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Mitchell A. Davidson, Managing Partner and Co-Founder Mitch co-founded Post Capital in 2004. He has more than 25 years of private equity and M&A experience. Prior to Post Capital, Mitch worked in the Financial Sponsors Group in Investment Banking at Merrill Lynch & Co. At Merrill Lynch, Mitch was responsible for sourcing, evaluating and financing acquisitions for financial sponsors across a wide range of industries. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Mitch worked in Mergers & Acquisitions at the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP representing financial sponsors and their portfolio companies as well as working on large public company M&A transactions. Mitch is a member of the Young Presidents Organization and serves on the Board and Investment Committee of a number of non-profit organizations. Mitch received a JD from New York University School of Law and a BA from Tufts University. |
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Michael S. Pfeffer, Managing Partner and Co-Founder Michael co-founded Post Capital in 2004. He has more than 25 years of private equity and M&A experience. Prior to Post Capital, Michael was a managing director and partner at Charterhouse Group International. While at Charterhouse, he was a member of the investment committee and had responsibility for several industry groups including, business services, technology, and environmental. Previously, Michael was a senior vice president with GE Capital’s equity capital group, the private equity division of GE. While at GE, he was the head of the consumer services principal investment effort. Michael is a member of the boards of the NY Chapter of Opus Connect, the NY Chapter of Alliance of Merger and Acquisition Advisors, and the Connecticut Chapter of Association for Corporate Growth. Michael received an MBA in finance from Columbia University and a BSEE from Tufts University. |
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Christopher P.H. Cheang, Managing Director, Head of Business Development Christopher Cheang joined Post Capital in 2009 and leads the firm’s business development efforts, in addition to his involvement in deal execution, portfolio company management, fund administration and investor relations. Christopher also serves as Post Capital's Chief Compliance Officer. Prior to joining Post Capital, Christopher worked in Shanghai for Cabot China Limited, a joint venture of Cabot Corporation, a NYSE-listed specialty chemicals company. At Cabot China, Christopher served on the management team and had a wide range of responsibilities, including strategy, corporate planning, business development and financial analysis. Prior to joining Cabot China, Christopher was an investment banker with Adams Harkness, a middle-market investment bank in Boston. Christopher earned his BA from Middlebury College and his MBA from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University. |
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Isaac S. Chalal, Managing Director Isaac Chalal joined Post Capital in 2018. Prior to joining Post Capital, Isaac served as the Chief Financial Officer of PicoBrew, a start-up consumer electronics company which developed a line of IOT-enabled automated beer homebrewing appliances. Previously, Isaac served as a Vice President at Aterian Investment Partners, a $260 million private equity fund focused on special situations and under performing companies, where he assisted in the underwriting and due diligence of new investment opportunities and the active management of existing portfolio company investments. Earlier in his private equity career, Isaac spent three years with LLR Partners where he was responsible for sourcing, evaluating and executing transactions primarily in the business services and software industries. Isaac began his career as an investment banking analyst in Credit Suisse First Boston’s financial institutions group. Isaac received his BS and MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. |
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Logan D. Vorwerk, Vice President Logan joined Post Capital in 2023. Prior to joining Post Capital, Logan served as a Senior Associate at Southfield Capital, a lower middle market private equity fund focused on investing in growing companies in the business services sector. While at Southfield Capital, Logan provided origination, structuring, execution, and operational support on a number of portfolio company and add-on transactions. Prior to joining Southfield Capital, Logan worked as an investment banking analyst at RBC Capital Markets in the Industrial & Diversified Services Group. Logan graduated from Washington and Lee University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Business Administration. |
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Eamonn C. Scaring, Associate Eamonn Scaring joined Post Capital in 2022. Prior to joining Post Capital, Eamonn served as an Investment Banking Analyst at Jefferies in the firm’s Consumer & Retail Group. Eamonn received his BS from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College with a double concentration in Finance and Accounting. |
