Roger Kafker

Roger is a Boston-based Managing Director at TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm. A veteran of more than 30 years in the private equity industry, Roger joined TA in 1989 and previously served on the Executive, Core Investment and Portfolio committees. He previously worked at Bankers Trust Company, where he focused on leveraged acquisitions.

Over the course of his career Roger has sponsored numerous investments in the asset management and transaction processing sectors. He's served on the Boards of seven private company investments that have gone public, raising more than $1 billion in capital. Roger currently serves on the Board of Evanston Capital Management, Rectangle Health, Russell Investments and Stadion Money Management, and is a Board Observer of Full Sail.

He has a BA from Haverford College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Roger was a co-founder of the Down Syndrome Research and Treatment Foundation (now LuMind Foundation), and is a Member of the Board of Managers of Haverford College.