Chase Beeler is a Managing Director of Altamont Capital Partners, where he leads transactions primarily in Industrials, which includes packaging, building materials, specialty distribution, and niche manufacturing. Altamont Capital Partners is a private equity firm with locations in Austin, TX, Palo Alto, CA and San Francisco, CA, that is focused on transforming and scaling lower-middle market companies through significant business-building and value-creation resources. The firm makes long-term, control investments in sectors where they have deep experience and specialized knowledge, and partners with management teams to execute proven and repeatable platform-building playbooks. Prior to Altamont, Chase played in the National Football League, and he received an M.A. in Russian and Soviet History and a B.A. in History, both from Stanford University. He resides in Austin with his wife and two children.

John Block is the CEO of Unity Partners, a Principles-based private equity firm that partners investors and operators to Build Better Together.  The firm’s Partner & Propel strategy focuses on identifying opportunities to Partner with ambitious leaders in services markets where there is an opportunity to scale platforms through M&A and investments in technology and to Propel value acceleration through investments in people, processes and operational levers that enable organic growth and platform integration.

Prior to founding Unity Partners, John was a Partner at HGGC.  Prior to joining HGGC in 2010, John started his career at Bain & Company.

John received an MBA from the University of Chicago and a BSBA from Washington University in St. Louis.

Mr. May is the Founder and Managing Partner of CORE and is responsible for overseeing all activities of the firm including investment sourcing and valuation, transaction structuring, the securing of acquisition financing, fundraising, and all administrative activities. Before founding CORE, he spent the past 18 years working on transactions with several private equity sponsors principally with The Blackstone Group and H.I.G. Capital.  He currently serves on the boards of the following CORE portfolio companies: Fathom, Vantage, Cohere, Kelvix, Cadrex, Uptive, 3dxtech, PrecisionX Group, Century Box, Aviation Concepts, Winky Lux, IMMEC and Edwards Moving & Rigging.

Mr. May graduated with Honors from East Carolina University with a business degree. He currently serves on the East Carolina University Foundation, Inc. Board of Directors including its Executive Committee and is Chair of the Investment Committee. He is also Co-Founder and former Chairman of the Board for Imerman Angels, a 501(c)(3) Chicago-based cancer support organization. He also is an active member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), a member of The Economic Club of Chicago, and obtained his Level I Sommelier accreditation from The International Sommelier Guild.

Phil Iler is a Principal on the Manufactured Products team for Pritzker Private Capital. Phil works with Bardstown Bourbon Company, C.H. Guenther, Monogram Foods, and Sugar Foods. Phil initially joined PPC in 2016 as an Associate and re-joined the Firm in 2020 after business school. Prior to PPC, Phil was an Investment Banking Analyst at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey. Phil received his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and his B.S. in Finance from Wake Forest University.