William Y. Campbell is the Chairman, a Partner and a member of the Investment Committee of Superior. Mr. Campbell founded and serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Comerica Capital Markets Corporation d/b/a W. Y. Campbell & Company, a leading investment bank in the U.S. specializing in middle-market mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Campbell has been involved in a substantial number of merger, acquisition and divestiture assignments and has advised a considerable number of corporate boards on these activities. Mr. Campbell has also been involved in numerous capital raising transactions for various size corporations in both the public and private markets. In addition to founding Superior, Mr. Campbell has served as a General Partner of Huron Capital Partners since 1999, the Chairman of Peninsula Capital Partners since 1995, the President and CEO of Comerica Capital Markets since 1995 and as the Chairman of W. Y. Campbell & Company since 1988. Prior to 1988, Mr. Campbell served for six years with First of Michigan Corporation as a Senior Vice President and Co-manager of investment banking. From 1982 to 1983, Mr. Campbell was an officer with Standard Federal Bank in Troy, Michigan involved in the implementation and development of their commercial lending activities. From 1978 to 1982, he was with Michigan National Corporation in various capacities including the management of credit administration, a lending officer for the national and metropolitan accounts, and ultimately as a group head in the special lending section. Mr. Campbell received his B.A. from Albion College, and received his M.B.A. from Bowling Green State University. Mr. Campbell is a registered Securities Principal and a registered Financial Principal.
WILLIAM F. McKINLEY – Vice Chairman and Partner | email
William F. McKinley is Vice Chairman, a Partner and a member of the Investment Committee of Superior. Mr. McKinley is also a founder and Managing Director of W. Y. Campbell & Company. Mr. McKinley’s experience includes direct client representation and relationship management for transactional business including sell-side and buy-side advisory, capital planning and structuring and the direct placement of debt and equity securities. Mr. McKinley also has significant domestic and international merger and acquisition advisory experience, with a particular emphasis on manufacturing companies. In addition to founding Superior, Mr. McKinley has been a Principal of Peninsula Capital Partners since 1995, a General Partner of Huron Capital Partners since 1999 and a Managing Director with WYC&C since 1988. Prior to 1988, he held the position of Vice President in the Corporate Finance Department of First of Michigan Corporation where he was involved in structuring and negotiating mergers and acquisitions and directing capital transactions necessary to consummate them, including public offerings of debt and equity. In addition to his twenty plus years of investment banking experience, Mr. McKinley has held positions in security research and a position with a major bank holding company structuring interest rate arbitrage programs. Mr. McKinley received his B.S. from Babson College, and received his M.B.A. from the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University. He is a Corporate Securities Representative and Uniform Securities Agent.
Mark H. Carroll is the Managing Partner and a member of the Investment Committee of Superior. Mr. Carroll is responsible for the day-to-day investment activities of the firm. Prior to founding Superior, Mr. Carroll served as a Director with Questor Management Company, LLC (“Questor”). Questor, a Southfield, MI based private equity firm with over $1.2 billion under management, is focused on control investments in distressed and underperforming middle-market companies. While at Questor, Mr. Carroll served as an executive officer of companies with combined annual revenue of approximately $1 billion. Prior to focusing on turnaround investments at Questor, Mr. Carroll was an Associate with Code Hennessy & Simmons, LLC, a Chicago-based private equity firm with $1.5 billion under management focused on investing in middle-market companies with high potential for growth. Mr. Carroll has gained hands-on operating experience through his position as a Plant Manager of Bronson Precision Products, a manufacturer of precision-machined components for the heavy-duty truck and automotive aftermarket industries. Mr. Carroll also has investment banking experience having worked in the Chicago office of BT Alex.Brown, Inc. where he was focused on leveraged lending and mergers and acquisitions and in the New York office of PaineWebber where he was solely focused on middle-market mergers and acquisitions transactions. Mr. Carroll earned his Bachelors degree from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He also earned a M.B.A from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a Masters of Engineering Management from the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University where he was an F.C. Austin Scholar.
Scott J. Hauncher is a Managing Director of Superior. Mr. Hauncher is responsible for sourcing, executing and managing investments made by the firm. Mr. Hauncher joined Superior after spending eleven years in the middle market private equity industry at Long Point Capital, a private equity fund with over $300 million of committed capital that invests in middle market manufacturing, distribution and service businesses. At Long Point, Mr. Hauncher served as an officer and board member for companies with combined revenue of over $750 million. Prior to joining Long Point, Mr. Hauncher worked for Salomon Brothers and Deloitte & Touche LLP. He received a bachelor's degree with honors from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and received his M.B.A. from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management.
