James Danforth
James Danforth is a Managing Director at Peakline Partners and co-heads the firm’s Venture Capital investing practice. With more than 20 years of investment experience, James has spent over a decade focused on venture capital, deploying more than $600 million across early- and growth-stage opportunities. Prior to joining Peakline, James was Director of Alternative Investments […]
Alex Chipparoni
Alex is an Associate Director, Business Development at Peakline Partners. In this role, he supports the firm’s development initiatives by executing strategic go-to-market efforts, strengthening client relationships, and opening new channels. Before joining Peakline, Alex spent over six years at KPMG LLP, where he led go-to-market strategies across multiple sectors and geographies, most recently within […]
Patrick Canning
Patrick Canning is Managing Director, Vice Chairman at Peakline Partners, providing support to founders, entrepreneurs, private equity partners, and ultra-high net worth families in addition to serving on the firm’s leadership team. Pat helps create a positive experience for prospective and active clients by engaging directly with them to address sophisticated goals and needs. Pat […]
Jeff Cherner
A founder of Peakline Real Estate Funds, Jeff currently serves as a Managing Director, leading the real estate team in creating and managing the over $3 Billion development portfolio. Jeff brings more than 35 years of experience in all aspects of commercial real estate to Peakline Partners, including acquisition, development, finance, management and ownership. Jeff, […]
Larry Levy
Larry Levy is a Founder of Peakline Real Estate Funds, as well as a serial entrepreneur who brings his value-added approach to his many various endeavors, developments, investments and philanthropy. Larry has had a simultaneous career in real estate development and investment. Major projects have included the recently completed River Point, a 1.1 million square […]
Michael Miller
A founder of Peakline Real Estate Funds, Michael has served as President and CEO since its inception in 2018. Michael brings more than 35 years of experience in all aspects of commercial real estate to Peakline, including acquisition, development, finance, management, and ownership. Prior to Peakline, Michael, along with Jeff Cherner, acquired Baird & Warner […]
Chris Boehm
Chris Boehm is a co-founder and Executive Managing Director of Peakline Partners, where he leads the firm’s private capital efforts, making control and non-control equity and structured debt investments across various industry verticals, and serves on its investment committee. Prior to co-founding Peakline Partners, Chris spent over twenty years as a private equity partner and […]
Bill Rudnick
Bill Rudnick is one of the co-founders and leaders of Peakline Partners. He serves on Peakline’s Executive Leadership Team and participates in all the firm’s investment decisions. Bill brings decades of experience working with entrepreneurs, family offices and other operators and investors, helping the firm identify and create investment opportunities and structures that best serve Peakline’s […]
Avy Stein
Longtime investor and entrepreneur, Avy Stein is Peakline Partners’ co-founder and co-chairman. With his co-founder and co-chairman, Avy has been involved with starting, investing in and growing over 150 businesses and raising funds totaling over $8 billion. Before launching Peakline Partners in 2017, Avy served as Chief Executive Officer of Willis Stein & Partners, a […]
Eric Becker
Eric Becker is the Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of Peakline Partners. He provides deep private markets expertise to founders, entrepreneurs, private equity partners, and ultra-high net worth families in addition to serving on the firm’s leadership team. Eric has a long history of starting, backing, and nurturing companies. Prior to Peakline, Eric co-founded Sterling Partners (1983), […]