Mayo Center - Events - Private Equity Speaker Series

Richard A. Mayo Center for Asset Management

Private Equity Speaker Series

Each year, the Darden Private Equity Club and the Mayo Center for Asset Management convene leading private equity practitioners at the intersection of several industry hot topics. This year we will be hosting several guests as part of a speaker series occurring through the fall and spring semesters.

Spring 2025

25 April 2025: Eliza Wood (EMBA '19) & Alex Shahidi (Senior Director & Senior Managing Director, Riveron)

10 April 2025: Darren Fultz (MBA '06) (Former CEO, Dorilton Capital)

20 March 2025: Andrew Crowley (MBA '11) (President, Markel Ventures)

6 February 2025: John Fruehwirth (MBA '96) (Managing Partner, Rotunda Capital Partners)

21 January 2025: David Lawrence (MBA '16) (CEO, ISI) & Carlo Dominguez (MBA '16) (Chief of Staff to the CEO, ISI)

Fall 2024

4 December 2024: Saul Walker (MBA '13) (Managing Director, Columbia Partners Private Capital)

3 October 2024: Kevin Klau (MBA '02) (Executive Director, Friends of the University of Notre Dame)

24 September 2024: Zach Ruchman (MBA '18) (Private Markets Investor, Partner, WMS Partners)

Past Events

Spring 2024

2024 Spring Speakers

10 April 2024: Pop-up session with Allan Vartelas (MBA '85) (Co-founder and Managing Partner, Nebrodi Partners)

28 March 2024: Industry Trends and Speaker Series wrap-up with John Loverro (MBA '00) (Partner, Lexington Partners)

21 March 2024: Pop-Up session with Peggy Roberts (MBA '01) (Managing Partner, The Riverside Company)

21 February 2024: Virtual Women in PE Panel led by Allie Laborde, (MBA '15) (Principal, The Stephens Group) with the following panelists:

Maureen Harrell (MBA '08) (Managing Director, Hudson Advisors L.P.)
Aly Mackenzie (MBA '20) (Investor, Radar Partners)
Kristen Gunther (MBA '09) (Investor, Revolution Growth)

24 January 2024: Search Funds/ETA with Emily Holdman (Managing Director, Permanent Equity) *in partnership with the ETA club

2023

2023 Fall Speakers

15 November 2023: John Fruehwirth (MBA '96) (Managing Partner, Rotunda Capital Partners)

9 November 2023: Mark Pacala (Operating Partner, Healthcare Private Equity). Mark is a tenured business professional with over 30 years of general management and private equity experience in healthcare and consumer services companies.

2023 Spring Conference: 23-24 March

Event Summary from The Darden Report
Photo Album

Agenda Overview:

DPEC President's Opening Remarks, Sukari Brown (MBA '23)

Remarks Honoring Susan Chaplinsky and Her Impact, John Fruehwirth (MBA '96), Rotunda Capital Partners

Fireside Chat on Global Infrastructure Investing with Jose Maria Zertuche, BlackRock (Moderated by Professor Elena Loutskina)

Panel on Investing Opportunities and Considerations in Healthcare with Church Moore, Kelso and Frank Winslow, Quad-C (Moderated by Taylor Cole, Harren Equity Partners)

Keynote Speaker (virtual), Jose E. Feliciano, Clearlake Capital (Moderated by John Loverro, Lexington Partners and Sukari Brown (MBA '23))

Panel on the Current State of Private Equity: "Exploring Investment Activity, Trends, and Challenges" with John Alouf, Virginia Retirement System and Caitlin Fitzmaurice, Selby Lane (Moderated by Schon Williams, Mercer Alternatives)

2022