Mr. May is responsible for all activities of the firm including investment sourcing and valuation, transaction structuring, the securing of acquisition financing, fundraising and all administrative activities. He has over 20 years of investment and operating experience. Before founding CORE, he spent the past 18 years working on transactions with several private equity sponsors principally with The Blackstone Group and H.I.G. Capital. He has completed over 25 transactions in his career and has served as a President and/or CEO of six private equity backed companies with revenues ranging from $90 to $450 million. He also has worked in the public sector as a divisional CEO for a publicly-traded business and is highly respected in the Industrials sector.

Mr. May’s extensive investment experience includes acquiring various family-owned, entrepreneurial, corporate carve-out, distressed, special-situation, and private equity owned businesses. He continues to sit on the Board of Directors of several private equity portfolio companies, past and present. He currently serves on the boards of Prototek, Midwest Composite Technologies, and Saylite.

Mr. May graduated with Honors from East Carolina University with a business degree. He currently serves on the East Carolina University Foundation, Inc. Board of Directors and is a member of the Investment Committee. He is also Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board for Imerman Angels, a 501(c)(3) Chicago-based cancer support organization. He also is an active member of YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization), a member of The Economic Club of Chicago, and obtained his Level I Sommelier accreditation from The International Sommelier Guild.

Mr. Papa is primarily responsible for investment sourcing, evaluating potential acquisitions, valuation and the implementation of the CORE Operating Playbook. He has over 40 years of investment and operating experience. For the past 18 years, Mr. Papa has created value as CEO of five Private Equity portfolio companies, backed by the likes of HIG Capital, Riverside Capital, DDJ Capital and Sun Capital Partners with revenues ranging from $90 million to $1.1 billion. Prior to his private equity assignments, Mr. Papa spent 20 years as an Operations Executive in Fortune 100 businesses within 14 different industries, including such respected companies as GE, Stanley Tools, Textron and Hanes Brand.

Mr. Papa also has extensive knowledge within the investment realm. He has purchased distress firms out of bankruptcy, led corporate carve-outs, financial and operating restructuring and exit transactions.

A graduate from Lowell Technological Institute ( U of Mass Lowell) with a BS in Engineering degree, Mr. Papa went on to graduate from U of Mass Amherst with an MBA. He also completed and graduated GE’s Corporate Manufacturing Management Program.

Mr. Chung is primarily responsible for investment sourcing, evaluating potential acquisitions, valuation and the implementation of the CORE Operating Playbook. He has over twenty-two years of leading global strategic development, growth management, product innovation and operating excellence in industrial and transportation sectors. He has worked for some of the world’s leading industrial manufacturing companies including Danaher (NYSE: DHR) and Emerson Electric (NYSE: EMR). For the last thirteen years, Mr. Chung served as CEO/President of a number of high growth electronics and technology businesses with revenues ranging from $35M to $350M— all private equity-backed or divisions of large publicly traded corporations. He was also the Chief Strategy Officer of Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC), overseeing corporate strategy, M&A and operation management.

Mr. Chung possesses extensive investment experience, participating in the acquisition of various family-owned businesses, startups, corporate carve-out, and private equity or venture capital-backed businesses of various sizes. Mr. Chung has also worked on several corporate divestitures.

Outside of the office, Mr. Chung currently serves on the board of Prototek, Littelfuse (NASDAQ: LFUS), and Mastercraft (NASDAQ: MCFT), the advisory board of the Corkrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, and the advisory board of the Center of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. Mr. Chung previously served on the board of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois and the board of visitors of Duke University’s Fuqua of Business.

Mr. Chung holds an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, an MS in Computer Science from North Carolina State University, and a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.

Mr. Puglisi is primarily responsible for the sourcing and evaluation of investment opportunities, valuation, transaction structuring and the securing of acquisition financing. He has nearly 10 years of private equity and investment banking experience. He most recently served as a Vice President at Peak Rock Capital, an Austin-based middle-market private equity firm, where he was responsible for identifying, evaluating, executing and actively monitoring investments. Prior to joining Peak Rock Capital, Mr. Puglisi served as a Senior Associate at Wind Point Partners, a Chicago-based middle-market private equity firm. Mr. Puglisi started his career as an Analyst in the investment banking division of Citigroup.

