media Capital (investment banking and advisory) and the Evolution Fund (principal investing) in collaboration with TPG.

Mr. O’Connor is a founding advisor, investor and board member of the Premiere Lacrosse League, a professional outdoor lacrosse league launched in June 2019.

Mr. O’Connor graduated with a BA from Dartmouth College where he was a four-year letterman in lacrosse.

Forrest Richmond is a Director at Arctos Partners. Mr. Richmond is responsible for all aspects of transaction evaluation and execution.

Prior to joining Arctos Partners, Mr. Richmond was a Senior Associate at HarbourVest Partners, a global private equity firm, in their Boston office. Mr. Richmond joined the firm as an Associate and was responsible for the evaluation, structuring, execution, and monitoring of private equity transactions. At HarbourVest, Mr. Richmond executed transactions representing over $1 billion of equity deployment and played an integral role in building out the firm’s Technology, Media, and Telecom investing framework. Mr. Richmond’s deal experience spans preferred equity, fund restructuring, and single-asset direct investments including several large, industry shaping transactions.

Prior to joining HarbourVest, Mr. Richmond was an Investment Banking Analyst in the Technology, Media, and Telecom group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Mr. Richmond spent time in the firm’s New York and Palo Alto offices where he provided strategic M&A advisory to clients and executed transactions representing over $5 billion in value.

Mr. Richmond graduated with honors from Carnegie Mellon University, where he received a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance and a minor in Global Systems and Management.

Brian Lafemina is a Partner at Arctos Partners. In addition to his investment responsibilities, Mr. Lafemina leads value-creation, sourcing, executing and managing investments for the Sports strategy.

Prior to his role as an Arctos Operating Partner, Mr. Lafemina was a member of the Los Angeles 2028 Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (LA28), where he served as Chief Business Officer and was responsible for all Games Planning and Delivery functions. He led five divisions and more than 30 functional areas, collectively overseeing $4 billion in revenue and $5 billion in expenses. Notably, he negotiated a strategic agreement with the NFL to capitalize on the inclusion of Flag Football in the Olympic Games.

Prior to LA28, Mr. Lafemina was recruited by ownership to join the Washington Commanders Football Team, where he served as President of Business Operations and Chief Operating Officer. He was hired to drive cultural, structural, and procedural transformation within the organization, with a focus on building a sustainable business model in preparation for a new stadium project.

Before his tenure with the Commanders, Mr. Lafemina spent nearly a decade at the NFL League Office, culminating in his role as Senior Vice President of Club Business Development. He founded and led the league’s “Club Business Development” department, a consultancy supporting over $4 billion in local revenue generation across all 32 clubs. Mr. Lafemina worked closely with team owners and executives to identify $150–250 million in additional annual local revenue opportunities, while also advancing “next practices” and operational excellence through analytics, sales, marketing, and management strategies.

Mr. Lafemina began his career with the Madison Square Garden (MSG) Group, where he spent 20 years in various roles, ultimately running all business operations for the New York Knicks, New York Rangers, and New York Liberty. He represented MSG Sports at NBA and NHL Team Presidents’ meetings and was a core member of the “MSG Transformation” team, which developed and monetized a $1 billion renovation plan for Madison Square Garden on behalf of ownership.

Mr. Lafemina received his BA in Economics from Rutgers University where he was also a varsity diver.

Clare E. Berns is an Associate at Arctos Partners. Ms. Berns is responsible for all aspects of transaction evaluation and execution.

Prior to joining Arctos, Ms. Berns was an Analyst in the Technology Investment Banking group at Lazard in the Chicago office. At Lazard, Ms. Berns was involved in all aspects of M&A transactions, including valuation, conducting due diligence, drafting marketing materials and process management.

Ms. Berns graduated from Texas Christian University, where she received a BBA in Finance with a Leadership Emphasis.

Clay M. Davison is a Senior Associate at Arctos Partners. Mr. Davison is responsible for executing the Firm’s Capital Markets initiatives and supports capital-raising activities within the wealth channel.

Prior to joining Arctos Partners, Mr. Davison served as an Associate Director at IEQ Capital. While at IEQ, Mr. Davison was responsible for client acquisition and driving strategic initiatives for new business.

