Trish Gilbert, Chief Talent Officer – Wind Point Partners

Trish joined Wind Point in 2018 and works with Wind Point senior partners to identify, assess and cultivate relationships with top-caliber CEOs, Board Directors, Executive Advisor Partners and C-suite candidates. These executives play a key role in all aspects of the investment process spanning diligence and underwriting to joining portfolio company management teams and boards.

Prior to Wind Point, Trish was the Vice President, Human Capital with The Edgewater Funds. Previously, she was a Managing Director with Citadel LLC, where she led Global Talent Acquisition and held various leadership roles focused on talent strategies. Previously, she held senior-level roles in retained search with Heidrick & Struggles and Lynch Miller Moore O’Hara Partners. Trish holds a BA in psychology from Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

Alice Hurh, Principal, Head of Human Capital – Waud Capital

Alice leads the human capital team at WCP. She advises the firm and its portfolio companies on human capital initiatives that drive value creation; she also builds partnerships with CEOs and executives who can lead the firm’s new investments.

Before joining WCP, Alice served as a partner at Heidrick & Struggles in its healthcare services practice. She has partnered with corporate and private equity clients on CEO and board recruitment, succession planning, and broader organizational talent strategies. Her clients have spanned high-growth, early-stage organizations as well as Fortune 5 enterprises. Her earlier career included executive search experience at Russell Reynolds Associates and A.T. Kearney.

Alice received a BA in Economics and Public Policy from the University of Chicago. She is a member of the University of Chicago Women’s Board and serves on the Cook County Health Foundation Board of Directors, which is focused on improving health equity and greater access to healthcare.

Jamie Jacobs, Chief Talent Officer – Oak Hill Capital

Jamie Jacobs serves as the Chief Talent Officer to the Oak Hill funds focusing across all aspects of Human Capital with specialties in Talent Management, Talent Acquisition, Organization design and assessment, and HRIS, compensation and benefits advice. For eight years prior to partnering with Oak Hill, Jamie was the Director of Human Capital at American Securities where she worked with portfolio companies’ leadership teams on all aspects of Human Resources.

Previously Jamie was with Morgan Stanley for nearly eleven years where she held a number of leadership positions within the firm including heading HR project, program and data management for the wealth management division, restructuring and strategy for the firm’s recruiting function, Senior HR Business partner for the Private wealth management business, Head of Business Management for the International Private Wealth Management business and Head of Business Management and COO for the Global Talent Management organization.

Earlier in her career Jamie worked in Management Consulting at PriceWaterhouseCoopers focusing on technology, business process, and strategy consulting. Jamie received a BS in Business and Economics from Lehigh University.

Leanna Jardine, Head of Talent Acquisition – Keystone Capital

Leanna leads Talent Acquisition initiatives across the Keystone portfolio, specializing in executive search, leadership assessment, and hiring strategy. She partners closely with portfolio leadership to identify, assess, and secure executive-level talent, leveraging personality assessments to provide data-driven hiring recommendations that enhance executive team composition. Her work centers on building scalable, efficient recruitment processes that support sustained organizational growth.

Michael Karran, Partner – Mintz Group

Michael Karran is a Partner and industry veteran who serves as the Head of Mintz Group’s New York office. Michael provides strategic due diligence and actionable business intelligence to institutional investors and global corporations across diverse sectors, helping clients make informed decisions in complex, high-stakes environments. His client base spans private equity and venture capital firms, investment banks, pension funds, corporations, and M&A counsel, assisting at every stage of a transaction—from evaluating management teams to assessing emerging talent.

Michael is a recognized thought leader, frequently presenting at leading industry conferences, contributing to prominent publications, and featured across prominent news outlets and podcasts.

Since joining the firm in 2007, Michael has led and contributed to more than a thousand projects involving complex issues such as consumer and securities fraud, executive background checks, transaction diligence, insider trading investigations, asset tracing, and product liability disputes. His extensive experience underscores his deep expertise in managing complex, high-value engagements across multiple industries and countries. Earlier in his career, Michael honed his investigative expertise as part of Mintz Group’s computer forensics practice.

