Advisory Board

Jeff Hammes is the former Chairman of Kirkland & Ellis, a leading international law firm. Jeff served in the Chairman role since 2010. He also was a founding partner of K&E’s San Francisco, Palo Alto, Houston and Hong Kong offices, and led the transformation of Kirkland’s New York and London offices. Jeff now serves on the advisory boards of the Wisconsin University School of Business and the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.

Ted has advised ultra-high-net-worth families for the past 11 years, most recently with Crest Capital Advisors, a Hightower company. Before that, Ted was at Merrill Lynch in the Private Banking and Investment Group; and, before that, he was at Credit Suisse. Before entering the wealth management industry, Ted worked at several start-ups (Parson Group, Orbit Commerce, and Scribe) in senior management roles.

Liz Brimmer is the founding partner and owner of Brimmer Communications, a Wyoming public relations and public affairs firm. She worked as communications director and chief of staff for former Wyoming Senator Craig Thomas.

Roy Whitney has over 50 years of experience investing in lower middle market companies. Roy has had a successful and distinguished career in private equity. He joined HKW in 1971 and led the firm into the world of private equity. Roy was President, CEO and Chairman of HKW. He also serves as an advisor to Access Venture Partners.

Steve Tomlinson was a partner with Kirkland & Ellis with a practice focused on business transactions in the real estate and hospitality industries. His clients include real estate private equity sponsors, sovereign and other non-U.S. investors and real estate operating companies that are engaged in a wide variety of real estate transactions, including acquisitions and divestitures, fund formations and investments.

Sal Paolantonio has been a national ESPN correspondent since 1995. He has won 6 Emmys and is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Selection Committee. Previously, Sal was a national and international correspondent at the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Richard Porter was a corporate and private equity partner at Kirkland & Ellis. He has a wide ranging practice that focuses primarily on private equity. Mr. Porter has served as Counselor to Vice President Quayle, Special Assistant to President Bush and Executive Secretary of the Domestic Policy Council.

Kent Noble is an award-winning professor at the University of Wyoming. Kent was appointed by former Governor Matt Mead to the Wyoming Commission on Judicial Conduct and Ethics in 2018, and he was reappointed in 2021 by Governor Mark Gordon. He currently serves on the board of directors for the John P. Ellbogen Foundation, the NASBA Center for the Public Trust, and the Better Business Bureau Foundation of Northern Colorado and Wyoming.

John Dominguez has more than 30 years of experience in private equity. Mr. Dominguez is the Founder and Principal Partner of Bridge Haven LLC, a San Francisco-based placement agency and advisory firm. During his career, Mr. Dominguez had a lead role in committing more than $3 billion of capital to private equity and other alternative investments on behalf of institutional clients.

Robert Grady is an Advisory Partner at Summit Partners. Prior to joining Summit Partners, Mr. Grady was a Partner at Gryphon Investors. Previously, Mr. Grady was a Partner at the Carlyle Group and a Deputy Assistant to President George H.W. Bush.

Dan Helle is a former partner of the private equity investment firm CIVC Partners. Dan joined CIVC in 1989 and led its growth as a national middle market leader in private equity. Dan has substantial experience in the financial services industries. Prior to CIVC, he worked at Citicorp Leveraged Capital and Continental Bank.