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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

 

 

Published
December 15, 2025
Publication
Private Equity Program News
Focus On
Finance
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Greta Larson

Greta Larson

Senior Director
Private Equity Program
Alumni at recent mixer
Category
School News
News Type(s)
Private Equity Program News

About the Researcher(s)

Photo of Prof. Donna Hitscherich

Donna Hitscherich

Senior Lecturer in Discipline in Business
Finance Division
Co-director
Private Equity Program
Bernstein Faculty Leader
Bernstein Center for Leadership and Ethics
Michael Ewens

Michael Ewens

David L. and Elsie M. Dodd Professor of Finance
Finance Division
Co-director
Private Equity Program

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Alumni updates 2025

  Samuel Beren `25  joined Momentous Sports as a Private Equity Senior Associate

  Elizabeth Broomfield `17  is now a Partner at Aquitaine capital

 Charles Buaron `14  is now the Founder and Managing Partner at Amstead Group

  Andrew Cavanna  ’05 founded Overstory Partners and is a Managing Partner

  Neal Costello `08 has joined New Mountain Capital as Managing Director

  Joseph D’Agostino `14 joined as SVP at  NFP, an Aon company

* Sybel Fetta `25  joined WWB as Vice President

* Garren Keane-Robbins `25  joined Broadtree as Associate

  Aleksandra Krueggeler ’17  is now at Ares Management as Vice President in the Ares Secondaries Group

  Eugenia Gandoy López `16 was promoted to Managing Director at Apollo

  Pedro Leite Goncalves `25  joined Tortuga Growth Partners as an Investment Associate

  Adam Lev `20 joined the management team at Amerit,  Leading  M&A for the organization. Amerit Fleet Solution is a New Mountain Capital portfolio company.

  Michael Livanos ’08  is now founder and Managing Partner at Altair Industries

  Omar Mohamed ’21  joined Ares Management as a Principal, Capital Solutions

* Anthony Neyer `25  joined Levine Leichtman as a Senior Associate

  Charles Pippen `17  was promoted to Executive Director at GCM Grosvenor

  Fitz Robertson `17  joined Apollo Global Management as Principal, National Accounts

* Philip Saba `25  joined Lazard as an Associate in the Healthcare group

* Luigi Scrandoglio Anelli `25 is an Associate at McKinsey & Company

  Danielle Schwartz `23  joined Archimed as a Private Equity Investor

  Alastair Seaman `16  is now Managing Director at Arctos Sports Partners

* David Shabotinsky`25  is Chief of Staff at Zocks

* Bernardo Sosman `25  joined Moelis as an Associate

* Adele Teh `25  joined International Finance Corporation as Young Professional

  Dan Tonkovich `19  joined Blue Owl Capital as Vice President in Portfolio Company Operations & Transformation

* Charles Velie `25   joined H.I.G. Capital as Vice President

   Dan Yu `17 is now Partner at Sterling Investment Partners

* Veronika Zotova `25   joined BCG as a Consultant

 

About the Researcher(s)

Photo of Prof. Donna Hitscherich

Donna Hitscherich

Senior Lecturer in Discipline in Business
Finance Division
Co-director
Private Equity Program
Bernstein Faculty Leader
Bernstein Center for Leadership and Ethics
Michael Ewens

Michael Ewens

David L. and Elsie M. Dodd Professor of Finance
Finance Division
Co-director
Private Equity Program

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