Kelsey Kemp, Director of Talent – CIVC Partners

Kelsey is the Director of Talent at CIVC Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm that invests in leading middle-market companies in the business services sector. In this role, she partners with the firm’s portfolio companies to develop human capital strategies that drive value creation, while also building and managing the firm’s executive network at the fund level. Kelsey brings a practitioner’s perspective to talent strategy across the full investment lifecycle—from diligence through exit—understanding how the right leadership and executive expertise can accelerate growth and de-risk investments. She approaches projects with a unique blend of creative vision and a passion for process, offering both strategic thinking and disciplined execution to human capital decisions.

Before joining CIVC in 2024, Kelsey spent her early career in executive search at a boutique firm in Chicago, where she specialized in placing leaders into private equity-backed portfolio companies. She also helped develop and launch the firm’s first mid-level hiring practice. Kelsey holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Acting from Ball State University in Muncie, IN and serves on the Field Museum Associates Board.

Kimberly Kroll, Managing Director – Pearl Meyer

Kimberly Kroll is a Managing Director with Pearl Meyer and brings more than 20 years of professional experience helping leaders and organizations perform at their best. A long-held passion for Formula 1 racing shapes her perspective on teamwork as the ultimate measure of success. In no other sport are roles so deeply specialized – and so critically interdependent. In Formula 1, identifying the wrong talent for the team can be catastrophic; the same principle applies in business.

Kim’s career uniquely combines two decades of running a fourth-generation international business with over a dozen years at Ampersand Leadership Group. This blend of operational and advisory experience has given her a deep understanding of human behavior, motivation, and organizational dynamics to offer clients business-relevant insights and pragmatic, actionable guidance. Her expertise in founder-led and family-run businesses navigating critical phases of growth and transition make her a critical asset to PE investors seeking to objectively assess and best work with the teams they invest in.

Known for her calm demeanor, authentic candor, and deep respect for all stakeholders, the hallmark of Kim’s compassionate and incisive approach is earning the trust to ask the tough questions that reveal the root cause of any human capital challenge and maximize value for the business and its investors. She holds a PsyD in Clinical Psychology from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology and graduated magna cum laude in 2.5 years with a BS in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Ariana Moon, VP of Talent Planning & Acquisition – Greenhouse

Ariana leads a global team that partners with leaders across Greenhouse to scale talent planning practices and hire for what’s next.

John Nimesheim, Senior Managing Director – Slayton Search Partners

With nearly 30 years in retained executive search, John serves as Senior Managing Director and President at Slayton Search Partners, where he leads the firm’s Industrial Practice. He partners closely with manufacturing and distribution clients, including large and mid-cap public companies, privately held businesses, and private equity-backed portfolio companies. While his work spans the full executive suite, he spends the majority of his time shaping leadership teams at the highest levels, with a particular focus on P&L leaders, COOs, CFOs, CSCOs, CCOs, and their direct reports.

In addition to providing strategic guidance to clients on critical executive hiring needs, as Senior Managing Partner, John has overall responsibility for the day-to-day management of the firm, ensuring operational excellence and continuity across the firm. Additionally, he spearheads efforts to attract and recruit external partners, strengthening Slayton’s executive search capabilities and fostering long-term growth. Prioritizing flawless execution, both in process and quality, John and the team have contributed to positioning Slayton Search Partners as one of the most respected firms in the country.

Prior to Slayton, in progressively responsible Human Resources management roles, John specialized in recruiting mid- and senior-level executives at a mid-size manufacturing company, a large medical products and services company, and a mid-sized distribution company.

John earned a Master of Business Administration from Loyola University, Chicago and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Sociology from Miami University, Ohio.

Michelle Nunez, Managing Director, Human Capital – Prairie Capital

Michelle is responsible for assisting Prairie’s portfolio companies with their organizational structure and human capital efforts. Prior to Prairie, Michelle was a Partner in the Retirement and Investment Practice for Aon Hewitt. She has also held a variety of senior level Human Resource roles with Ennis Knupp & Associates, Zurich Insurance, KPMG, LLP, and as a Human Capital Consultant focusing on M&A activities, organizational design, leadership development, and recruiting and retention. She received a B.S. in Marketing from Purdue University and is currently pursuing her MBA from DePaul University. Michelle is a member of the Society of Human Resource Management, Human Resources Management Association of Chicago and holds the Senior Professional of Human Resources from SHRM.

