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Ricardo Rodriguez
Ricardo Rodriguez is a managing director on the investment team, responsible for deal origination and investment underwriting. Prior to joining Grain in 2020, Rodriguez served as president and CEO of Spirit MTA REIT, a net lease real estate investment trust (REIT) with approximately $2.5 billion in AUM. Previously, he held positions across Morgan Stanley’s Global…
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Chrissie Pariso
Chrissie Pariso co-leads MPowered Capital, bringing 20 years of investing experience to the role. As a former senior portfolio manager of private equity at Exelon Corporation and head of Exelon’s Women & Minority Manager Program, Pariso brings a unique set of qualifications to MPowered. While at Exelon, she sourced, diligenced, and committed over $1.8 billion…
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Norihiro Takahashi
As the president of the Government Pension Investment Fund since April 2016, Takahashi has also served as representative director and president of JA Mitsui Leasing, Ltd. From 1980 to 2015, Takahashi was senior managing director at The Norinchukin Bank, where he held various leadership positions in the areas of investment and management.
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Ulrik Smith
Ulrik Smith has been a partner at FSN Capital since 2013 and became co-managing partner in 2022 together with Robin Muerer. He is based in Oslo. Prior to joining FSN as an associate in 2005, Smith was part of the management program at Citigroup in Chicago. He also gained business restructuring and strategy development experience…
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Steve Ellis
Ellis is a managing partner with TPG Growth and The Rise Fund. TPG Growth is the $13B growth equity and middle market buyout platform of global alternative asset firm TPG. In 2016, Ellis was among a group of partners who led the formation of The Rise Fund, a global impact investing fund with $2.1 billion…
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Insha Rahman
As Director of Strategy & New Initiatives at the Vera Institute of Justice, Rahman helps incubate new work in the areas of prosecutorial reform, bail, and decarceration, with a focus on developing advocacy-related strategies and accountability. Having practiced as a public defender before coming to Vera, she is a nationally-recognized expert on bail and has…
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Peter Kadens
Peter Kadens currently serves as the chairman of the Kadens Family Foundation, a charitable organization dedicated to closing the pervasive wealth and education gaps in the U.S. He retired in August 2018 as CEO of Green Thumb Industries, one of the largest publicly-traded, legal cannabis operators in the U.S. with a current market capitalization of…
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