Prior to IEQ Capital, Mr. Davison worked at RCP Advisors in Chicago, Illinois. While at RCP, Mr. Davison was responsible for sourcing investment opportunities and capital origination.

Mr. Davison graduated from the University of Washington where he received a BA in International Political Economy.

Robyn Sacks Slutzky is a Partner at Arctos Partners and helps lead our Capital Solutions business where she is responsible for capital formation and investor relations activities.

Prior to joining Arctos Partners, Mrs. Slutzky served as Co-Head of Private Equity Due Diligence for JPMorgan’s Private Bank where she led a team that sourced and oversaw more than $40 billion in client commitments. In this capacity, she worked with some of the largest private equity firms and served on numerous Advisory Boards. In addition to her leadership role, Mrs. Slutzky led the firm’s expansion into Secondaries, Distressed, and Cyber Security. She also served as a member of the Private Equity Advisory Committee setting strategy and portfolio construction for JPMorgan’s annual Vintage fund-of-funds program and other internally managed products.

Mrs. Slutzky founded and Co-Chaired the JPMorgan Solutions Women’s Network focused on building inclusive cultures where women can thrive. She oversaw the implementation of initiatives focused on recruiting, developing, and promoting female talent at JPMorgan. She also served on a separate Diversity & Inclusion (“D&I”) committee tasked with integrating D&I into the Private Bank’s underwriting process and product offering.

Prior to joining JPMorgan, Mrs. Slutzky was an Investment Vice President at Prudential Financial, where she was responsible for making private equity fund and co-investments on behalf of the general account. Her earlier career included fund investing and co-investing roles at Quilvest and AlpInvest as well as investment banking experience at DLJ/Credit Suisse.

Mrs. Slutzky graduated with honors from the University of Western Ontario, Richard Ivey School of Business, where she received a BA in Finance. She received her MBA from the Columbia Business School.

Ian H. Charles is a Managing Partner at Arctos Partners. In addition to his investment responsibilities in the Sports and Keystone strategies, Mr. Charles directs investment strategy, firm governance and investor relations for Arctos Partners.

Prior to co-founding Arctos Partners, Mr. Charles served as a member of the private equity and infrastructure investment committees and was a Partner at Landmark Partners, a leader in the global private equity, real estate and infrastructure secondary markets. At Landmark, Mr. Charles helped design and execute the firm’s private equity strategy; helped build the firm’s quantitative research group; sourced and structured large, innovative liquidity transactions across the firm’s investment verticals; developed and presented the firm’s views on the macro environment and alternative asset classes at a wide range of industry conferences; and helped create the firm’s innovative preferred equity investment strategy. During his time at Landmark Partners, Mr. Charles was part of a team that sourced and oversaw transactions representing more than $10 billion in transaction value.

Prior to joining Landmark Partners, Mr. Charles was a co-founder of Cogent Partners, the first secondary market sell-side advisor. Cogent Partners, which was acquired by Greenhill & Co., is widely recognized for transforming the private equity secondary market by providing institutional-grade advisory services to sellers and providing a consistent source of deal flow for existing, new and non-traditional secondary buyers. At Cogent, Mr. Charles was responsible for leading the day-to-day management of the firm, sourcing and leading large secondary advisory mandates and creating the firm’s investment strategy and portfolio research business. Prior to co-founding Cogent Partners, he was part of an investment team executing secondary, primary, direct and co-investments that is now part of the Neuberger Berman alternative investments platform.

Mr. Charles graduated with honors from Texas Christian University, where he received a BBA in Finance and a BBA in Accounting. He received his MBA from the Wharton School of Business and is a CFA^® charterholder.

Tanner N. Houston is a Director at Arctos Partners. In addition to his investment responsibilities, Mr. Houston supports firm strategy and platform development and leads branding and communications for the firm. Prior to co-founding Arctos Partners in 2019, Mr. Houston was a member of the investment team at Landmark Partners, where he worked across the firm’s private equity solutions platform supporting financial modeling, underwriting, and the evaluation of prospective and active investments. Mr. Houston began his career in secondary advisory at Greenhill & Co., responsible for client engagements and execution activities including valuation analysis, due diligence, structuring, and marketing. Mr. Houston graduated with honors from Texas Christian University with a BBA in Finance and a minor in Accounting.

