Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P.

Ken Leonard - Managing Partner, Senior Credit


Mr. Leonard is a managing partner for Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors secured credit activities. Prior to joining Kayne Anderson Mr. Leonard was with Cerberus Capital where he was a Co-Founder of Dymas Capital Management and helped lead the development of a middle market, private equity focused lending business. While at Dymas, Mr. Leonard played a leadership role in completing over 130 transactions with underwritten commitments in excess of $4.5 billion. Prior to joining Cerberus, Mr. Leonard was a Senior Vice President in the Merchant Banking Syndications Team at GE Capital from 2001 to 2002, where he headed up the syndications effort.  From 1998 to 2001 he was in charge of the Corporate Finance Syndications Team of Heller Financial. From 1995 to 1998, he served as an investment professional in the Turnaround Private Equity Group of Heller Investments, Inc. From 1986 to 1995, he served in a variety of lending positions at Heller Financial, including real estate, asset-based lending and cash flow lending.  Mr. Leonard is a graduate of the University of Iowa and received an M.B.A. from Northwestern University.

 

Andrew Marek - Managing Partner, Senior Credit


Mr. Marek is a managing partner for Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors secured credit activities. Prior to joining Kayne Anderson Mr. Marek was with Cerberus Capital where he was a Co-Founder of Dymas Capital Management and helped lead the development of a middle market, private equity focused lending business. While at Dymas, Mr. Marek played a leadership role in completing over 130 transactions with underwritten commitments in excess of $4.5 billion. Prior to joining Cerberus, Mr. Marek worked at Heller Financial from 1989 to 2002, where he last served as a Senior Vice President and worked in loan restructuring, portfolio management and originations management and where he was a co-manager of a $1 billion portfolio and a 22-member team of professionals responsible for originating, underwriting and managing loans to and investments with middle market private equity sponsors.  From 1984 to 1989, he worked with Deloitte Haskins & Sells.  Mr. Marek is a graduate of the University of Illinois and received an M.B.A. from Northwestern University.

Albert Ricchio - Managing Partner, Senior Credit


Mr. Ricchio is a managing partner for Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors secured credit activities.  Prior to joining Kayne Anderson Mr. Ricchio was with Cerberus Capital where he was a Co-Founder of Dymas Capital Management and helped lead the development of a middle market, private equity focused lending business.  While at Dymas, Mr. Ricchio played a leadership role in completing over 130 transactions with underwritten commitments in excess of $4.5 billion. Prior to joining Cerberus, Mr. Ricchio was an analyst and a portfolio co-manager at Heller Financial from 1984 to 2002, where he worked in loan restructuring, portfolio management and originations management and where he was a co-manager of a $1 billion portfolio and a 22-member team of professionals responsible for originating, underwriting and managing loans to and investments with middle market private equity sponsors.  From 1982 to 1983, he worked in public accounting at Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co.  Mr. Ricchio is a graduate of DePaul University and received an M.B.A. from Purdue University.

Douglas Goodwillie - Managing Director


Douglas Goodwillie has over 14 years experience in middle market lending, underwriting over $1.5 billion in loan volumes during his career. Most recently, Mr. Goodwilllie was a Director at LBC Credit Partners, a middle market private debt fund with over $1.0 billion under management. At LBC he was based in the Chicago office and was responsible for originating senior and mezzanine loan transactions. Mr. Goodwillie also served as a rotational member of the firm's Investment Committee. Prior to LBC, he was an Operating Director at Arsenal Capital Partners in New York where he led the firm's capital markets efforts and served as an industry specialist in the financial services vertical. Mr. Goodwillie spent seven years at Dymas Capital Management in Chicago, a leading middle market finance company where he was responsible for originating, underwriting and managing senior and junior middle market loans. He began his career with Gleacher Partners where he was focused on leveraged lending and M&A advisory. Mr. Goodwillie holds a B.A. from Kenyon College and a M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.

Shane Shepherd - Senior Associate


Shane Shepherd is a senior associate for Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors secured credit activities.  Prior to joining Kayne Anderson Mr. Shepherd spent four years with GE Antares Capital, most recently as an assistant vice president, where he focused on new business development and portfolio management for the middle market, private equity focused lending business.  From 2007 to 2008, he served as an associate at Merrill Lynch Capital focusing on middle market, private equity lending.  Mr. Shepherd began his career at LaSalle Bank as an associate where he focused on general commercial banking and leveraged lending.  Mr. Shepherd holds a B.S. from Indiana University.