Russell, Ryan

Ryan Russell is a Co-Founder and Partner at Washington, D.C. based Avenue GP. Prior to Avenue, Ryan spent 4 years at Baltimore based JMI Equity and 7 years at Los Angeles based Marlin Equity. Prior to joining Marlin, Ryan received a B.A. in History and Economics.

Stephens, Makayla

Makayla Stephens is a Director within Oppenheimer’s Global Fund Placement and Advisory Group focused on capital raising for primary, secondary, and direct/co-investment transactions. She’s also responsible for institutional investor coverage.

Owens, Celeste

Celeste is an attorney by training whose non-traditional law school experience lead her to the United Nations in Geneva and the Organization of American States division in Washington D.C. In each of these roles, she supported projects that related to international investment agreements, trade, development, and competitiveness. The experiences fostered in her a deep appreciation…

Solomon, Cole

Solomon Cole joined AB in 2016 and is a Director with AB Private Credit Investors, where he is involved in originations across a number of industries, including healthcare, software and technology-enabled business services. He was formerly a vice president on the Credit team at AB Private Credit Investors, where he was involved in structuring, underwriting…

Hixon, Kamau

Kamau is responsible for originating, structuring, and managing investments for Comvest’s direct lending and special opportunities stratagies. Investment sizes range from $20 to $200 million depending on strategy.