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 FellowsAlumni 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
The Private Equity Program at Columbia Business School has launched an updated incarnation of the Private Equity Fellows which is in an application-only program for full-time MBA students by the Private Equity Program at Columbia Business School. The specialized program is tailored to cover the needs of our most promising MBA PE candidates, while helping our alumni working in the industry by creating a condensed resume book of dedicated candidates. The Program provides participants -- who complete set requirements -- priority access to curriculum, career resources, and activities. The Fellows Program enables the PE Program to provide scalable, high-impact support to those most likely to succeed in the competitive PE landscape. The PE Fellows must show a high degree of leadership and fulfill service requirements and complete a set amount of PE electives.. Learn more about the Class of 2025 PE Fellows, and the Class of 2026 PE Fellows Candidates.Learn more about participating in the Private Equity Fellows Program.