Ali H. Soufraki is an Associate at Arctos Partners. Mr. Soufraki is responsible for all aspects of transaction evaluation and execution.

Prior to joining Arctos, Mr. Soufraki was an Analyst at Morgan Stanley in the Global Power and Utilities Investment Banking practice in New York. During his time at Morgan Stanley, Mr. Soufraki was involved in all aspects of transactions, including valuation, conducting due diligence, drafting marketing materials and process management.

Mr. Soufraki graduated with a B.A. in Economics from Columbia University

Chih-Wei Chang is a Vice President at Arctos Partners. Ms. Chang supports the firms research, data science and risk management initiatives across Arctos Insights.

Prior to joining Arctos Partners, Ms. Chang was a Vice President at Ares, where she was responsible for developing and enhancing data-driven software tools for private equity performance forecasts. Prior to joining Ares, Ms. Chang was a senior associate at Landmark Partners where she focused on building and improving financial models and tools used for firm investment decisions. Before joining Landmark, Ms. Chang was a Vice President at HSBC, Taiwan’s global market department. She provided hedging and investment solutions and structured treasury products (FX swaps, FX options, structured notes, IRS, CCS) for corporate clients.

Ms. Chang graduated from National Taiwan University, where she received an MS and BS in Finance, and she is a CFA charterholder.

Cierra J. Ciszecky is a Senior Accountant with Arctos Partners. Ms. Ciszecky will assist the Controller with various financial aspects of the fund, co-invest, and related affiliated entities. Prior to joining Arctos, Ms. Ciszecky spent over three years at Blue River Partners, an outsourced service provider to the alternative asset management industry.

Ms. Ciszecky received her Master of Business Administration from Texas Weslyan University and originally graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington, where she received a BBA in Accounting. She is actively pursuing her CPA license.

Griffin C. White is a Senior Associate at Arctos Partners. Mr. White is responsible for client services, investor inquiries and the support of fundraising operations.

Prior to joining Arctos Partners, Mr. White was a Vice President on the Client and Capital Formation team at TPG. During his time at TPG, Mr. White led and oversaw all Operational Due Diligence initiatives across the firm, while also focusing on Investor Relations as well as fundraising and product support for each of the firms five platforms. Prior to TPG, Mr. White began his career at BNY Mellon in Boston, Massachusetts. While at BNY, Mr. White was responsible for Relationship Management on the Taft Hartley team, helping to support their East Coast client base.

Mr. White graduated with a BS from Boston University.

John B. Stott is a Partner at Arctos Partners. In addition to his investment responsibilities, Mr. Stott directs investment strategy, sourcing, executing and managing investments for the Keystone strategy.

Prior to joining Arctos Partners, Mr. Stott served as a Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Company, where he provided insights and perspectives for private equity firms in the areas of strategy, organization and growth at the firm-level.

Prior to joining McKinsey & Company, Mr. Stott was a Partner at Landmark Partners, a leader in the global private equity, real estate and infrastructure secondary markets, where he worked closely with Mr. Charles and other senior members of the Arctos team. At Landmark, Mr. Stott helped execute the firm’s private equity strategy in North America and was responsible for sourcing, structuring and evaluating passive minority stake transactions across a spectrum of alternative asset strategies, including buyout, venture, and special situations funds. Mr. Stott helped develop innovative solutions and transaction structures that addressed managers’ specific goals, and during his time at Landmark Partners, was part of a team that sourced and executed transactions representing more than $5 billion in transaction value generating substantial co-investment for investors. Mr. Stott re-joined Landmark Partners after completing his MBA having originally joined Landmark Partners as an Associate dedicated to the firm’s direct investing efforts.

Prior to joining Landmark Partners, Mr. Stott started his career as an Investment Banking Analyst with Boenning & Scattergood Inc., now Janney Montgomery Scott. Mr. Stott provided strategic sell-side advisory to clients and executed multiple transactions representing nearly $1 billion in value.

Mr. Stott graduated from Cabrini University, where he received a BS in Finance. He received his MBA from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University.