Employees

Barrett Lopez joined Rockwood’s Denver office as a financial analyst in 2022. He primarily works on analysis, due diligence, funding structures and operations of portfolio companies. Prior to [...]

Hunter Allen joined Rockwood’s Denver office in early 2019. He is responsible for transaction analysis and due diligence, financial and operational modeling and strategic and operational [...]

Nils Holum joined Rockwood in 2017 and is based in the Denver office. He is involved in all aspects of the firm’s operations, including transaction sourcing, due diligence and execution. [...]

Kristin Ament joined Rockwood in 2010 and is responsible for the administrative management of the firm. She has more than 25 years of professional experience, most recently serving as chief […]

Ben Giusto joined Rockwood in 2020 as a financial analyst after completing an internship with the firm. He primarily works on analysis, due diligence, funding structures and operations of [...]

Reed Blocksom joined Rockwood’s Cleveland office in 2008 and focuses on transaction sourcing, analysis, due diligence and financing. He also has served on the boards of multiple Rockwood [...]

Kate Faust joined Rockwood Equity Partners’ Cleveland office in 2015  as partner, business development. Kate oversees new deal opportunities presented to Rockwood and assists with our Rockwood [...]

In addition to his partnership position with the firm, Vince Nardy has served as Chairman of three of Rockwood’s portfolio companies – AFC Industries, Inc. , Altimate Medical, Inc. and […]

Joe Merrill joined Rockwood in 2006 and leads the Denver office.  In addition to helping lead and define the strategic direction of Rockwood, he is actively involved in all functions […]

Brett Keith co‐founded Rockwood in 1999 to focus on the acquisition of companies in the lower middle market. Since then, he has focused on deal flow generation, on the analysis, […]