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      Meet the Team

      Our team of investors, marketing leaders, and operations experts know how to take a great brand and make it an iconic one.

          Brett Thomas

          Co-Founder & Managing Partner

          Rohan Oza

          Co-Founder & Managing Partner

        Tenacity is our middle name.

        Tenacity is our middle name.

          Jenna Jackson

          Partner

          Jared Jacobs

          Partner

          Brandon Neumann

          Vice President

          Charlotte Flint

          Senior Associate

          John Copses

          Senior Associate

          Grace Wu

          Associate

        We're not the

        suit-wearing types.

        We're not the suit-wearing types.

          Stevie Clements

          Chief Marketing Officer

          Dain Gordon

          Creative Director

          John Denny

          VP, eCommerce & Digital

          Krisa Park

          VP, Talent

          Samantha Martinez

          Brand Associate

          Ava McDonald

          Marketing Associate

          Clair Sidman

          Operating Partner

        Think of us as a best-in-class

        creative resource.

        Think of us as a best-in-class creative resource.

          Bella Filer

          Chief Financial Officer

          Carmen Collyns

          Head of Investor Relations

          Greg Langley

          Controller

          Andrew Pine

          Senior Fund Accountant

        Dare to be better

        than yesterday.

        Dare to be better than yesterday.

          Fran Amico

          Executive Assistant

          Kayla Kawamoto

          Executive Assistant

          Brett Thomas

          Brett Thomas is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of CAVU Consumer Partners. Prior to co-founding CAVU in 2015, Brett was the founder of Thematic Capital Partners, a private investment vehicle focused on private/public equity investments in the consumer sector. Before entering into the consumer investing space, Brett worked at Scout Capital Management for 5 years, a long-short hedge fund focusing on special situations with over $9B in AUM based in NYC. He is a graduate of Boston College, with a concentration in Finance, and was a Division I Student Athlete. In 2017, Brett was elected to Boston College's prestigious "40 Under 40 list" and was named a “Consumer Catalyst” by Forbes as one of the top dealmakers and influencers in the consumer space. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his three kids and wife and rooting for all professional Cleveland sports teams, hoping one day to see the Cleveland Indians win a World Series!

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          Rohan Oza

          Rohan's strong track record and consistent success has enabled him to identify key trends and leverage those insights to build iconic brands. In 2002, Oza left The Coca-Cola Company to join Glaceau. There, as partner and CMO, he built the powerhouse brands Vitaminwater and Smartwater via innovative marketing and creative partnerships with 50 Cent, Jennifer Aniston, Kobe Bryant, and Tom Brady. These partnerships changed the entire landscape of entertainment marketing. Oza's career came full circle when Coke purchased Glaceau for $4.1B in 2007, and appointed him Chief Marketing Officer across all still Coke brands. Some of his latest ventures include Popchips, Vita Coco, Bai, and Flywheel. Rohan was named to the "40 Under 40" list by Crain's in 2007 and by Sports Business Journal in 2008 & 2009. He was also honored with the "Marketing 50" award by Ad Age in 2009. Oza was a recurring Guest Shark on ABC’s Shark Tank for 3 seasons from 2017-2020.

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          Jenna Jackson

          Jenna Jackson is a Partner at CAVU focusing on growth in the beauty and wellness categories. Prior to joining CAVU, Jenna was Managing Director of Branded Consumer at Imperial Capital, where she focused on growth initiatives for the firm. Earlier in her career, Jenna worked in merchandising for Gap Inc. and wantful.com and founded her own luxury handbag brand. She also led a series of events called #mindthefundinggap, a place for underserved female founders and funders connect in order to transform the consumer landscape. Jenna earned a B.A. in English from University of California, Berkeley where she was a four-year letter winner on the Women's Volleyball team.

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          Jared Jacobs

          Jared is extremely passionate about investing and building the next generation of iconic consumer brands. Prior to joining CAVU, Jared was an associate in the consumer and retail group at AEA Investors, a private equity firm based in NYC. He also worked as a consultant for early stage food and beverage brands. Before entering the consumer investing space, Jared was an investment banking analyst in the Mergers and Acquisitions group at Morgan Stanley. He graduated with high distinction from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business where he earned a BBA and was named a James B. Angell Scholar.

