Rick Strait

Rick Strait

Independent Dir/Board Member at G&L Holdings, Inc.

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Richard Strait is an Investment Committee Partner at Avante Capital Partners.
Based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Rick serves on Avante’s Investment Committee and advises on portfolio and other strategic matters.
He joined Avante in 2019.
Mr. Strait has over 40 years of private middle-market debt and private equity investment experience.
He joined Avante after a 35-year career with Northwestern Mutual Capital (NMC), the private debt and equity investment arm of The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company.
During his career, Rick and his portfolio teams completed more than $18 billion of private debt, direct private equity co-investments and private equity fund commitments.
Rick also served as a senior member of NMC’s Investment Committee which approved more than $11 billion in aggregate mezzanine and private equity co-investments during his committee tenure.
He represented NMC on numerous private equity fund advisory boards and as a director or observer on private company boards.
Mr. Strait is an independent director of G&L Holdings, Inc., a privately-owned food ingredients company, and Bellacor.com, a privately-owned ecommerce company specializing in lighting and home décor products.
Mr. Strait lives in Wisconsin and is actively engaged in his local community.
He serves on the board and chairs the Investment Committee of the Jewish Home & Care Center Foundation (Milwaukee).
He is a member of the Alumni Advisory Board for the University of Wisconsin – Madison, Department of Economics and is a former board member and officer of COA Youth and Family Centers (Milwaukee).
Mr. Strait graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and holds an MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Rick Strait active positions

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Independent Dir/Board Member 2018-07-31
Private Equity Investor 2019-07-31
Independent Dir/Board Member 2021-11-30
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Former positions of Rick Strait

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Consultant / Advisor 2019-11-30
Investment Committee Member -
Portfolio Manager-Equities -
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Northwestern University Masters Business Admin
University of Wisconsin Undergraduate Degree

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