Linda O’Keefe
Principal
Joined Gryphon: 1999
Industry Group: Operations Resources Group
Director at Gryphon Portfolio Companies:
Synteract
Linda works with teams at Accelerated Rehabilitation Centers, Delta Career Education, LeadAmerica, and Synteract. She leads the Audit Committee activities for designated companies and, as needed, continues to lead special finance and operating projects. Until February 2006, she served as Gryphon’s Chief Financial Officer, overseeing the firm’s finance, accounting and administrative activities and also leading special finance and operating projects for Gryphon companies as a supporting member of Gryphon’s Operations Resources Group.
As part of the Operations Resource Group, Linda influences the assessment and hiring of select CFOs and back office staffing to complement existing management teams and reporting environment. She has been active in a number of cost savings initiatives, including centralized purchasing processes and vendor negotiations, expense and budget accountability, and alignment of bonus compensation plans as a way to reduce expenses while meeting corporate objectives. Linda has been instrumental in establishing Audit Committee functions within Gryphon portfolio companies. She actively mentors Gryphon company CFOs and back office team members regarding staffing, risk management, outsourcing, accounting systems and controls.
Linda is based in Indianapolis for efficient travel to Gryphon’s “east of the Rockies” portfolio companies and is strategically located for active involvement in her husband’s open wheel consulting and racing team, LOK Enterprises.
Prior to Gryphon, Linda’s experience included:
- Delphi Ventures, CFO, a venture capital firm focused on the healthcare industry.
- CFO, Vice President of Finance or Controller – early stage and middle-market companies including Collagen Corporation, Target Therapeutics, Unisurge, and Genelabs Technologies.
- Ernst & Young, Audit Senior.
Education & Professional Affiliations:
BS, Business, University of California, Berkeley.
Certified Public Accountant
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
California Society of Certified Public Accountants
Indiana Certified Public Accountant Society
Financial Executives International
Community Outreach:
- Sheltering Wings, Danville, Indiana