During his tenure at all three firms, Mr. Puglisi worked closely with companies in a wide variety of industrial and manufacturing sectors, including automotive, building products, metals, packaging, paper and plastics. He previously served on the Board of Directors of Precision Global, a leading global manufacturer of aerosol valves, actuators and related dispensing solutions.

Mr. Puglisi received a Master in Business Administration from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accountancy, summa cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame. He previously served on the Auxiliary Board of Youth Outreach Services and has held steering committee and team captain roles for the American Cancer Society Relay for Life.

Mr. Lee is responsible for leading the firm’s human capital, strategic planning, marketing, and technology initiatives. He has over 15 years of investment, strategic planning, business development, and operating experience, including over 11 years serving as CFO, COO, and/or CCO for CORE, investment advisors, broker-dealers, and proprietary trading firms. Prior to his work in financial services, he managed Strategic Planning for a high growth industrial technology division of Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC) reporting directly to the division president, with responsibilities in corporate strategy, business development, M&A, and merger integration. He was also Director of Operations & Marketing for a Brunswick owned global marine and automotive electronics manufacturer. Following Brunswick, as a Managing Consultant for Stax, Mr. Lee also consulted for numerous private equity firms advising them on potential acquisitions and various marketing initiatives.

Mr. Lee graduated from Duke University with an MBA and from Emory University with a BBA in Accounting and Information Systems. He is also on the Board of Directors of Imerman Angels, a 501(c)(3) Chicago-based cancer support organization.

Mrs. Koerner is responsible for fund operations and all fund financial transactions. She has over ten years of private equity accounting and finance experience. Prior to joining CORE, she was the Vice President and Controller of Beecken Petty O’Keefe & Company, a private equity management firm that invested in middle-market buy-out transactions, recapitalizations, and growth platforms exclusively in the healthcare industry, where she led the general accounting and finance team and implemented an SEC-registered investment advisor compliance program. Prior to joining Beecken Petty O’Keefe & Company, Mrs. Koerner worked at Omnium, a third-party administrator for hedge funds and private equity firms, where she prepared allocations, calculated fees and returns, and prepared investor statements. Mrs. Koerner began her career in public accounting at Crowe Horwath LLP providing audit and assurance services to Financial Institutions Group’s clients.

Mrs. Koerner is a C.P.A and graduated from Miami University (OH) with a BS in Accounting and Finance.

Mr. Rascia supports the Partners in transaction execution, transaction structuring, acquisition financing, development of investment theses and sourcing new investment opportunities. Prior to CORE, Mr. Rascia spent over 8 years in private equity, leveraged finance and investment banking, most recently as an Assistant Vice President at Golub Capital, a leading credit asset manager focused on providing financing solutions to middle-market companies and their private equity sponsors. In this role, he was responsible for underwriting, executing and monitoring investments across the healthcare industry.

Mr. Rascia has helped close over 20 combined platform investments, add-on acquisitions and financing transactions during his career, and has worked closely with firms in a wide variety of sectors, including healthcare services, medical products, contract manufacturing, specialty distribution, automotive, metals & mining and diversified industrials. Prior to joining Golub Capital, Mr. Rascia spent three years as an Associate at Water Street Healthcare Partners, a Chicago-based middle-market private equity firm, where he worked in a similar capacity and was promoted to Senior Associate. Mr. Rascia began his career as an investment banking analyst focused on the industrials sector at Citigroup Global Markets in Chicago.

Mr. Rascia earned his BS in Finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he received University Honors and inclusion on the Bronze Tablet – the university’s highest honor awarded to students in the top 3 percent of the graduating class.

Ms. DeJacimo is responsible for deal origination and sourcing new investment opportunities.  Prior to CORE, Ms. DeJacimo spent nearly 10 years in private equity and M&A, most recently as the Director of Research at Akoya Capital Partners, a private equity firm with a heavy focus on the industrial and specialty chemical sectors.  Ms. DeJacimo was responsible for conducting industry research, generating proprietary investment strategies and acquisition opportunities, sourcing operating partners, leading due diligence on closed deals, and developing post-acquisition strategies.  Prior to Akoya, she was Managing Director at BOSI Global, where she was responsible for portfolio company management, research and strategy, and developing proprietary investment opportunities for co-sponsorship.  She spent 5 years as the Director of Research at Cook M&A, a buy-side M&A firm, where she worked with private equity clients to develop focused investment strategies and wrote industry reports and provided research and market intelligence to Managing Directors and Business Development teams.

