Ann joined Gryphon in 2023 to lead the firm’s daily operations, investor relations, and fundraising efforts. She brings three decades of financial services experience to Gryphon, with the first decade of her career as deal professional in investment banking before transitioning to operating roles at investment firms. She has held newly created COO roles at Thomas Weisel Partners (NASDAQ: TWPG, now Stifel Financial) and Artisan Partners (NYSE: APAM) where she built high-performing teams, management systems, and best practices to support transformational growth. Both companies completed IPOs during her tenure. Ann also managed a multi-billion-dollar family office and was a limited partner in several private equity funds.
Currently serves on Gryphon Company Boards:
AQUA Dermatology (FKA Water’s Edge Dermatology)
Heartland Veterinary Partners
LEARN Behavioral
Meazure Learning
Ncontracts
Smile Brands
Nick oversees all new investment activities at Gryphon, working closely across the Business Services, Consumer, Healthcare, Industrial Growth, and Software teams as they identify new opportunities, analyze investment opportunities and conduct due diligence. Nick has led or co-led investments in over 20 Gryphon platform companies which in turn have completed over 50 add-on acquisitions. In addition to the board seats listed above, Nick is also a former Chairman or Director of AlliedBarton Security, CORA Health Services, Consolidated Fire Protection, DLC, Delta Education, ECG Management Consultants, FieldRoutes, Flagstone Foods, Miller Heiman, NurseFinders, Ob Hospitalist Group, Staffing Now, SynteractHCR, Trinity Consultants, TrustHouse, and Update Legal.
Nick lives with his family in San Francisco.