Executive Advisor Partners

Our EAPs are seasoned and successful executives who are active participants in all aspects of our investment process.

Drawing upon years of experience and offering valuable insight, EAPs assist Wind Point with executive identification and evaluation, due diligence on new opportunities, and portfolio company monitoring and team development. EAPs also invest in portfolio companies alongside Wind Point.

Tony Anderson

Former Chair and Midwest Managing Partner, Ernst & Young

Dave Beré

Former Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Nonni's (former Wind Point portfolio company)

Farrukh Bezar

Senior Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer, CSX

Anders Berggren

Former Sector Chief Executive Officer, Marmon Group; Senior Vice President, Husqvarna Group

Stan Bikulege

Chair and Chief Executive Officer; Novolex (former Wind Point portfolio company)

Bob Black

Former Group President, Kimberly-Clark International

Randall Boyd

Former Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Guckenheimer Food Services

Guy Broadbent

President, Vector Advisors LLC; Former Chief Executive Officer, Argotec (former Wind Point portfolio company); Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Xcellerex

Bruce Carbonari

Former Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Fortune Brands

Court Carruthers

President and Chief Executive Officer, TricorBraun; Director, Ryerson Holding; Former Group President, Americas Grainger

Bob Chauvin

Former President, Tyco SimplexGrinnell

Charlie Crew

Former President and Chief Executive Officer, SABIC Innovative Plastics

Arnold Donald

President and Chief Executive Officer, Carnival Corporation

Katie Doyle

Former Chief Executive Officer, Swanson Health; Former SVP and Corporate Officer, Abbott Laboratories

Ted Dysart

Vice Chair, Heidrick & Struggles

Jamie Egasti

Former Chief Executive Officer, Catalina; Former Chief Executive Officer, Folgers Coffee Company

Carol Eicher

Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Innocor, Inc.

Mike Fitzpatrick

Former Director, President and Chief Operating Officer, Rohm & Haas; Former Chief Executive Officer and Chair, Citadel Plastics (former Wind Point portfolio company)

John Gardner

Vice Chair emeritus and Senior Advisor, Heidrick & Struggles

Andee Harris

Chief Executive Officer, Challenger

Steve Hochhauser

Former Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Johns Manville

Mark Holden

Former Owner and Chief Executive Officer, Quantix (fka A&R Logistics)

Chris Hornung

Co-Founder, Sturbridge Capital; Former Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Cycle (former Wind Point portfolio company)

Mike Huff

Co-Chairman and Former CEO, Ascensus Specialties (Wind Point portfolio company); CEO & COO, Citadel Plastics (former Wind Point portfolio company); Vice President, Global Reinforcements, Johns Manville.

Darrell Hughes

Chief Executive Officer, Aurora Plastics (former Wind Point portfolio company); former General Manager, Materials North America, Avery Dennison

Rob King

Former Chief Executive Officer, Cytosport Inc.; Former Executive Vice President and President - North America, Pepsi Bottling

Pat Larmon

Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Bunzl North America, Inc.

Tracy Leinbach

Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Ryder System, Inc.

Rick Lenny

Non-Executive Chair, Conagra Brands, Inc.; Former Chair and Chief Executive Officer, The Hershey Company

Joe Messner

Former Chief Executive Officer, Petmate (former Wind Point portfolio company)

Greg Muldoon

Chair, STG Logistics (Wind Point portfolio company); Former Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Browning-Ferris Industries; Former Chief Executive Officer, AIR-Serv Holdings (former Wind Point portfolio company)

Becky O'Grady

Former President, Haagen-Dazs, International Marketing and Consumer Insights, General Mills

George Pierson

Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Kleinfelder Group; Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Parsons Brinckerhoff

John Rice

Former President of the Americas, Unilever; Former Co-Chair, Rupari Foods (former Wind Point portfolio company)

Matthew Shattock

Former Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Beam Suntory Inc.

Chris Sliva

Former President and CEO, AdvancePierre Foods; Former President and Chief Operating Officer, TreeHouse Foods.

Steven Stanbrook

Former Chief Operating Officer, International, S.C. Johnson

Craig Stinson

Former Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Breeze Industrial Products (former Wind Point portfolio company)

Victor Swint

Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Tecomet, Inc.; Former Chief Executive Officer, Interface Solutions (former Wind Point portfolio company)

Alice Tillett

Chief Executive Officer, Petmate (former Wind Point portfolio company)

Executive Advisor Partners are not employees of Wind Point Partners, they are third party consultants utilized by Wind Point on a periodic basis. EAPs may receive direct compensation from a portfolio company under terms agreed to by the portfolio company and the EAP and this compensation will not offset management fees. Any compensation received by EAPs at the portfolio company level will be indirectly borne by the Fund by virtue of the Fund’s investment in a portfolio company.