Gennell Jefferson

The Vistria Group

Ms. Jefferson is a Partner at The Vistria Group focused on Investor Relations and
is a member of the Investment Committee. Headquartered in Chicago, Vistria is a
middle-market private investment firm specializing in investments in Healthcare,
Knowledge & Learning, Financial Services and Housing, with over $13 billion in
assets under management as of 11/30/24.

Previously, Gennell was a Managing Director of Private Equity & Business
Development at State Street Global Advisors, a $4 trillion global asset manager.
She managed a private equity portfolio of $1.7 billion and served on the Advisory
Boards for firms specializing in communications, education, financial services,
healthcare, media and technology. She was appointed by the CEO to lead a global
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion team to counter racism and inequality in the asset
management industry.

Prior to joining State Street via the 2016 acquisition of GE Asset Management,
Gennell was a Senior Vice President of Strategic Business Development where she
led the Diverse & Emerging Managers Program for GE. She was previously an
investment banker at firms including Bank of America and Lehman Brothers
where she specialized in capital markets structuring and underwriting, raising over
$600 billion in debt & equity financings for Fortune 500 corporations.

Gennell serves on the national board of directors for A Better Chance, Inc. and was
previously on the boards of Francis W. Parker School in Chicago, the National
Association of Securities Professionals and Gateway Charitable Foundation. She
earned a B.S. in Engineering from Washington University (St. Louis) and an MBA
from the University of Michigan.