Mary Berding

Founded in 2015, Silversmith Capital Partners is a Boston-based growth equity firm with over $5 billion in capital under management. Silversmith seeks to partner with founders and entrepreneurs building enduring technology and healthcare businesses. The firm brings deep domain expertise, strategic perspective, and a long-term partnership approach to help management teams accelerate growth. The firm has served as the first institutional partner to some of the most dynamic and successful companies in its core verticals, including Appfire, Apryse, DistroKid, Iodine Software, and LifeStance Health.

Founded in 2015, Silversmith Capital Partners is a Boston-based growth equity firm with over $5 billion in capital under management. Silversmith seeks to partner with founders and entrepreneurs building enduring technology and healthcare businesses. The firm brings deep domain expertise, strategic perspective, and a long-term partnership approach to help management teams accelerate growth. The firm has served as the first institutional partner to some of the most dynamic and successful companies in its core verticals, including Appfire, Apryse, DistroKid, Iodine Software, and LifeStance Health.

Perella Weinberg is a leading global independent financial services firm, founded in 2006 to address the need for experienced, trusted and unconflicted advice in the financial services sector. Our collaborative team of bankers, with broad and deep industry expertise delivers novel insights, differentiated guidance, and tailored solutions for our clients. Our bankers’ extensive and unparalleled advisory experience enables us to assist our clients as they navigate opportunities and challenges in any market environment. For more information visit www.pwpartners.com.

The Georgetown University Student Investment Fund (GUSIF) was founded in 1997 by undergraduates in the McDonough School of Business. GUSIF currently manages over $1,600,000 on behalf of the Endowment and Alumni Association GUSIFs purpose is two-fold: (I) fulfill its fiduciary responsibility by achieving above market-returns and (II) educate its membership through training and real-world experience. GUSIF develops some of the top undergraduate talent who have gone on to work in a wide variety of fields from investment banking to consulting firms at firms, which include Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and McKinsey.