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          Brandon Neumann

          Prior to joining CAVU, Brandon was an Investment Banking Associate at Goldman Sachs, where he worked with prominent brands across the consumer space. He started his career as an Investment Banking Analyst in the Consumer group at Piper Sandler. Brandon earned a B.A. in Finance from the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington.

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          Charlotte Flint

          Prior to joining CAVU, Charlotte was an Investment Banking Associate in the Consumer Group at Jefferies, where she focused on transactions in the Beauty & Personal Care space. She began her career as an Investment Banking Analyst in Jefferies’ Global Industrials Group. Charlotte earned a B.A. in Economics from Vanderbilt University.

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          John Copses

          Prior to joining CAVU, John was an associate at TSG Consumer Partners, a private equity firm focused exclusively on the consumer and retail sectors. He is a self-described brand fanatic and enjoys partnering with entrepreneurs to take their brands to the next level. John began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst in Jefferies’ Leveraged Finance group, focusing on mostly consumer and retail transactions. He earned a BBA from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University and swam competitively in college.

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          Grace Wu

          Prior to joining CAVU, Grace was a Private Equity Analyst at Blackstone in their generalist PE group. Grace earned a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

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          Stevie Clements

          Stevie has close to two decades of experience in the marketing, branding and design world. She is passionate about helping fresh, young brands reach their full potential, and throughout her career, has worked with some of the most disruptive emerging brands in the CPG space. Stevie's specialty is the sizzle: all things brand, creative strategy, celebrity, influencer, and PR, all of which are rooted in a deep expertise of consumer-based lifestyle marketing. Prior to joining CAVU, Stevie spent 5+ years at Idea Merchants Capital working directly under Founder and Principal Rohan Oza. She began her career at Creative Artist Agency (CAA) and graduated with honors from Indiana University Bloomington with a B.S. in Marketing and International Business from the Kelley School of Business. Stevie is an avid lover of her dog Olive, all things Bravo TV and Pinkberry with dark chocolate crisps (on the side).

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          Dain Gordon

          Dain is a multidisciplinary designer and creative director who has spent the last 10+ years in NYC and LA building and collaborating with some of the most catalyzing brands out there. With a broad range of experience—from trend-setting beauty companies to humanizing healthcare—he places high value on strategy, the beauty in the details, and cross-platform systems-thinking. His past collaborations include Glossier, Ritual, Seed, MAC Cosmetics, New York Times, sweetgreen, Our Place, among others. In his off hours, you can find Dain chasing his unruly hounds in the mountains of Montana, or trying to lull his equally rambunctious newborn to sleep.

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          John Denny

          John is a recognized industry leader on the topic of Amazon, eCommerce & Digital Marketing who has been quoted by The New York Times, Forrester Research, and the Association of National Advertisers for his innovative approach to helping brands excel online. He frequently speaks at Amazon Vendor Conferences and to internal Amazon teams on how upstart CPG brands are leveraging the platform to drive hyper-growth. John is also a MasterClass Teacher for Ascential’s Amazon Hackathon Conferences in NYC and Seattle, and currently has an Amazon Advertising MasterClass video series with Clickz/Search Engine Watch. Prior to CAVU, John was VP of eCommerce & Media at Bai, where over four years he built the brand on Amazon from a tiny niche product to the number one selling beverage on the platform, ahead of Coke and Pepsi.

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          Krisa Park

          Krisa is based in the LA office and is the VP, Talent for CAVU, helping us to recruit the best and brightest consumer talent to our portfolio companies. Krisa joins us from Korn Ferry, where she spent nine years as a member of the firm’s Consumer practice, recruiting senior executives for clients ranging from large CPG companies to high-growth equity-backed businesses. Krisa began her career in Private Banking at Merrill Lynch and later worked in consulting at BCG before joining Korn Ferry. She earned her undergraduate degree from USC and her MBA from Wharton.