Michael Sharifi, Operating Principal – WynnChurch Capital

Michael Sharifi joined Wynnchurch in 2025. Prior to joining Wynnchurch, Michael held various positions in the recruitment and talent sector, including most recently as Director and Head of Portfolio Talent Operations at Vista Equity Partners.

Michael has spent his career developing and scaling private equity talent programs with a focus on executive recruitment & selection, organizational health, leadership development, compensation & rewards, and HR strategy.

Krista Skalde-Roy, Chief Talent Officer – Inovia Capital

Krista Skalde-Roy is a seasoned global talent leader and Operating Partner and Chief Talent Officer at Inovia Capital, where she leads firm-wide human capital strategy and provides advisory support to portfolio companies. With deep expertise spanning talent strategy, organizational transformation, leadership development, and human capital due diligence, she plays a central role in helping high-growth businesses build scalable leadership systems and drive long-term value creation.

At Inovia, Krista has been instrumental in building portfolio-wide talent infrastructure, including leadership coaching programs, communities of practice, and advanced people strategies that enhance organizational performance. She is a trusted advisor to CEOs, executive teams, and investment leaders, known for designing and executing large-scale transformation initiatives and organizational redesigns that enable companies to adapt, grow, and compete more effectively.

Prior to joining Inovia, she served as Senior HR Partner for private markets and hedge funds at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, where she led HR and change management efforts supporting the firm’s transition to a direct investment model. Earlier in her career, she held leadership roles at Sodexo, including Director of the Sodexo Management Institute, and began her career in consulting across both boutique firms and a top-tier consultancy.

In addition to her operating role, Krista is actively engaged in the broader talent and technology ecosystem, serving in advisory and board roles across multiple organizations. She holds advanced and undergraduate degrees in political science from institutions in France and Canada and brings a global perspective shaped by international experience and multilingual capabilities.

Richard Stein, CEO – HSiQ Talent Intelligence

Richard Stein is CEO of HSIQ. He has a distinguished career supporting the C-suite of many of the world’s top corporations and financial services organizations in all aspects of talent acquisition, development and retention. Richard is one of the industry’s top advisors with experience across the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific.

In previous roles, Richard has driven innovation and strategy in human capital by focusing on turning talent intelligence into actionable revenues. His expertise includes market intelligence, due diligence, and expert witness services, helping companies navigate market disruptions, pre and post-merger due diligence and competitive challenges.

Richard is an acknowledged industry leader and expert in creating high performance organizations, as well as lucrative outcomes through collaborative leadership efforts with board members, C-suite leaders and other stakeholders, with a focus on identifying top drivers of organizational value through talent. He is a frequent speaker and consultant on leadership, management, and corporate governance. Richard has held leadership roles at some of the world’s largest executive search firms and has served as CEO and founder of his own firm.

Richard earned a B.A in History, Politics and English from the University of Buckingham.

Morgan Taylor, Partner and Practice Head of Executive Diligence – Mintz Group

Morgan Taylor is a Partner in the San Francisco office and heads the Mintz Group’s Executive Diligence practice. She specializes in managing cross-border investigations into potential partners, transaction targets and executive or board placements to support pre-deal and pre-hire due diligence. She also oversees investigations for law firms and employers related to issues such as employment disputes, fraud investigations and allegations of workplace misconduct.

Prior to joining the Mintz Group in 2014, Morgan worked for a start-up due diligence firm, where she conducted investigations for private and public sector clients in dispute-related cases, including international asset tracing and link analysis to uncover fraud. She is also an experienced researcher, with a focus on financial crimes, anti-money laundering, counterterrorism and Middle East history and politics.

Morgan has an M.A. in Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies and a B.A. from the University of Colorado at Boulder in International Affairs.