Wynnchurch

Roy E. Sroka, CPA, serves as Senior Executive Assistant at Wynnchurch Capital, L.P. He has more than 10 years of experience in executive and administrative support, with responsibilities including calendar management, travel planning, and office administration.

Managing Director on the Investment Team, previously an investment professional at Golub Capital and at IDB Bank; began her career in leveraged finance at UBS.

Ramsay McLearie is a Principal at Wynnchurch Capital, L.P., a private equity firm that invests in middle market companies in the United States and Canada. The firm manages several private equity funds with $9.1 billion of regulatory assets under management, focusing on recapitalizations, growth capital, management buyouts, corporate carve-outs, and restructurings.

Alexis Underwood is Managing Director and Operating Partner at Wynnchurch Capital, L.P., where she developed the firm's commercial operating model, including its playbooks, governance structures, KPI frameworks, and diligence processes. Her focus is commercial value creation across B2B and B2C industrial businesses, spanning commercial diligence and underwriting through post-close execution. Her background includes strategy consulting, global P&L and commercial leadership, and private equity operating roles, with expertise in pricing strategy, go-to-market strategy, and sales effectiveness.

Aron Beach is a Managing Director at Wynnchurch Capital, L.P. His background includes work as a Chief Financial Officer, with experience in operations, capital restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, liquidity management, and corporate turnarounds.

Bob Zeeb is Managing Director of Operations at Wynnchurch Capital, L.P. His career spans front-line production management to executive roles, with experience in multi-site plant operations, labor negotiations, facility closures, and LEAN methodology in regulated manufacturing environments.

Charity Gerena is an Administrative Assistant at Wynnchurch Capital, L.P. with more than 15 years of experience in office administration. Her work includes administrative support and coordination of administrative tasks, with proficiency in Microsoft Office.

Chris Wilson is a Managing Director at Wynnchurch Capital, L.P., where his work centers on operational transformation and process improvement. His background includes experience in operations, supply chain, lean manufacturing, and strategic planning, along with building teams and implementing enterprise-wide transformation initiatives.

Emma Naas is a Managing Director at Wynnchurch Capital, L.P., with a focus on operational transformation and process improvement. Her areas of expertise include operations, supply chain, lean manufacturing, and strategic planning and deployment. In prior roles, she built teams, implemented enterprise-wide transformation initiatives, and worked on global supply chain operations.

Jim Towers is a Vice President at Wynnchurch Capital, a private investment firm focused on industrial companies in North America with $2.2 billion of equity capital under management. His areas of focus include carve-outs, turnarounds, distressed investing, and management-led buyouts of mature and growing companies generating $50 million to $1 billion in revenue.

Kalista Prame is an Associate at Wynnchurch Capital, L.P. She previously served as an Investment Banking Analyst in the Global Industrials Group at Goldman Sachs. She holds a degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Kari Smith is Managing Director of Operations at Wynnchurch Capital, L.P. Her career spans front-line production management through executive roles, with experience in multi-site plant operations in regulated environments, labor negotiations, and facility closures. She has worked with teams applying LEAN principles across safety, quality, delivery, cost, morale, and environment.

Michael Sharifi is an Operating Principal at Wynnchurch Capital, L.P., where he joined in 2025 with a focus on human capital and leadership development. He previously spent over eight years at Vista Equity Partners, most recently as Director and Head of Portfolio Talent Operations, working with more than 90 portfolio companies on HR and talent initiatives. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Northwestern University and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Stephanie Schaeffer is a Senior Executive Assistant at Wynnchurch Capital, L.P. She has more than 10 years of experience in executive and administrative support, with skills in calendar management, travel planning, and office administration.

Vishal Garg is Managing Director of Portfolio Operations and an Operating Partner focused on industrial value creation at Wynnchurch Capital, L.P., where he has worked on fund-level EBITDA initiatives including procurement transformation and a distressed turnaround, and co-led the firm's operating playbook applied to new platforms. He previously ran a global, multi-plant operation across North America, Europe, and Asia at DESTACO, working on lead times and on-time delivery. His work spans operational due diligence, value creation, and full-cycle portfolio exits in industrial manufacturing and distribution.

Managing Director on the Investment Team, previously an investment professional at Solar Capital and an analyst in Merrill Lynch's Leveraged Finance Group.