A Heartfelt Thank You to Our 2024 IVCA Invitational Sponsors!
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July 3, 2024
The IVCA Promoting Diversity Foundation is thrilled to announce that the 2024 IVCA Invitational was our most successful event to date, boasting record-breaking attendance and fundraising efforts. We extend our deepest gratitude to all the sponsors who made this unprecedented success possible.
This year’s invitational saw our largest number of golfers ever, creating an exciting and vibrant atmosphere on the course. More importantly, it became our biggest fundraiser yet, surpassing all previous years in terms of contributions raised.
Thanks to your exceptional generosity, the IVCA Promoting Diversity Foundation can significantly expand its vital work towards fostering a more diverse and inclusive private equity and venture capital community. Your commitment to this cause is truly making a lasting impact.
We’d like to recognize our sponsors at every level:
Diversity Champion Sponsors:
- RSM US LLP
- Winston & Strawn LLP
Diversity Supporter Sponsors:
- DLA Piper LLP
- Goldman Sachs & Co.
- Lincoln International
- Wintrust Bank – Sponsor Finance
Diversity Mentor Sponsors
- Alvarez & Marsal
- BakerHostetler
- BMO Bank N.A.
- EY
- Gallagher
- Katten
- Kayne Anderson
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP
- KPMG
- Macquarie Capital
- McDermott Will & Emery
- McKinsey & Company
- Monroe Capital
- NXT Capital
- OceanM19
- Plante Moran –
- Pritzker Private Capital
- PwC
- Sidley
- TPG Twin Brook Capital
Diversity Friend Sponsor:
- Simon Compliance
Special Recognition to Our Dedicated Committee Members:
We extend our heartfelt appreciation to the tireless efforts of our committee members, whose hard work and dedication were instrumental in making this event a resounding success:
- Shoshana Vernick, Chair – Avathon Capital
- Phil Alphonse – The Vistria Group
- Walter Florence – Frontenac
- Chris Killackey – Prairie Capital
- Victoria Leon – Hyde Park Venture Partners
- Maura O’Hara
- Rocco Martino – OceanM19
- Stephanie Paine – Pritzker Private Capital
- Jeff Piper – Semper Fi Partners
- Christie Pruyn, IVCA Executive Director
- Stephanie Samels – Stoic Lane
- Suzanne Yoon – Kinzie Capital Partners
Your partnership and dedication to diversity in our industry are invaluable. Together, we’re driving positive change and creating unprecedented opportunities for underrepresented groups in private equity and venture capital.