Our Team
Our Team
Honesty, Integrity and Hard Work
Each member of our organization shares common principles and values. Furthermore, investment professionals at our firm have accumulated more than 70 years of private equity investing experience. We believe this familiarity with the industry and with one another enables us to define specific investment strategies, to attract top talent and to produce extraordinary returns for our management teams and investors.
Thomas G. Brooker
Thomas G. Brooker
David B. Rubin
David B. Rubin
John A. Svoboda
John A. Svoboda
William C. King
William C. King
Michael N. Mulroe
Michael N. Mulroe
Ryan M. Smith
Ryan M. Smith
Ryan P. Clark
Ryan P. Clark
Ana Padilla
Ana Padilla
Advisory Board
Michelle Collins
- Co-Founder and Managing Director of Svoboda, Collins LLC, 1998-2006
- Director of SC Companies PNA Holdings, Cigars International, and Strategic Marketing
- Investment Committee Member of SC Fund II
Michael Krasny
- Mr. Krasny is the Founder and Retired Chairman and CEO of CDW
- From its founding in 1984, CDW grew to be a Fortune 500 company and the nation’s largest direct marketer of multi-brand computer solutions for business
- Today Mr. Krasny spends his time at Sawdust Investment Management Corp., a private investment firm focused on managing investments and continuing the philanthropic efforts of the Circle of Service Foundation, a family foundation supporting the needs of the community
- Michael graduated in 1975 from the University of Illinois with a Bachelor of Science degree in finance and was a Sammy
Patrick Norton
- Former EVP and CFO and currently a Director of The Scotts Company
- The Scotts Company is the world’s leading producer and marketer of products for do-it-yourself lawn care and gardening and professional horticulture
- Former CEO and President of Barefoot, Inc., a leading professional lawn care service company
John Raitt
- Partner, President and the Chief Executive Officer for Harris Associates, and President of The Oakmark Funds
- Joined Harris Associates in 1986 where he served as a research analyst, became Director of Research in early 1998
- Former Investment Officer at The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company responsible for private equity and fixed income investments
- B.A. in Economics from Williams College (1978), a M.B.A. from Northwestern University (1980)
- Over twenty-three years investment experience and is a CFA charterholder
John L. Simpson
- CEO of Convert IT Marketing, an entrepreneurial digital agency focused on the legal sector.
- Co-founder and former CEO of One North Interactive, a digital marketing agency and SC Fund III portfolio company.
- SC Fund IV Operating Partner.
- Holds an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and a BA from Vanderbilt University.
John Tracy
- CEO of Dot Foods
- Dot Foods is the leading master distributor of food and ingredients in the U.S.
- Active Director of community organizations and businesses in St. Louis area