As of February 11, 2025, Cresset Partners is now known as Peakline Partners.

Your Partners in Private Investments

Meet our dedicated team of private investment professionals.

ERIC BECKER

Co-Founder, Co-Chairman

AVY STEIN

Co-Founder, Co-Chairman

BILL RUDNICK

Co-Founder, Executive Managing Director

CHRIS BOEHM

Co-Founder, Executive Managing Director

MICHAEL MILLER

Co-Founder, President, Chief Executive Officer, Peakline Real Estate Funds

LARRY LEVY

Co-Founder, Peakline Real Estate Funds

JEFF CHERNER

Co-Founder, Managing Director, Peakline Real Estate Funds

PATRICK CANNING

Managing Director, Vice Chairman

JAMES CHEAP

Associate, Peakline Venture Capital

JAMES DANFORTH

Managing Director, Peakline Venture Capital

DOMINIC DEROSE

Managing Director, Peakline Real Estate Funds

CESAR DORADO

Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer, Peakline Real Estate Funds

TAYLOR EASTERLING

Director, Head of Marketing

TOMMY FELDMAN

Director, Peakline Real Estate Funds

JOHN GEIS

Managing Director, Peakline Private Capital

Bailey Hann

BAILEY HANN

Director, Accounting Manager, Peakline Real Estate Funds

NATALIE HETMANSKI

Associate Director, Investor Relations

LANCE HRUBY

Associate Director, Investor Relations

MICHAEL JACKSON

Managing Director, Peakline Real Estate Funds

MEGAN KELLERMAN, CFA®

Managing Director, Head of Investor Relations

MIKE MACKOWSKI

Associate Director, Investor Relations

Merene Makil

MERENE MAKIL

Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer

DAVID MILLS

Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer,
Peakline Private Capital

ELISE ABLIN O’BRIEN

Director

KEVIN O’DONNELL

Executive Managing Director

JAMES PARR

Associate Director, Peakline Private Capital

JASON ROSS

Managing Director, Peakline Real Estate Funds

CHAD SCHROEDER

Managing Director, Business Development

KYLE SHANNAHAN

Director, Peakline Real Estate Funds

Karen Solomon

KAREN SOLOMON

Associate, Executive Assistant

JORDAN STEIN

Managing Director, Peakline Venture Capital

MITCHELL SUSSMAN

Associate Director, Peakline Venture Capital

ARIANA TOMLINSON

Managing Director, Peakline Real Estate Funds

CHIP WILLE

Managing Director, Peakline Real Estate Funds

ELIZABETH WOHLLEB

Managing Director, Head of Real Estate Capital Markets, Peakline Real Estate Funds

ANDREW WRIGHT

Director, Peakline Real Estate Funds

Peakline Real Estate Funds Enters Build-to-Rent Market with Launch of New Fund

CHICAGO – April 9, 2025 – Peakline Real Estate Funds (“PREF”), a private real estate investment firm with $1.7B equity invested, today announced the launch

Getting to Know Venture Capital Investing with Peakline Partners’ Ventures II Fund

Published June 2024. To be successful investing in venture capital, access is key. It takes time, perseverance, and scale to gain access to venture fund

How to Get Started in Private Investing: 5 Things to Know

Published October 2023. “How to get started in private investing?” It’s a popular search phrase in Google for good reason. An increasing number of investors

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