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Ben Plotnick, Associate Ben joined Post Capital in 2024. Prior to joining Post Capital, Ben was a Consultant at Deloitte in the Mergers & Acquisitions group. While at Deloitte, Ben supported private equity firms with due diligence on a variety of transactions, including operational planning, carve-out assistance, and target screening and identification. Ben earned his MBA from NYU Stern School of Business and a BBA from Emory University's Goizueta Business School with a concentration in Finance. |
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Joan C. Budgell, Office Manager Joan Budgell joined Post Capital in 2021. Prior to joining Post Capital, Joan worked at Eaglehill Advisors supporting the two Managing Partners, as well as coordinating and facilitating office operations. Before Eaglehill, Joan was an Executive Assistant at Citigroup in the Financial Sponsors Group and Citi Private Equity. Joan earned her BBA in Business Administration from Baruch College. |
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Mitchell A. Davidson Mitch co-founded Post Capital in 2004. He has more than 25 years of private equity and M&A experience. Prior to Post Capital, Mitch worked in the Financial Sponsors Group in Investment Banking at Merrill Lynch & Co. At Merrill Lynch, Mitch was responsible for sourcing, evaluating and financing acquisitions for financial sponsors across a wide range of industries. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Mitch worked in Mergers & Acquisitions at the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP representing financial sponsors and their portfolio companies as well as working on large public company M&A transactions. Mitch is a member of the Young Presidents Organization and serves on the Board and Investment Committee of a number of non-profit organizations. Mitch received a JD from New York University School of Law and a BA from Tufts University. |
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Michael S. Pfeffer Michael co-founded Post Capital in 2004. He has more than 25 years of private equity and M&A experience. Prior to Post Capital, Michael was a managing director and partner at Charterhouse Group International. While at Charterhouse, he was a member of the investment committee and had responsibility for several industry groups including, business services, technology, and environmental. Previously, Michael was a senior vice president with GE Capital’s equity capital group, the private equity division of GE. While at GE, he was the head of the consumer services principal investment effort. Michael is a member of the boards of the NY Chapter of Opus Connect, the NY Chapter of Alliance of Merger and Acquisition Advisors, and the Connecticut Chapter of Association for Corporate Growth. Michael received an MBA in finance from Columbia University and a BSEE from Tufts University. |
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Christopher P.H. Cheang Christopher Cheang joined Post Capital in 2009 and leads the firm’s business development efforts, in addition to his involvement in deal execution, portfolio company management, fund administration and investor relations. Christopher also serves as Post Capital's Chief Compliance Officer. Prior to joining Post Capital, Christopher worked in Shanghai for Cabot China Limited, a joint venture of Cabot Corporation, a NYSE-listed specialty chemicals company. At Cabot China, Christopher served on the management team and had a wide range of responsibilities, including strategy, corporate planning, business development and financial analysis. Prior to joining Cabot China, Christopher was an investment banker with Adams Harkness, a middle-market investment bank in Boston. Christopher earned his BA from Middlebury College and his MBA from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University. |
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Isaac S. Chalal Isaac Chalal joined Post Capital in 2018. Prior to joining Post Capital, Isaac served as the Chief Financial Officer of PicoBrew, a start-up consumer electronics company which developed a line of IOT-enabled automated beer homebrewing appliances. Previously, Isaac served as a Vice President at Aterian Investment Partners, a $260 million private equity fund focused on special situations and under performing companies, where he assisted in the underwriting and due diligence of new investment opportunities and the active management of existing portfolio company investments. Earlier in his private equity career, Isaac spent three years with LLR Partners where he was responsible for sourcing, evaluating and executing transactions primarily in the business services and software industries. Isaac began his career as an investment banking analyst in Credit Suisse First Boston’s financial institutions group. Isaac received his BS and MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. |
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Logan D. Vorwerk Logan joined Post Capital in 2023. Prior to joining Post Capital, Logan served as a Senior Associate at Southfield Capital, a lower middle market private equity fund focused on investing in growing companies in the business services sector. While at Southfield Capital, Logan provided origination, structuring, execution, and operational support on a number of portfolio company and add-on transactions. Prior to joining Southfield Capital, Logan worked as an investment banking analyst at RBC Capital Markets in the Industrial & Diversified Services Group. Logan graduated from Washington and Lee University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Business Administration. |
