Mr. Kelly is a founding partner of HC Private Investments. Prior to founding HC Private Investments in 2016, Mr. Kelly was an investment professional at The Tokarz Group Advisers, a lower middle-market private equity firm with offices in New York and Chicago. Mr. Kelly currently serves on the board of Artisan Bakery, Epicurean Butter, QEI, Prince Industries, and Springboard Manufacturing. Previously, Mr. Kelly was in the investment banking group of Bear, Stearns & Co.

Mr. Kelly holds a BBA in Finance from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He is actively involved with the Big Shoulders Fund, the Evans Scholar Foundation and the University of Notre Dame’s Alliance for Catholic Education.

Mr. Moran is a founding partner of HC Private Investments. Prior to founding HC Private Investments in 2016, Mr. Moran was a senior investment professional at Wind Point Partners, a middle-market private equity firm based in Chicago. Mr. Moran currently serves on the board of Artisan Bakery, Epicurean Butter, QEI, Prince Industries and Springboard Manufacturing. Previously, Mr. Moran was a financial analyst at Lehman Brothers and Duff & Phelps.

Mr. Moran holds a BA with high distinction in economics from the University of Michigan and an MBA with honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He is actively involved with Little Heroes League and the Evans Scholar Foundation.

Mr. Niceley is a Vice President at HC Private Investments. Before joining HC Private Investments in 2024, Mr. Niceley worked in Financial Planning and Analysis within several private equity backed businesses.

Mr. Niceley holds a BA in Finance from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and an MBA with great distinction from the University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business.

Joseph Niciforo is a founding member of HC Private Investments and serves on the firm’s investment committee. Mr. Niciforo is currently the Chairman and CEO of HC Technologies an algorithmic trading firm and hedge fund seeding business with offices in Chicago, New York and London. Mr. Niciforo began his career at Tudor Investment Corporation in 1987. He was named an original class partner at Tudor in 1990 and as Managing Director-U.S. Fixed Income. In 2004, he founded Twinfields Capital Management, a global fixed income hedge fund. Twinfields was additionally responsible for helping build and seed three hedge funds with asset totaling over $2 billion. Previously, Mr. Niciforo served on the Chicago Board of Trade Board and as a Board Member of the CME Group where he remained through 2014.

Mr. Niciforo graduated from Georgetown University in 1982. He continued his education at Fordham University School of Law where he graduated and became a member of the New York State Bar in 1988. He is actively involved in Misericordia Home, The Greenwood School, Fordham Law School and Georgetown University.

Kate leads HCPI's Executive Advisor Partners Program (EAPs) program identifying and building relationships with leading CEOs, Board members and other C-suite candidates. Kate is the founder and CEO of KJS Consulting where she serves as a fractional Chief People Officer, executive coach, and organizational strategist helping companies build exceptional leaders, high-performing teams, and businesses where people, performance, and purpose grow together.

Kate received her Bachelor of Arts from University of California Davis and a Master’s of Arts in Negotiating, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding from California State University. She is actively involved in the Limitless Foundation and the Alameda County Community Food Bank.

Mr. Sullivan leads HCPI’s operations team working with portfolio companies to identify and implement value creation initiatives. Mr. Sullivan currently serves on the board of Epicurean Butter and Prince Industries. As a former CEO and senior executive at several industry leading companies, Mr. Sullivan has extensive experience in diverse industries including building and industrial products, power generation and telecommunications. Previously, Mr. Sullivan was CEO of Riverbend Industries (formerly Continental Materials Corporation NYSE: CUO) a holding company consisting of ten North American manufacturing companies. Prior to Riverbend, he served as Executive Vice President and President of North America at James Hardie Building Products as well as President of North America for Kingspan Insulation.

Mr. Sullivan holds a mechanical engineering degree from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA and an electrical engineering degree from the University of Pittsburgh. He is actively involved in the Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center.

Mr. Wooten leads HCPI’s efforts around implementing and executing the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) at each portfolio company and their respective business units. Mark spent his entire career in sales and marketing leadership roles. Most recently, he was the Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Prince Industries, a HCPI portfolio company.

Mark received a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is actively involved in Feed My Starving Children and the Ronald McDonald House.