PPC Team

alyson aurand
Vice President – Services

benjamin barry
Principal – Services

haley bass
Executive Assistant
ellie baumgartner
Senior Finance Associate
Ben Barry is a Principal on the Services team for PPC. Ben works with Kenco Logistics, Lawley, and Valicor. Ben initially joined PPC in 2017 as an Associate and rejoined in 2021 after serving as Chief of Staff at Valicor, a PPC Company, for one year. Prior to PPC, Ben was an Associate at Summit Partners and an Investment Banking Analyst at Baird. Ben received his B.B.A. from Emory University.
april bennett
Executive Assistant
alyssa brand
Associate
chris brannan
Assistant General Counsel, Chief Compliance and ESG Officer

chris brickman
Operating Partner - Manufactured Products

spenser brown
Vice President - Manufactured Products

anthony cardona
Investment Partner - Services

jeff carlson
Head of Technology

demetre carnot
Associate
Jeff Carlson is Head of Technology for PPC and oversees PPC’s IT team and provides strategic and tactical guidance as well as develops cross-collaboration across the IT professionals at the PPC Companies. Jeff joined PPC in 2020 after previously having served as Director of Information Technology at Pritzker Group since 2014. Prior to PPC/Pritzker Group, Jeff was a Vice President of Information Technology at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, a Vice President at Bank of America, and a Senior Developer at Vista Software Solutions (now JDA Software). Jeff received his M.S. and B.S. from Northern Illinois University.

carter cast
Operating Partner – Commercial
thomas chadwick
Investment Partner - Manufactured Products

esther choi
Human Resources Generalist

rebecca converse
Partner and Head of Global Strategic Partnerships
keirsten culler
Receptionist

bradley davis
Finance Manager

brooke delpiccolo
Senior Associate - Partner Relations and Marketing

kaitlyn desai
Principal - Manufactured Products

alex dexeus
Vice President – Operations Management

james dziubla
Controller

anna edgcomb
Vice President – Manufactured Products

amanda essay
Vice President - Financial Performance
andrew farwell
Vice President – Services

erica friedman (kosches)
Senior Associate

david gau
President and Head of Operations

dwight gibson
Operating Partner – Manufactured Products

parker hewitt
Senior Associate

david hirsch
Chief Financial Officer – Operations Group
patrick hodan
Vice President - Manufactured Products

phillip iler
Principal - Manufactured Products
Patrick Hodan is a Vice President on the Manufactured Products team for PPC. Patrick works with Aurorium, C.H. Guenther, and PLZ. Patrick initially joined PPC in 2020 as an Associate and re-joined in 2025 after business school. Prior to PPC, Patrick was an investment banking associate in the Services & Industrials Group at William Blair in Chicago. Patrick received his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and his B.B.A. in finance from the University of Notre Dame where he was a four-time monogram winner as a member of the soccer team.
michael janis
Associate
kailash jayaraman
Associate

matthew kasper
Vice President – Operations and Strategic Finance

eric kieras
Investment Partner - Services
Matthew Kasper is Vice President – Operations & Strategic Finance for PPC. Matthew works with the PPC Companies to support the execution of strategic, financial, and operational value creation initiatives. Matthew joined PPC in 2020 as an Associate. Prior to PPC, Matthew was an investment banking Analyst at RBC Capital Markets. Matthew received his B.S. from Indiana University.
Eric Kieras is an Investment Partner for PPC and co-leads the Firm’s Services team. Eric works with EDP, HeartLand, and Kenco Logistics. Eric joined PPC in 2020. Prior to PPC, Eric was a Managing Director at JZ Partners and previously an investment banker at P&M Corporate Finance. Eric received his B.B.A. from the University of Michigan.

jen klein
Paralegal
arielle kohn
Coordinator, Strategic Partnerships

alli kothari
Associate

keely krugler
Technology Project Manager

emma lee
Senior Associate

mike manno
Principal – Services

connor marks
IT Support Specialist

crystal massa
Executive Assistant

michael nelson
Managing Partner and Head of Investing

lana passarelli
Legal & Compliance Associate

casey perz
Associate, Partner Relations and Marketing
andrew petri
Chief Financial Officer
kayley pitman
Event Manager
tony pritzker
Co-Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer

rachel roberts
Executive Assistant

miguel roman
Accounts Payable Clerk

mason schilling
Associate
dennis schmandt
Associate

judy schroffel
Senior Executive Assistant

anish sharan
Head of Digital Transformation

sarah simao
Executive Assistant

bradley smith
Tax Director
brennan smith
Associate

hannah tannhauser
Administrative Assistant

chris trick
Investment Partner - Manufactured Products

brad west
Partner, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel
