Mark Fornasiero
Managing Partner

(301) 990-3912 tel
mfornasiero@clarendoncap.com
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Mark co-founded Clarendon in 1998. He has over 30 years’ experience as a principal investor, board member, C-level executive, and management consultant focused exclusively on the Transportation, Logistics and Distribution sectors. Mark proprietarily sourced seven Clarendon investments and has served as Chairman and a Director on the boards of several companies in the Transportation, Logistics and Distribution sectors.

In 1998, Mark conceived RoadLink (now RoadOne), an intermodal logistics consolidation vehicle, as Clarendon’s first investment and worked with his Clarendon partners to organize and co-found the company in 2000. Following RoadLink’s formation, he guided the investment as a RoadLink board member and shareholder representative and served as CFO/SVP Finance & Acquisitions, Secretary/Treasurer and Chief Strategy Officer. Following a sale to a leading private equity firm in 2006, Mark continued in senior finance, M&A and strategic development roles, helping grow RoadLink to over $400 million in revenue. Over the course of his decade of RoadLink involvement, Mark executed over 25 acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and debt/equity financings comprising over $350 million of transaction value.

Before launching Clarendon, Mark was a senior manager in the Transportation/Logistics Management Consulting Practice of A.T. Kearney, where he led engagements in strategic development, M&A and profit improvement for transportation and private equity clients. Prior to A.T. Kearney, Mark was part of the team that launched Princeton Transportation Group (later sold to Manhattan Associates), where he led engagements applying university research from Princeton and M.I.T. to improve the profitability of transportation clients.

Mark received an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business where he was named an Arjay Miller Scholar. He received a BS in Operations Research and BA in Economics from Cornell University where he graduated with highest honors. Mark serves on the national board of the “I Have a Dream” Foundation, which empowers children of low-income communities across the U.S. to achieve a college education.

Michael Raue
Partner

(301) 571-8116 tel
mraue@clarendoncap.com
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Michael has been a Clarendon Partner since 1998. He has over 30 years’ experience as a principal investor, senior executive and management consultant focused exclusively on the Transportation, Logistics and Distribution sectors. Michael has served on the board of directors of several companies in the transportation/logistics market space.

Michael played a lead role in developing RoadLink’s (now RoadOne) business plan during the organization of the company, and led RoadLink’s post-merger planning and integration as Senior Vice President following the closing of the transaction in 2000. He led several corporate functions over the course of his tenure, including operations integration, human resources, legal affairs, risk management, purchasing, safety and driver recruiting. As a member of the information technology steering committee, he played a key role helping to execute RoadLink’s technology advancement strategy. His accomplishments include leading integration of 18 acquisitions realizing over $15 million in annualized synergies, reducing RoadLink’s total cost of risk by over $5 million annually, and cutting annual expenses by over $3 million in 10 categories of purchased goods and services. Michael continued in his role following RoadLink’s sale to a leading private equity firm, focusing on capturing consolidation synergies.

Prior to Clarendon, Michael was a senior manager in the Transportation/Logistics Management Consulting Practice of A.T. Kearney, where he managed turnaround, market entry, post-merger integration, and cost reduction engagements for transportation clients. Before A.T. Kearney, Michael was a Director at Princeton Transportation Group, where he led a team that designed and implemented profit improvement systems at over half the nation’s 30 largest trucking companies.

Michael received an MS in Operations Research from Stanford University, where he was a Shell Oil Doctoral Fellow and awarded an NCAA Fellowship. He received a BS in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Maryland in 1988, where he graduated magna cum laude and was voted Valedictorian and Outstanding Undergraduate.

Ricardo K. Dadoo
Operating Partner

011 52 55 5017 1272 tel ext. 707 tel
rkdadoo@clarendoncap.com
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Ricardo joined Clarendon in 2014 and has over thirty years of experience in the transportation and logistics industry, with substantial experience in aviation and express delivery across the Americas. He has been President and Founder of Logistics Dadoo since 2008, an adviser in financial, commercial and operational transactional growth engagements for the aerospace, transportation and logistics industry. Ricardo’s assignments include providing advisory and support services for companies to invest and compete successfully in Mexico and Latin America. Recent work involves a cross-section of logistics engagements in sectors such as: cold chain pharmaceutical and medical devices, air cargo revenue enhancement, logistics and commercial/industrial real estate, cross-border in-bond trucking and customs warehousing, M&A origination, and customs brokerage for integrators.

Prior to Logistics Dadoo, Ricardo launched a roadside assistance insurance service for distribution fleets and logistics assistance, which was exited in five years with an IRR exceeding 60%.

Previously, Ricardo led the successful start-up of UPS in Latin America, beginning as Mexico CEO where revenues grew to $90 million in eight years. Ricardo and his team won the first-ever Chairman of the Board’s award for best international operation at UPS. Following success in Mexico, Ricardo was promoted to integrate acquisitions in Brazil, Argentina and Chile including local delivery firms and a US-based cargo airline, Challenge Air Cargo.

Previously, Ricardo served as Vice-President of Mexicana Airlines Cargo, and before that, he served in various roles at Bank of America in New York and Mexico City supporting the capital needs of the airline and aerospace industry.

Ricardo holds an MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business and a BS in business administration from the University of Denver. He founded and serves as President of the Mexico Alumni Chapter of NYU’s Stern School of Business and founded the NYU Alumni Club of Mexico. As a member of Washington DC-based Trace International, Ricardo advocates for integrity and ethics compliance in his role as agent for international commerce.

Lexie Ellis
Senior Associate

(703) 705-2017 tel ext.711
aellis@clarendoncap.com
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Lexie joined Clarendon in 2023 as Senior Associate, Investor Relations & Business Development. She focuses on managing relationships with investors, market visibility and supporting outreach to prospective portfolio investments.

Prior to joining Clarendon, Lexie was an Investor Relations and Fundraising Analyst at MSD Partners, where she supported fundraising initiatives and marketing efforts. She was responsible for managing client relations, contributing to strategic planning efforts and maintaining the fundraise pipeline and CRM system.

Lexie has also worked in investor relations, business development, client relations and marketing roles at Raymond James, Fannie Mae and National Oilwell Varco, where she supported investor relationships, managed investor events, executed on marketing initiatives and established strategic partnerships.

Lexie holds a B.A. from Texas A&M University in International Business.

David Hollingsworth
Associate

(703) 705-2017 tel ext.709
dhollingsworth@clarendoncap.com
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David joined Clarendon in 2023 as an Associate. He focuses on the underwriting and execution of the firm’s investment prospects and supports value creation activities at Clarendon’s investments in the transportation, logistics, and distribution sectors.

Prior to joining Clarendon, David was an Associate at Quad-C Management, where he conducted analysis and assisted in the underwriting process of potential buyout investments across transportation & logistics, specialty distribution, business services, and health care. He also worked closely with portfolio company management on financial initiatives including acquisitions, recapitalizations, and operational reports.

David began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst at J.P. Morgan, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions for private and public companies across multiple industries.

David received a BBA in Finance from The College of William & Mary.

Timm Hwang
Senior Associate

(703) 705-2017 tel ext.707
thwang@clarendoncap.com
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Timm joined Clarendon in 2022 as a Senior Associate. He focuses on the execution of the firm’s investment prospects and helps support the management teams at Clarendon’s investments in the transportation, logistics and distribution sectors.

Prior to joining Clarendon, Timm was a Private Equity Associate for GEF Capital Partners, where he conducted market research and competitive analysis. He was responsible for managing the deal pipeline and developing investment theses for outbound deal sourcing. He also supported portfolio company operations, including executive hiring, quarterly valuations, reporting and business planning.

Timm also worked in finance, corporate development and strategy roles at W.R. Grace, Bloomberg Industry Group and Amazon.com. He began his career at KPMG, where he was an audit manager and led cross-functional teams in executing financial statement and internal control audits across various industries.

Timm received an MBA from Georgetown University and a BS in Accounting and Information Systems (Cum Laude) from Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

Asad Khan
Senior Associate

(703) 705-2017 tel ext. 713
akhan@clarendoncap.com
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Asad joined Clarendon in 2023 as a Senior Associate. He focuses on identifying, sourcing, evaluating, and executing investment opportunities; supporting due diligence efforts; and conducting valuation analyses.

Prior to joining Clarendon, Asad was Executive Director of Strategic Development at Dickinson Fleet Services, which is a national provider of fleet maintenance services in North America and a portfolio company of Ridgemont Equity Partners and Cox Automotive. In that role, Asad led the underwriting, execution, integration, and value creation activities of 16 buy-side M&A transactions which led to 7x revenue growth over a span of 4 years.

Prior to that, Asad was an Analyst at BMO Financial Group, Private Equity Intern at Centerfield Capital Partners, and an Investment Banking Summer Analyst at J.P. Morgan & Co., where he worked on several M&A transactions.

Asad received a B.S. in Business in the Honors Program at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, where he majored in Finance and minored in Economics.

John Larkin, CFA
Strategic Advisor & Chair of Advisory Board

(703) 705-2017 tel ext. 702
jlarkin@clarendoncap.com
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John joined Clarendon in 2019 and has over thirty-five years of experience in prominent transportation and logistics leadership roles in buy-side research, investment banking and as a corporate executive.

Prior to joining Clarendon, John was Managing Director of Stifel’s Transportation & Logistics Investment Banking Team and has advised numerous publicly traded and privately held transportation and logistics companies as well as many financial sponsors with investments in the transportation and logistics space.

Prior to joining the Investment Banking Team at Stifel, John led Stifel’s transportation & logistics research effort for 17 years, having founded the original at Legg Mason (later sold to Stifel, Nicolaus & Company), where he developed one of the largest and most prominent annual investment conferences in the industry.

Previously, John served as Chairman and CEO of RailWorks Corporation, a consolidator in the rail services sector. Prior to that, John was Managing Director with Alex. Brown and Sons' transportation team and AVP Planning and Analysis at CSX Transportation, Inc.

Over the years, John has been recognized as an all-star analyst by Institutional Investor magazine numerous times, a Wall Street Journal All-Star analyst on several occasions, and has been awarded multiple Starmine stock picking and earnings estimate accuracy awards.

John received an MBA from Harvard University, an MS in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Vermont. Mr. Larkin is a CFA charterholder.

Bruce Markowitz
General Counsel

(703) 705-2017 tel ext. 704
bmarkowitz@clarendoncap.com
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Bruce joined Clarendon in 2017 as General Counsel. He has over thirty years of legal and compliance experience representing corporations, private equity and professional services firms, and as an investor and board member. 

Prior to joining Clarendon, Bruce was a co-founder, lead investor, Vice-Chairman and General Counsel of Tanager Corporation, a company focused on infrastructure development in the U.S. and Europe. Prior to that, Bruce was a Partner in the Washington D.C. law offices of Morgan Lewis, LLP and Reed Smith, LLP in their Business & Finance, Corporate, and Restructuring Practice. Bruce advised private equity and corporate clients in the transportation, energy, telecom, financial and technology sectors.

Prior to that, Bruce was awarded a Presidential Fellowship by the President of the United States, where he conducted research in domestic monetary policy and international banking at the FDIC, as well as participating on Capitol Hill in legislative banking reforms proposed and passed by the U.S. Congress.

Bruce is admitted to the Bar in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. He earned his JD from The American University Washington College of Law, where he was Editor of the American University Law Review. He also holds an M.P.A./Finance from The State University of N.Y. at Albany with Highest Honors and a B.A. from The University of Rochester with High Honors.

Allison Miyake, CPA
Chief Financial Officer & Chief Compliance Officer

(703) 705-2017 tel ext. 705
amiyake@clarendoncap.com
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Allison joined Clarendon in 2022 with over 20 years of experience in fund management, compliance, administration, investor relations and accounting. At Clarendon, Allison oversees fund management and compliance.

Allison worked over fifteen years in various fund management, controller and compliance roles at Deerfield Management, Christofferson, Robb & Co. and Blackstone Credit as Vice President, where she reported to the COO. During her career, her responsibilities have included managing all aspects of the financial reporting close process for both hedge and private equity funds and she also successfully navigated the SEC registration process and subsequent regulatory reporting requirements.

Allison also served as Client Services Director at IQEQ, providing fund administration and compliance services to private equity clients. Allison started her career at Ernst & Young, where she was a Senior Auditor in the Financial Services Group. There she managed and performed audits for private equity and hedge funds.

Allison received a B.S. in Accounting from Fordham University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Alexander Rafla
Principal

(703) 705-2017 tel ext. 708
arafla@clarendoncap.com
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Alex is a Principal with Clarendon and has been with the firm since 2015. In this role, Alex focuses on development of investment opportunities in middle market logistics, supply chain, transportation and distribution companies, including origination, due diligence, deal execution and portfolio company value creation initiatives.

Prior to joining Clarendon, Alex was a strategy consultant with Accenture where he advised corporate and federal clients in the transportation and logistics space. At Accenture, Alex executed management consulting engagements pertaining to strategic cost reduction, growth strategy, operational improvement, operating model design and large-scale business transformations.

Before Accenture, Alex was an Associate with Logistics Capital & Strategy, a boutique strategic advisory firm focused exclusively on the transportation and logistics industry. While at Logistics Capital & Strategy, he served as consultant to corporate and financial sponsor clients on growth strategy initiatives, M&A, restructuring, strategic cost reduction, market entry, strategic sourcing, and organizational transformation. 

Alex received a BBA in International Business from The George Washington University in Washington, DC.

Michael Raynor
Principal

(703) 705-2017 tel ext. 710
mraynor@clarendoncap.com
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Michael joined Clarendon in 2019 and has over eleven years of private equity and credit investing experience. At Clarendon, Michael is focused on identifying, evaluating, and executing investment opportunities across the transportation, logistics and distribution sectors.

Prior to joining Clarendon, Michael was a Vice President at CapitalView Investment Partners and American Capital, Ltd. where he focused on the evaluation and execution of middle-market equity and direct debt investments primarily in the industrials and business services sectors.

Michael began his career as an Analyst in the corporate finance department of Imperial Capital, LLC, a middle-market investment bank, providing financial advisory services to corporate and institutional clients on M&A, capital raising, and restructuring transactions. 

Michael received a B.A. in History from Yale University, where he played four years of Division 1 Varsity Lacrosse.

Miriam Solomon
Executive Assistant

(703) 705-2017 tel ext. 703
msolomon@clarendoncap.com
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Miriam joined Clarendon in 2021 as Executive Assistant. She has over 15 years' experience working alongside C-level executives at financial organizations, with a specialty in administrative technology. Miriam supports the Clarendon team and its operations in a variety of areas.

Prior to joining Clarendon, Miriam was an Executive Assistant at Phillips Realty Capital and Granahan McCourt Capital. Prior to that, she was Executive Assistant to the CEO at Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., where she worked over a decade as the firm grew from 5 to over 150 people.

Miriam attended Rutgers University where she majored in International Relations and Minored in Economics.

Aneesh Susarla
Associate

(703) 705-2017 tel ext. 714
asusarla@clarendoncap.com
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Aneesh joined Clarendon in 2023 as an Associate. He focuses on the underwriting and execution of the firm’s investment prospects and supports value creation activities at Clarendon’s investments in the transportation, logistics, and distribution sectors.

Prior to joining Clarendon, Aneesh was an Investment Banking Analyst at Evercore, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions. Aneesh performed valuation analysis and assessed potential transactions in the industrials and chemicals sectors.

Aneesh began his career as an intern at Investure, where he supported their investing across multiple asset classes on behalf of endowments and non-profits.

Aneesh received a B.S. as a Double Major with Distinction in Statistics and Economics from the University of Virginia.

Samantha Wei
Senior Associate

(703) 705-2017 tel ext. 715
swei@clarendoncap.com
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Samantha joined Clarendon in 2023 as a Senior Associate, where she focuses on the execution of the firm’s investment prospects and supports the management teams at Clarendon’s investments in the transportation, logistics and distribution sectors.

Prior to joining Clarendon, Samantha was an Investment Banking Vice President at Evercore, where she worked on a variety of strategic advisory assignments, including buy-side and sell-side M&A engagements, divestitures and spin-off engagements and restructuring mandates, in the Consumer & Retail sector.

Previously, Samantha held Investment Analyst roles at Aurora Investment Management and Pavilion Advisory Group, where she diligenced long/short equity managers and co-investment opportunities and provided asset allocation and investment manager evaluation advice to large institutions, respectively.

Samantha received an MBA from New York University and a B.A. in Economics and Statistics from Northwestern University.