Ms. DeJacimo attended Tulane and earned her BS in Finance from DePaul University.  Carissa is an avid marathon runner, sports enthusiast and enjoys adventure travel.  She is a founding member of the Black Toes International Running Club organizes the team’s annual “24-Hour Challenge” fundraising event.

Mr. Miller is responsible for deal origination and sourcing new investment opportunities.  Prior to CORE, Mr. Miller spent three years in private equity as a Principal of American Revitalization Partners (“ARP”), an initiative of Hersh Family Investments led by Ken Hersh, founder of Natural Gas Partners.  ARP was focused on acquiring manufacturing companies in the Midwest.  Mr. Miller oversaw all sourcing and deal execution for the fund and was a Board Observer of Amerisource Industrial Supply. Prior to his involvement with ARP, Adam was in Business Development & Marketing at Yelp where he worked on activities to extend the Yelp brand.

Mr. Miller holds a BBA from The University of Texas at Austin.

Mr. Sandy supports the Investment Partners in transaction execution, transaction structuring, acquisition financing, development of investment theses and sourcing new investment opportunities.  Prior to joining CORE, he served as an Investment Banking Analyst at Deutsche Bank in the global industrials group.  While at Deutsche Bank, he provided M&A advisory services and debt and equity capital financing solutions, with a focus on companies in the homebuilding, packaging, paper, forest products, aerospace & defense and diversified industrial sectors.

Mr. Sandy earned his BS in Finance from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University Bloomington.  Outside of the office, he enjoys playing golf and serves on the Board of Directors of the Private Equity Association of Chicago.  He lives in the River North neighborhood of downtown Chicago.

Mr. Longtin supports the Investment Partners in transaction execution, transaction structuring, acquisition financing, development of investment theses and sourcing new investment opportunities. Prior to joining CORE, Mr. Longtin served as an Associate at Cotton Creek Capital, an operationally focused private equity firm investing in the general industrials space. In this role, he was responsible for underwriting, executing and monitoring investments primarily in the industrial services, building materials, transportation & logistics and diversified industrials sectors. Prior to joining Cotton Creek Capital, Mr. Longtin began his career as an investment banking analyst at UBS in the Global Industrials Group in New York City. While at UBS, he provided M&A advisory services and debt and equity capital financing solutions across industrial verticals.

Mr. Longtin earned his BS in Economics with a concentration in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Outside of the office, he enjoys watching football, playing golf and exploring Chicago. He lives in the Streeterville neighborhood of downtown Chicago.

Mr. Lippert supports the Investment Partners in transaction execution, transaction structuring, acquisition financing, development of investment theses, and sourcing new investment opportunities.  Prior to joining CORE, he served as an Investment Banking Analyst at Greenhill & Co. in the Global Industrials Group.  While at Greenhill & Co., he provided M&A advisory services with a focus on companies in the aerospace & defense, automotive, energy services, engineering & construction, industrial technology, and packaging sectors.

Mr. Lippert earned his BA in Mathematics and Economics from Northwestern University.  Outside of the office, he enjoys running and playing guitar and serves as a volunteer mentor for Minds Matter Chicago.  He lives in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago.

Ms. Schoen is responsible for supporting CORE’s leadership as an Executive Assistant and brings over 20 years of experience in a variety of industries including investment banking and consulting. Prior to joining CORE, she served as Senior Administrative Assistant at Houlihan Lokey in the Strategic Consulting Group and at BMO Capital Markets in the Food, Consumer & Retail Group. She also spent 10 years at Verizon Communications where she worked primarily in project management and contract negotiations.

Ms. Schoen received a Master of Science in Information and Communication Sciences and a Bachelor of Science in Interior Design from Ball State University.  Outside of the office, she enjoys spending time at the gym, baking, and volunteering at PAWS Chicago.