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Eamonn C. Scaring Eamonn Scaring joined Post Capital in 2022. Prior to joining Post Capital, Eamonn served as an Investment Banking Analyst at Jefferies in the firm’s Consumer & Retail Group. Eamonn received his BS from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College with a double concentration in Finance and Accounting. |
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Ben Plotnick Ben joined Post Capital in 2024. Prior to joining Post Capital, Ben was a Consultant at Deloitte in the Mergers & Acquisitions group. While at Deloitte, Ben supported private equity firms with due diligence on a variety of transactions, including operational planning, carve-out assistance, and target screening and identification. Ben earned his MBA from NYU Stern School of Business and a BBA from Emory University's Goizueta Business School with a concentration in Finance. |
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Joan C. Budgell Joan Budgell joined Post Capital in 2021. Prior to joining Post Capital, Joan worked at Eaglehill Advisors supporting the two Managing Partners, as well as coordinating and facilitating office operations. Before Eaglehill, Joan was an Executive Assistant at Citigroup in the Financial Sponsors Group and Citi Private Equity. Joan earned her BBA in Business Administration from Baruch College. |
Anthony Manley, Healthcare and Education Services
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Anthony formerly serves as the CEO of Invo, a Post Capital portfolio company. Prior to joining the organization, Anthony was the COO of Catapult Learning, the leading technology-enabled, K-12 services provider for at-risk students and struggling students. Before Catapult, Anthony spent more than eight years with Kaplan, where he served in numerous senior management roles, including General Manager of its K-12/Pre-College business unit. Prior to Kaplan, Anthony worked for Columbia University’s Teachers College, where he helped pioneer web-based professional development and support for teachers. |
Sam Naficy, Security & Surveillance
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Sam was the Founder and CEO of DTT, a Post Capital portfolio company, and a business he founded in 1999. Prior to DTT, Sam founded The NORG Group which entered into Joint Venture agreements with the 99 Cents Only Corporation. NORG established joint venture partners for the 99 Cents Only Corporation in China, Guatemala and Mexico. Prior to The NORG Group, Sam established Daru Nardin, a pharmaceutical brokerage firm specializing in the Middle East. |
Roscoe Smith III, Data, Information Services and Publishing
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Roscoe has over 25 years of experience in the information and business-to-business publishing industry. He is currently the CEO of VerusMed, a provider of clinical news briefs to physicians and other healthcare and industry professionals. Roscoe was formerly CEO of Agent Media, a Post Capital portfolio company. Agent Media provided database and marketing service to the insurance industry. Previously Roscoe was President of Knowledge Industries Publications, an owner of trade magazines, newsletters, conferences and trade shows. Roscoe became the President of PBI Media after it acquired KIPI in 1996. Prior to KIPI, he was the publisher of Architectural Record, a McGraw Hill publication. |
Phil Johnson, Specialty Chemicals
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Phil is a 25-year veteran of the specialty chemicals industry. He was the CEO of BHS Specialty Chemicals, a Post Capital portfolio company. Prior to working with Post Capital to pursue an “Executive-First” Search, which resulted in the acquisition of BHS, Phil was President of Dixie Chemical, a specialty chemical manufacturer. Before joining Dixie, Phil had extensive, senior-level management experience at Hercules and ExxonMobil Chemical Company. |
Jason Patchen, Healthcare Technology and Services
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Jason has more than 15 years of senior leadership experience in managed care and related healthcare technology services. Jason was a founder and former CEO of Visionary HealthWare, a provider-based healthcare IT company. Before creating Visionary HealthWare, he served as COO of Health Integrated, one of the largest disease management companies in the United States. Health Integrated provides a variety of healthcare services for the chronically ill in the commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid markets. |
Morgan Davis, Insurance/Financial Services
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Morgan has over 35 years of experience in the insurance industry. He co-founded and was the former President and CEO of White Mountains Insurance Company. Morgan previously served as the President of the Fireman’s Fund Commercial Insurance business. He also served as Managing Director of One Beacon Insurance Group, Chairman of the Peninsula Insurance Company and Chairman of Valley Group. |
Jeff Leventhal, Software
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Jeff has led technology companies from idea through exit, driving the vision, product, financing, acquisitions and exit strategies. His areas of expertise include SaaS technology in the IT services, staffing and human capital spaces. Jeff was the Founder and CEO of Work Market, a SaaS enterprise platform providing a solution for managing independent workers and freelancers. Previously, he was the founder of OnForce (sold to Adecco), Lansafe, Remote Lojix (sold to AvTel Communications) and Spinback (sold to Buddy Media/Salesforce.com). |
