30 min
Ep. 59 Debbie Ackerman, Founder, Project Sunflower Investors & Operators
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- Entrepreneurship
On this episode of Investors & Operators, Jordan sits down with Debbie Ackerman, Founder of Project Sunflower and Co-Founder of Twin Bridge Capital Partners. Together, they discuss:
founding Project Sunflowerthe necessity for thought-diversitywhy supporting women in finance is so important
…and much more.
DEBBIE ACKERMAN co-founded Twin Bridge Capital partners and has specialized in middle-market investing for most of her career. In addition, she recently founded Project Sunflower.
Prior to co-founding Twin Bridge, Ms.Ackerman was Senior Partner of PPM America Capital Partners, where she was most recently responsible for managing the private equity fund-of-funds business. She also worked on various other private equity and investment activities, including underwriting equity co-investments. Earlier in her career, Ms. Ackerman worked at Heller Financial in assorted private equity and lending positions.
Ms. Ackerman currently serves on the board of Specialized Education Services and holds advisory board seats for Goldner, Hawn, Johnson & Morrison V, Calera Capital IV, and Swander Pace Capital Partners IV, as well as numerous other observer seats. She earned her MBA at Northwestern University and her BA in Finance from the University of Illinois.
On this episode of Investors & Operators, Jordan sits down with Debbie Ackerman, Founder of Project Sunflower and Co-Founder of Twin Bridge Capital Partners. Together, they discuss:
founding Project Sunflowerthe necessity for thought-diversitywhy supporting women in finance is so important
…and much more.
DEBBIE ACKERMAN co-founded Twin Bridge Capital partners and has specialized in middle-market investing for most of her career. In addition, she recently founded Project Sunflower.
Prior to co-founding Twin Bridge, Ms.Ackerman was Senior Partner of PPM America Capital Partners, where she was most recently responsible for managing the private equity fund-of-funds business. She also worked on various other private equity and investment activities, including underwriting equity co-investments. Earlier in her career, Ms. Ackerman worked at Heller Financial in assorted private equity and lending positions.
Ms. Ackerman currently serves on the board of Specialized Education Services and holds advisory board seats for Goldner, Hawn, Johnson & Morrison V, Calera Capital IV, and Swander Pace Capital Partners IV, as well as numerous other observer seats. She earned her MBA at Northwestern University and her BA in Finance from the University of Illinois.
30 min