Heartwood Partners
Michelle K. Ryan, MBA, currently serves as a Board Member at Royal Products and Artisant Lane Furniture Collective while holding the position of Chief Commercial and Marketing Officer at Heartwood Partners since 2018. Previously, Michelle K. Ryan was the Chief Marketing Officer at Town Sports International from 2015 to 2018 and worked as a Startup/High-growth Consultant at Show Me Your Mumu between 2014 and 2018. Additional experience includes serving as Vice President of Global Digital and Social Strategy at Juicy Couture from 2011 to 2015 and Vice President of Marketing at A|X Armani Exchange in 2010-2011. Starting as Marketing Director at kate spade new york from 2000 to 2010, Michelle K. Ryan's marketing career began at The Donna Karan Company, LLC. as Marketing Manager (1998-2000) and Calvin Klein as Global Lifestyle Marketing Coordinator (1996-1998). Michelle K. Ryan holds an MBA in Marketing from Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management, completed the Executive Education Consumer Marketing Strategy Program at Harvard University, and earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from Iona University.
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Heartwood Partners
Heartwood Partners, a middle market private equity firm founded in 1982, is differentiated by a unique lower-leverage, current cash yield approach designed to create partnership with continuing management. Our approach combines a conservative capital structure with strategic execution to support long-term growth, including organic and acquisition-driven expansion into new products, services, and end markets. In addition, we support each management team with our in-house Value Creation Specialists who provide deep, subject-matter expertise in strategic areas such as eCommerce and digital marketing, human capital and organizational design, and IT improvement and acquisition integration. We currently manage over $1.7 billion in investments and commitments, and our principals have invested in more than 100 platform and add-on acquisitions. Heartwood is currently investing from Heartwood Partners IV, LP, and is focused on founder, family and management-held businesses serving the food, agriculture, specialty chemicals, niche manufacturing, packaging, and industrial & consumer services markets. For additional information about Heartwood, please visit www.heartwoodpartners.com.