Investment Team

Our seasoned team has decades of collective experience, investing more than $600 million of capital across 70 companies. Our backgrounds as operators, consultants, investment bankers and investors enable us to work successfully with business owners. The vast majority of our careers have been devoted to working with owner-managed businesses of the size in which Lineage invests, and therefore we have a deep understanding of the needs, sensitivities and resource constraints unique to businesses of this size. Our management partners receive senior-level attention, and we contribute resources from our extensive networks to help them succeed.

	William McKinley (617) 778-0669 bill@lineagecap.com	Prior to founding Lineage, Bill was a Principal at Heritage Partners, Inc., where he executed and managed investments in closely-held middle market businesses from 1996 to 2003. Previously, he spent four years at Ernst & Young, LLC. Bill was raised and worked in a family-owned business in which his father completed a successful leveraged buyout of his siblings. He has served as a shareholder representative on a number of portfolio company boards and is currently on the Board of the Lafayette Company, a diversified family-owned business based in southern California. Bill earned a B.A. from Williams College and an M.B.A. from the Stern School of Business at New York University. He is also a CPA.
	T. Brook Parker (617) 778-0672 brook@lineagecap.com	Prior to founding Lineage, Brook was a Partner at Heritage Partners, Inc., where he invested and managed investments in closely-held middle market businesses from 1993-2003. He was also one of the original four team members that left Equity Partners, the later stage equity unit of BancBoston Capital, to form Heritage Partners, Inc. in 1993. Brook was an investment professional at Equity Partners from 1990 to 1993. Previously, Brook invested in middle market buyouts at Integrated Acquisition, Inc. and at E.F. Hutton & Company. Brook holds a B.A. from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
	Mark Sullivan (617) 778-0671 mark@lineagecap.com	Prior to founding Lineage, Mark was a Partner at Heritage Partners, Inc., where he invested and managed investments in closely-held middle market businesses from 1998 to 2003. Prior to Heritage, Mark spent four years as a consultant with McKinsey & Co. working across a variety of disciplines and industries. Previously, Mark served as an independent consultant to Lucas Digital for a year developing its strategy to redefine its target market and streamline operations. Prior to that, Mark worked as the Chief Financial Officer of the Levolor Corporation as a member of the team that successfully turned around the business. He holds a B.A. from Washington and Lee University.
	Erik Dykema (617) 778-0665 erik@lineagecap.com	Prior to joining Lineage, Erik was a Principal at Metapoint Partners, where he was responsible for sourcing and executing new acquisition opportunities. Previously, Erik spent two years at Corporate Decisions, Inc. (“CDI”) and Mercer Management Consulting, working on strategic advisory cases as well as due diligence projects for private equity firms. Erik began his career with Continental Bank and Bank of America arranging financings for privately owned businesses. Erik holds an A.B. in Economics from the University of Michigan and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Erik is currently on the Board of Directors of ACG Global, which has over 12,000 members worldwide, and is an active member of the Boston chapter.
	Brian Sykora (617) 778-0664 brian@lineagecap.com	Prior to joining Lineage, Brian was a consultant with McKinsey & Co. His prior work experience includes BancBoston Capital, where he focused on middle market buyouts as well as early-stage investments in a variety of industry sectors, and Harris Williams & Co., an investment bank specializing in middle market mergers and acquisitions. Brian holds a B.A. in Economics from The College of William and Mary and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
	Kate Cournoyer (617) 778-0663 kate@lineagecap.com	Prior to joining Lineage, Kate interned at Deloitte where she worked as an analyst in the Financial Advisory Services Business Valuation group. She has also interned at Merrill Lynch in the Global Private Client division. Kate holds a B.A. in Economics with a minor in Chemistry from Boston College.
	Gretchen Vallante (617) 778-0667 gretchen@lineagecap.com	Prior to joining Lineage as Chief Financial Officer, Gretchen was Manager of Fund Financial Reporting at Summit Partners. Prior to her four years at Summit, she spent two years in the Audit and Assurance group of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP. Gretchen holds a B.S. in Accounting from Fairfield University and an M.B.A. from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College. She is also a CPA.
	Lisa Emanuello (617) 778-0660 lisa@lineagecap.com	Prior to joining Lineage as Office Manager, Lisa was an International Account Manager at Bare Associates International, where she was responsible for global customer service audits. Previously, Lisa was an Administrative Assistant in the Anthropology Department at Johns Hopkins University. Lisa holds a B.S. in Marketing from Plymouth State University and is currently pursuing her Masters in Taxation at Suffolk University.