Management Team
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William M. Means, Managing Partner, founder of both Merion I and its predecessor portfolio at Mellon Growth Finance. He has 20 years experience (with a focus on healthcare) in leveraged cash flow and mezzanine lending. He also served as an officer of Fidelcor Capital, the venture capital subsidiary of Fidelity Bank.
Education: BA Case Western Reserve University; MBA/MS Temple University
Select Board Affiliations: ReSearch Pharma, AFS, Baran Institute of Technology, Shades of Light, NCO, Crothall Services, Response USA
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Anthony R. Caringi, CFA, Partner, founder of Merion I and a member of the Mellon Growth team. He has spent 15 of his 22 years in credit providing cash flow and mezzanine lending to growth companies. Anthony has served on several private company boards both at Mellon and Merion. He is member of the CFA Institute and former adjunct professor of Finance.
Education:BA Lycoming College; MBA George Washington University
Select Board Affiliations:Techbooks, MetaSource
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Gayle G. Hughes, Partner, founder of Merion I and a member of the MGF team. Gayle has 27 years lending experience and has spent .over half of her career working with entrepreneurial firms providing growth capital via leveraged cash flow and mezzanine. Gayle was an investment banker at Marine Midland raising debt and equity capital for growing companies. She serves as President of the Board of the Northeast Regional Association of Small Business Investor Alliance.
Education:AB Lafayette College
Select Board Affiliations:Cargo Airport Services, ID Images, Databank
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Edward J. Rodgers, Partner, former Managing Director at Wachovia Securities – Co-Head, Defense & Aerospace sector; Head, Mid-Atlantic Corporate Banking. During his 40 year career, he has managed specialty lending groups that includes communications, healthcare, .and financial institutions. He is a former Director of Mercy Health System of Pennsylvania and a former Director of Elder Trust Healthcare, a publically-held REIT.
Education:BA La Salle College
Select Board Affiliations:Keystone, Elite, Tech Pharma
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Samuel S. Brewer, Principal, has been a member of the Merion team. for over seven years. Prior work experience includes four years .with the investment banking division of Merrill Lynch in both the communications and real estate groups.
Education:BA Brown University; MBA The Wharton School
Select Board Affiliations:Olympia Chimney, Integrated Healthcare
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Scott D. Nissenbaum, Principal, brings over a decade of venture capital experience as the former Managing Director of Novitas Capital, .a family of early stage venture capital funds with $235 million under management. Prior to Merion, Scott was the Founder and President of Finite Carbon, the largest developer of forest carbon offsets in the United States, that raised more than $6 million in venture capital.
Education:BS The Pennsylvania State University; .MBA Saint Joseph’s University
Select Board Affiliations:Traffic.com (TRFC), USA Tech (USAT), EZ Prints
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Alex P. Rohr, Associate, joined Merion as an Associate in 2010 after nearly eight years with the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division. While Alex started by analyzing criminal price fixing, bid rigging, and market allocation cases, he more recently performed merger analysis for many industries including software, healthcare, dairy, and paper.
Education:BA University of San Diego; Paralegal Certification
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Paul J. Haviland, CPA, Controller, provides a full range of accounting services including A/P and payroll processing, maintenance of general ledgers and financial statement preparation, with a specialty in SBICs.
Education:BA Elon University |
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