Please join Synergist for a panel conversation as we discuss topics such as recruiting during COVID, lateral hiring, MBAs, and direct promotions.
Registration can be completed here and attendees are encouraged to bring questions.
The event will be held via Zoom and details will be provided upon registration. The event will kick off at 7pm ET / 4pm PT on Wednesday, October 27th. We hope to see you there!
Panelists:
Stacy Levine (Partner @ Amity): Stacy joined Amity Search Partners at its inception and is a Partner in our New York office. Stacy has over 15 years of private equity and hedge fund recruiting experience placing candidates at all levels in North America and key international markets. Stacy has spoken on panels at various conferences including the SEO Alternative Investments Conference and the Women’s Private Equity Bootcamp. Prior to beginning her career in recruiting, Stacy was a teacher and athletic coach at Greenwich Academy and The Waterside School. Stacy graduated from The George Washington University with a B.A. in Spanish Literature and holds a Master’s degree in Education from Manhattanville College. She is also an alumna of Hopkins School. Stacy is originally from Woodbridge, Connecticut.
Sarah Coyne (VP @ ValueAct): Sarah Coyne is a Vice President at ValueAct Capital. Ms. Coyne is a director of CBRE Acquisition Holdings Inc. Prior to joining ValueAct Capital in September 2017, Ms. Coyne worked at KKR in the Technology, Media & Telecommunications private equity group. Prior to KKR, she was a member of the Technology, Media & Telecommunications investment banking group at Goldman Sachs. Ms. Coyne received a B.S. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business.
Sarah Hinkfuss (VP @ Bain Capital): Ms. Hinkfuss joined Bain Capital in 2020 as a Vice President on the Tech Opportunities team. Prior to joining Bain Capital, Ms. Hinkfuss worked as an Associate in KKR’s Growth Equity group in San Francisco. Prior to that she was a Senior Vice President at Applied Predictive Technologies, an enterprise SaaS company acquired by Mastercard in 2015.
Allison Fulenwider (VP @ Knox Lane): Allison Fulenwider is a Vice President at Knox Lane, a SF-based growth oriented private equity firm with a focus in consumer and tech-enabled business services. Allison works on the firm’s investment in Pattern, and currently serves on the Board of Any Hour Services. Prior to joining Knox Lane, Allison spent several years on the investment team at Castanea Partners, a consumer-focused private equity firm based in Boston, where she worked across a broad range of consumer investments including First Aid Beauty, Tatcha, and MacKenzie-Childs. Before joining Castanea, she worked in the investment banking division of Credit Suisse in New York, focused on consumer and retail. Allison graduated magna cum laude with a BSBA in Finance and International Business from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. She currently resides in San Francisco with her husband and volunteers as an Associate Board Member of Minds Matter San Francisco.
Elizabeth Schwert (VP @ Berkshire Partners): Elizabeth Schwert is a Vice President and member of the Healthcare team at Berkshire Partners. Prior to joining Berkshire in 2021, Elizabeth was a Vice President at SV Health Investors. She started her career in equity research at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Elizabeth received a B.S. from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.