Andrew J. Wiegand is a Vice President of Superior. Andy is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, executing and managing investments made by the firm. His experience includes executing acquisitions as a principal investor, providing advisory services to mergers and acquisitions clients and arranging structured finance transactions. Andy's experience spans a wide variety of industries including food processing, logistics, natural resources and manufacturing. Prior to Superior, Andy was an Associate with Questor Management Company, a private equity firm focused on control investments in distressed and underperforming middle-market companies. Prior to Questor, Andy was an analyst in Chicago Investment Banking office of Merrill Lynch & Co. He holds a B.S. in Economics with summa cum laude distinction Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
Daniel W. Wingard is an Associate of Superior. Mr. Wingard is responsible for evaluating and executing investments made by the firm. Prior to Superior, Mr. Wingard was an Associate in the Investment Banking Group at Stout Risius Ross, Inc. Mr. Wingard’s mergers and acquisitions experience includes transactions in a variety of industries including manufacturing, automotive, plastics, specialty services, and transportation. Prior to joining Stout Risius Ross, Inc., Mr. Wingard was a Financial Analyst in the Financial Controls, Systems, & Processes organization at Ford Motor Company. He holds a B.S. in Finance and a minor in Economics from The Pennsylvania State University.
SCOTT A. REILLY – Member of the Investment Committee and Partner | email
Scott A. Reilly is a Partner and a member of the Investment Committee of Superior. Mr. Reilly is the President of Peninsula Capital Partners, a leading private capital firm specializing in middle-market structured equity capital. Mr. Reilly has specialized in middle-market investing since 1988 and has participated in the formation and development of four investment firms specializing in middle-market private capital. Mr. Reilly has been involved in the placement of over $600 million of private capital in over eighty companies and has developed customized software for screening potential investments, reporting partnership results, simulating portfolio returns and monitoring portfolio performance. Prior to founding the General Partner, Mr. Reilly has been a General Partner of Huron Capital Partners since 1999 and President of Peninsula Capital Partners since 1995. From March 1994 through September 1995, Mr. Reilly was one of six founding partners of Seidler Capital (now Northstar Capital), the general partner of three middle-market mezzanine investment limited partnerships based in Minneapolis with capital commitments as of December 31, 2005 totaling over $300 million. Prior to his tenure with Seidler Capital, Mr. Reilly spent five years investing middle-market mezzanine capital at Churchill Capital, Inc., the Minneapolis-based general partner of four subordinated debt investment limited partnerships with investment capital, as of December 31, 2005, aggregating $650 million. Before joining Churchill Capital, Mr. Reilly was an officer in the Middle-market Leverage Finance Group at Security Pacific National Bank, and prior to that, as Associate in the Corporate Finance Group at Security Pacific Merchant Bank in Los Angeles. He received a B.B.A. from the University of North Dakota, and a M.B.A. from the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University. Mr. Reilly is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a member of the Association for Investment Management and Research.
BRIAN A. DEMKOWICZ – Member of the Investment Committee and Partner | email
Brian A. Demkowicz is a Partner and a member of the Investment Committee of Superior. Mr. Demkowicz is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Huron Capital Partners, a leading private equity firm specializing in middle-market buyouts. Mr. Demkowicz has extensive experience in the private capital community in both private equity and leveraged finance, completing over 75 transactions valued in excess of $1 billion. Prior to founding Superior, Mr. Demkowicz has been the Managing Partner of Huron Capital Partners since 1999. Prior to that, Mr. Demkowicz was a Director of Bulkley Capital where he managed the firm’s investment activities in Chicago. Prior to Bulkley, Mr. Demkowicz was a Principal at Waud Capital Partners, a private equity investment firm specializing in industry consolidations, management buyouts, and recapitalizations. He was responsible for sourcing, executing, and managing middle-market buyouts. Prior to Waud Capital, Mr. Demkowicz was an executive at Heller Equity Capital Corporation (now GE Capital Corp.), at that time a $120 million private equity group funded by Heller Financial, Inc. Mr. Demkowicz was responsible for all phases of the investment process, serving as a Director of companies with combined revenue in excess of $300 million. Mr. Demkowicz also worked as a senior member of the group’s operations team, where he was responsible for actively managing, restructuring, and selling troubled companies in the portfolio. Prior to Heller Equity, Mr. Demkowicz worked in Heller’s cash flow lending group and private placement group where he gained extensive experience in financing middle-market leveraged transactions. Mr. Demkowicz received a B.S. in Accounting from Purdue University and earned an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. He is also a Certified Public Accountant.
Laura Moran is the Administrative Manager with Superior Capital Partners LLC. Her responsibilities include accounting, fund administration, and office administration. Prior to joining Superior Capital Partners LLC in 2007, Laura spent five years with Administrative Controls Management, Inc. where she was responsible for the payroll and accounting activities. Laura also has experience in finance, administration, and human resources. She has participated in a wide range of industries including banking, environmental services, information technology, automotive manufacturing, and management consulting. Laura received her BBA from Davenport University with High Honors.
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