Mid-Year Round-up

All new members are offered the opportunity to provide a company overview to introduce themselves to the current membership. Please be sure to look for and welcome our newest members at the next event.

Tony Cord, Newport Board Group - Newport Partners are CEOs and senior executives who guide companies through No Man’s Land℠ and help private equity firms acquire and grow these companies. Newport Board Group is a national professional services firm of exclusively dedicated equity partners who work together closely in the Newport Expert Network™ serving clients as advisors and board members. For more information and resources including whitepapers and ebooks visit https://www.newportboardgroup.com/.
Ed Jamieson, ZEISS Group - The ZEISS Group develops and distributes semiconductor manufacturing equipment, measuring technology, microscopes, medical technology, eyeglass lenses, camera and cine lenses, binoculars and planetarium technology. Founded in 1846, the company is headquartered in Oberkochen, Germany. The company is wholly owned by the Carl Zeiss Foundation. The Consumer Optics business group combines the businesses of camera and movie lenses, binoculars, spotting scopes, hunting optics and planetarium technology. The Sports Optics US business is headquartered in North Chesterfield, VA. Additional information is available at www.zeiss.com/us/sports-optics.
Rob Hagerty, Farragut Capital Partners - Farragut Capital Partners is a lower middle market mezzanine and private equity fund focused on companies with $10-100MM of revenue and $2-10MM of EBITDA. We invest $3-9MM per transaction and favor business services, manufacturing, media, and distribution businesses. Farragut is based in Washington, DC and is building an active presence in Richmond.
Joyce Manning, Southern States Cooperative - Southern States Cooperative is one of the largest farm supply retail and service cooperatives in the United States. The Richmond, VA-based cooperative serves over 1,200 retail outlets across 23 states, providing a wide range of farm inputs including: fertilizer, seed, livestock feed, pet food, animal health supplies, and petroleum products, as well as other items for the farm and home. The cooperative was founded in 1923 as Virginia Seed Service (VSS) when Virginia farmers were unable to buy seed guaranteed to grow in the Commonwealth. About 150 farmers started the company with just $11,000 in capital, two employees and a second-hand typewriter. Today, Southern States has grown to become a $1.5 billion agribusiness with over 200,000 farmer-members. Southern States’ mission is to be customer-focused and the best at providing products, services and growing solutions for farms and around the home.
David McDade, McKesson Medical-Surgical - McKesson Medical-Surgical Inc., is an affiliate of the McKesson Corporation. McKesson Corporation, currently ranked 5th on the FORTUNE 500, is a healthcare services and information technology company dedicated to making the business of healthcare run better. McKesson Medical-Surgical works with health systems, physician offices, extended care providers, in-home patients, labs, payers and others across the spectrum of care to build healthier organizations that deliver better care to patients in every setting. McKesson Medical-Surgical helps its customers improve their financial, operational, and clinical performance with solutions that include pharmaceutical and medical-surgical supply management, healthcare information technology, and business and clinical services. For more information, visit mms.mckesson.com.
Jake Spilman, McGuireWoods - McGuireWoods LLP is a leading international law firm with more than 1,000 lawyers in 23 offices worldwide. It ranks among the top 10 law firms in the Financial Times’ prestigious North America Innovative Lawyers report. The firm has been recognized 11 times on BTI Consulting’s “Client Service A-Team” — elite firms singled out for client service excellence based on unprompted feedback from clients in major companies. Its full-service public affairs arm, McGuireWoods Consulting LLC, offers infrastructure and economic development, strategic communications and grassroots advocacy, and government relations solutions. For more information, visit www.mcguirewoods.com.