Private Equity Alumni News and Updates - Summer 2026

Alumni updates 2026

Dana Carey `05 is now Chief Investment Officer and Credit President at MidOcean Partners

* Grant Dalton `26 will be joining Vista Equity

* Emilie Heron `26 will be joining TorQuest

Julianne Hummelberg `19 is Co-Founder & General Partner Hingham Growth Partners

* Shazeem Kudchiwala `26 is joining Nyca Partners

Elizabeth Mitchell `18 joined Abound Health as Chief Growth Officer

Michael Moriel is Founder at Higher Ground Capital

* Derek Oliver `26 will be joining Vista Equity

* Kevin Tian `26 will be going to ARA partners

* Katherine Ye will be joining EY Parthenon

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About the Researcher(s)

Donna Hitscherich

Senior Lecturer in Discipline in Business: Finance Division

Bernstein Faculty Leader: Bernstein Center for Leadership and Ethics

Director of the Mergers and Acquisitions Initiative: Finance Division

Michael Ewens

David L. and Elsie M. Dodd Professor of Finance: Finance Division

Director: Private Equity Program

Date: December 15, 2025

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Private Equity Alumni News and Updates - Winter 2025

After a hiatus, we have re-started the Alumni News feature of the Private Equity Program newsletter.We would love to hear from you, our alums, about your news. Please reach out to keep us updated - [email protected]!Recent grads with an asterisk (*) indicate one of the Private Equity Fellows  

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Finance, Research

Date: February 17, 2025

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Closing the Gender Gap: Why Private Equity Needs More Women in Leadership

Despite equal representation in MBA programs, women remain underrepresented in US private equity. A report by Professor Michael Ewens finds that achieving gender parity requires firms to attract, retain, and promote more women and offers strategies to support this goal.