Mark Heaney, Home and Community Based Care
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Mark has over 35 years of experience in the home care services industry and until 2016 was CEO of Addus HomeCare, a Nasdaq-traded home care business and one of the largest national providers of in-home care to Medicaid eligible elderly and non-elderly homebound persons. At his departure from Addus in 2016, the company provided care to 35,000 consumers through 130 offices in 24 states with over 17,000 employees. |
Anthony Manley, Healthcare and Education Services
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Anthony formerly serves as the CEO of Invo, a Post Capital portfolio company. Prior to joining the organization, Anthony was the COO of Catapult Learning, the leading technology-enabled, K-12 services provider for at-risk students and struggling students. Before Catapult, Anthony spent more than eight years with Kaplan, where he served in numerous senior management roles, including General Manager of its K-12/Pre-College business unit. Prior to Kaplan, Anthony worked for Columbia University’s Teachers College, where he helped pioneer web-based professional development and support for teachers. |
Sam Naficy, Security & Surveillance
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Sam was the Founder and CEO of DTT, a Post Capital portfolio company, and a business he founded in 1999. Prior to DTT, Sam founded The NORG Group which entered into Joint Venture agreements with the 99 Cents Only Corporation. NORG established joint venture partners for the 99 Cents Only Corporation in China, Guatemala and Mexico. Prior to The NORG Group, Sam established Daru Nardin, a pharmaceutical brokerage firm specializing in the Middle East. |
Roscoe Smith III, Data, Information Services and Publishing
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Roscoe has over 25 years of experience in the information and business-to-business publishing industry. He is currently the CEO of VerusMed, a provider of clinical news briefs to physicians and other healthcare and industry professionals. Roscoe was formerly CEO of Agent Media, a Post Capital portfolio company. Agent Media provided database and marketing service to the insurance industry. Previously Roscoe was President of Knowledge Industries Publications, an owner of trade magazines, newsletters, conferences and trade shows. Roscoe became the President of PBI Media after it acquired KIPI in 1996. Prior to KIPI, he was the publisher of Architectural Record, a McGraw Hill publication. |
Phil Johnson, Specialty Chemicals
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Phil is a 25-year veteran of the specialty chemicals industry. He was the CEO of BHS Specialty Chemicals, a Post Capital portfolio company. Prior to working with Post Capital to pursue an “Executive-First” Search, which resulted in the acquisition of BHS, Phil was President of Dixie Chemical, a specialty chemical manufacturer. Before joining Dixie, Phil had extensive, senior-level management experience at Hercules and ExxonMobil Chemical Company. |
Jason Patchen, Healthcare Technology and Services
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Jason has more than 15 years of senior leadership experience in managed care and related healthcare technology services. Jason was a founder and former CEO of Visionary HealthWare, a provider-based healthcare IT company. Before creating Visionary HealthWare, he served as COO of Health Integrated, one of the largest disease management companies in the United States. Health Integrated provides a variety of healthcare services for the chronically ill in the commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid markets. |
Morgan Davis, Insurance/Financial Services
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Morgan has over 35 years of experience in the insurance industry. He co-founded and was the former President and CEO of White Mountains Insurance Company. Morgan previously served as the President of the Fireman’s Fund Commercial Insurance business. He also served as Managing Director of One Beacon Insurance Group, Chairman of the Peninsula Insurance Company and Chairman of Valley Group. |
Jeff Leventhal, Software
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Jeff has led technology companies from idea through exit, driving the vision, product, financing, acquisitions and exit strategies. His areas of expertise include SaaS technology in the IT services, staffing and human capital spaces. Jeff was the Founder and CEO of Work Market, a SaaS enterprise platform providing a solution for managing independent workers and freelancers. Previously, he was the founder of OnForce (sold to Adecco), Lansafe, Remote Lojix (sold to AvTel Communications) and Spinback (sold to Buddy Media/Salesforce.com). |
Mark Heaney, Home and Community Based Care
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Mark has over 35 years of experience in the home care services industry and until 2016 was CEO of Addus HomeCare, a Nasdaq-traded home care business and one of the largest national providers of in-home care to Medicaid eligible elderly and non-elderly homebound persons. At his departure from Addus in 2016, the company provided care to 35,000 consumers through 130 offices in 24 states with over 17,000 employees. |