Category: Senior Advisors

Tom Tull, CFA is a senior executive with 40+ years of investment experience in both private and public capital markets. Mr. Tull was most recently the Chief Investment Officer at the Employees Retirement System of Texas (ERS) where he managed a ~$35 billion public pension plan that administers on behalf of employees and retirees of […]

Deirdre Breakenridge is a business book author, communications strategist, media trainer, and CEO at Pure Performance Communications. As a 30+ year veteran in PR, marketing, and branding, she has worked with senior leaders at organizations, including JVC, Kraft, Nasdaq, NBA Events and Attractions, Siegel+Gale and the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). As the author […]

Mr. Bradsher has approximately 25 years of experience as an investor and operator with additional leadership experience through serving as a board member for several companies in the engineering, defense, and technology industries. Mr. Bradsher is currently Chairman & CEO of District Equity, a private equity firm which is and has been an owner of […]

Dr. Anthony Pesco brings 25 years of finance, risk management and investment experience to Star Mountain as a strategic investor and Senior Advisor. Tony recently retired from Credit Suisse after 18 years where he held several leadership roles including running a 500-person global team which generated approximately $2 billion in annual revenues. Tony initially joined […]

Douglas Waggoner has over 40 years of financial and executive management experience across finance, asset management, business development and client relationship management. Mr. Waggoner’s distinguished career includes over 20 years at BlackRock, where he played a key role in building BlackRock’s institutional business into the largest and most successful in the asset management industry.  As […]

Mr. Olert has 30 years of experience across financial services, capital markets, credit, and risk management with a deep understanding of crisis management, credit research, compliance, cyber security and corporate governance. He qualifies as an audit committee financial expert and is an adjunct professor at Fordham University. Mr. Olert retired from Fitch Group, Inc. in […]

Jay Meschke has over 25 years of experience in the talent management field. Mr. Meschke is currently the President of CBIZ Talent & Compensation Solutions and EFL Associates and leads a nationwide organization that helps attract, retain, and develop C-Suite executives. During his career in the executive search field leading EFL Associates since 1992 and […]

Peter Freire is the former Chief Executive Officer of the Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA), representing the interests of limited partners in private capital funds across the globe. With over 450 members, the ILPA represents over $1 trillion in investable private capital. Across his tenure at the ILPA, Mr. Freire executed a mandate to grow […]

Erik Falk is a senior executive focused on strategic initiatives at Magnetar Capital, a $13+ billion alternative asset management firm. Until early 2017, Mr. Falk oversaw the private funds as a Head of Private Credit within KKR’s (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.) $35 billion credit business and served on the Private Credit Investment Committee, the […]

Stephen Fromm has over 25 years of experience as an investment banker. He has focused since 1990 on the financial services sector and has worked closely with many U.S. and global insurance companies on a wide variety of M&A, financing and general strategic matters. Mr. Fromm was most recently the Vice Chairman of TigerRisk Capital Markets […]