PATRIOT - Key Persons


Carol A. Stypinksi

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Patriot Team

Carol A. Stypinski

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant
  • Executive Assistant to Kirk Wycoff

David J. Honold

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Investment Team
  • Member of the Patriot Team
  • Principal

Ellen Guglielmi

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant
  • Member of the Patriot Team

Jack Kopnisky

Job Titles:
  • Senior Advisor
  • Executive Chairman of Webster Financial Corporation

James F. Deutsch

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Patriot Team
  • Partner

James J. Lynch

Job Titles:
  • Founding Partner
  • Member of the Patriot Team
  • Partner
  • Board Member and Trustee of the Holy Redeemer Health System

James J. Murphy - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Certified Public Accountant
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Member of the Patriot Team
Mr. Murphy joined Patriot in 2012 and is responsible for financial reporting and oversight of all administrative financial matters at Patriot. Prior to joining Patriot, Mr. Murphy was a Manager in the audit and assurance department at Fesnak and Associates, LLP, focused primarily in the financial services group where he managed audit and assurance engagements to the majority of the firm's investment companies, including, but not limited to extensive experience with private equity, venture capital, debt/mezzanine, fund of fund, master-feeder, evergreen, and SBIC fund structures. Mr. Murphy is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Pennsylvania and holds a Bachelor of Administration degree in Accounting from the Richard J. Fox School of Business and Management at Temple University, Philadelphia.

Jeffrey B. Morris

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Patriot Team
  • Consultant - Credit Director
"The Patriot Team has been with us from Day 1, which began by helping build our strategy for acquiring a bank from which we could build a nationwide embedded banking platform, to assisting in the due diligence process, the federal application process and eventual recapitalization of the bank. Today, the partnership with Patriot is strong and extends across the firm as we have access to a tremendous amount of resources, ranging from operational, risk management, financial and strategic that continue to provide our team with outstanding support."

Kelly A. Brown

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Patriot Team
  • Senior Advisor
  • Senior Advisor, past Partner

Kevin DaCruz

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Investment Team
  • Member of the Patriot Team
  • Senior Associate

Matthew Foley

Job Titles:
  • Accounting Manager
  • Member of the Patriot Team
  • Senior Accountant

Michael B. High

Job Titles:
  • Certified Public Accountant
  • Member of the Patriot Team
  • Partner
Mr. High is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the State of Pennsylvania (currently inactive), and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the Smeal College of Business Administration at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park.

Michael G. Milligan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Patriot Team
  • Principal - Investor Relations

Michelle Vaughn - Chief Compliance Officer

Job Titles:
  • Chief Compliance Officer
  • Financial Manager
  • Member of the Patriot Team

Rodney C. Whitwell

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Investment Team
  • Member of the Patriot Team
  • Principal

Scott R. Gamble

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Investment Team
  • Member of the Patriot Team
  • Principal

Steve Silverman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Investment Team
  • Member of the Patriot Team
  • Senior Analyst

Thomas Cestare - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • Member of the Patriot Team
  • Partner

W. Kirk Wycoff - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Managing Partner
  • Member of the Patriot Team
  • Partner