Knox Lane

Partner at Knox Lane involved in portfolio company partnerships and operational support.

Johnson MBA candidate and 13-year Army veteran (West Point 2013). As a BRV Fund Manager he focuses on food and beverage, consumer products, ecommerce and defense startups; he is also CEO of GO2 Beverage Inc.

Joseph Gebert joined the TrueBridge Capital Partners investment team as a senior associate in March 2023, working on industry and deal analysis with a focus on secondaries. He previously worked at Lazard as a secondary market advisor and spent four years at Duff & Phelps executing secondary services for private equity, hedge, and real estate funds, following earlier roles as a consultant at FIS and an analyst with PEI Funds. He holds a BS in Business Management from The King's College.

CEO of Ritchie Brothers and former CEO of ABRA and Ride, with prior board experience at Pinnacle Foods.

Brittany Simpson is Director of People Operations at Knox Lane. She has more than 10 years of experience in human resources, with work spanning HR strategy, talent management, and people operations across global teams. Her areas of focus include organizational development, employee engagement, change management, total rewards, and labor law compliance.

Kelsey Hayes is an Executive Assistant at Knox Lane, where she manages scheduling, coordinates meetings, and supports daily operations. She holds an MA in Cinema Studies from San Francisco State University, where she served as a graduate assistant for 11 months, and a BA in Media Studies with a minor in Creative Writing from Auburn University, completed in 2020.

Maile Le Boeuf is a Senior Executive Assistant to the Managing Partner at Knox Lane. She has more than 10 years of experience supporting C-suite and partner-level executives in the private equity and technology sectors, with responsibilities including calendar and travel management and coordination of high-priority projects.

Former President of Cognizant Digital Business and Technology Services and former Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer, with board roles at FactSet and EqualAI.

Former CMO and Chief Strategy Officer at ServiceMaster, and former CMO at Edelman Financial Services, LifeLock, and Comcast.

Chief Product Officer at Madison Reed and former SVP of Merchandising at Sephora.

Senior Partner and Worldwide Chief Talent Officer/Chief Leadership Officer at Bain & Co.

CEO of e.l.f. Beauty and former CEO of Schiff Nutrition, with prior roles at Clorox and P&G.

Tommy Richardson is Operating Partner and Head of Technology/AI at Knox Lane, with over 25 years of executive and general management experience across SaaS, technology, and healthcare, spanning Fortune 500 companies, private equity-backed businesses, and startups. He has held roles including Board Member, President, COO, GM, CPO, and CTO at companies such as Barbri, Career Certified, Teradata, Nextech, Siemens, ADP, and Litmos. His work has included five exits and more than 25 acquisitions, along with responsibilities in go-to-market strategy, product and technology strategy, and P&L operations across the EdTech, HealthcareTech, HRTech, and MarTech sectors.

Ishan Meswani is a member of 8090 Industries' investment team focused on decarbonization. He previously worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company in New York, advising corporations on business strategy and conducting due diligence for cleantech firms, and held multiple roles at Reliance Industries in India within the Office of the Chairman, working on corporate venture deals and the launch of Reliance Jio. He holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from MIT and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Tracy Doan works on TrueBridge Capital Partners' operations team, where she focuses on accounting and fund administration. Before TrueBridge, she was an officer at State Street, a manager on the accounting team at TMF Group, and held an administrative role at Aprio. She holds a BS in Accounting from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.