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          Samantha Martinez

          Samantha Martinez is a Brand Associate at CAVU focusing on sourcing, building relationships with founders, hosting east coast & west coast events across different categories, and PR initiatives for the firm. Samantha earned a B.A. in English from Loyola Marymount University. In Samantha’s free time, you can find her at F45, hot yoga, Erewhon, Target or an ice bath studio.

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          Ava McDonald

          Ava McDonald is a Marketing Associate at CAVU, supporting the marketing efforts of the firm’s portfolio companies. A 2024 graduate of Georgetown University, Ava is also the founder of Zfluence, a Gen Z influencer marketing firm that she sold to Her Campus Media in 2023. Ava has appeared on Ad Age’s “40 Under 40” and Washington Business Journal’s “25 Under 25” lists; been featured in Forbes; and spoken at Harvard, UT Austin, and Georgetown.

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          Clair Sidman

          Clair Sidman is a marketing thought-leader and skilled storyteller who is dedicated to helping brands drive impactful, relevant, sustainable growth. She is a master in understanding the next gen consumer and helps brands develop innovative marketing strategies that propel them to the forefront of consumer consideration. Clair was most recently Head of Industry Strategy and Insights at TikTok, where she led a high-performing team, developing go-to-market strategies for 18 industries in North America including Fashion, Luxury, Retail, and CPG, among others. Prior to that, Clair was the Head of Integrated Marketing for NYX Cosmetics at L’Oréal USA, where her TikTok expertise helped the brand win the “Top Brand + Campaigns that Inspire Us” award in 2020.

          Bella Filer

          Bella has over 15 years of experience in the alternative investments industry. Prior to joining CAVU, Bella served as CFO/CCO of Cascabel Management in New York, a global long-short hedge fund she joined at launch in 2008, where she built an institutional-grade operating platform. She was also Controller at Scout Capital Management LLC, responsible for financial reporting and operations of global investment funds and separately managed accounts with over $2 billion in assets under management. Bella was Assistant Controller at the Rohatyn Group (TRG Management LP), handling accounting and tax reporting for an emerging market global macro fund and affiliated entities, and served as Senior Accountant at the Carlyle High Yield Group in New York, responsible for financial reporting and compliance of cash flow CDO vehicles with over $1.5 billion in assets. Bella began her career at Zimmer Lucas Capital, LLC in New York in 1999, where she assisted the CFO with operations and reporting for three long‐short equity funds while also attending college full‐time. She received a BBA in Accountancy from Baruch College.

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          Carmen Collyns

          Carmen serves as Head of Investor Relations and is based in New York. She is an accomplished IR leader with significant experience in growth equity and venture capital, fund formation, and a passion for institutionalizing capital raising strategies. She has led teams in IR, corporate and business development, and communications primarily in the tech space, both on the fund side and as an operator within hyper-growth companies. Prior to CAVU, she led capital formation at Bicycle Capital, a Latin America-focused growth equity firm, and Social Capital, a multistage technology fund. Carmen began her career at J.P. Morgan in New York. Within consumer, Carmen is excited about products and innovations that help her be a better toddler (and pet) parent. Carmen completed her BA and MBA degrees at Harvard.

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          Greg Langley

          Prior to joining CAVU, Greg was Controller at Circle Road Partners, a global long-short fund he joined in 2016, where he managed trade execution, financial, and operational aspects for an active group of private funds. Before Circle Road, Greg was the CFO of Blue Anchor Capital, a U.S. focused long-short fund he was tapped to help launch in May 2015. Prior to Blue Anchor Capital, Greg was the CFO/CCO of TigerShark Management LLC, a U.S. focused long-short fund where he built out the operational infrastructure, developed firm expertise across financial products and private fund structures, as well as led the firm through SEC registration and other strategic product launches. Greg began his career as an audit associate with Rothstein Kass. He received a B.S. from Lehigh University. In his spare time, Greg enjoys spending time with his wife Kristin and their three young children.

          Andrew Pine

          Prior to joining CAVU, Andrew started his career in the KPMG New York audit practice, focusing on technology and media clients. Andrew earned a master’s degree in accounting and a B.S. in finance from the Smeal College of Business at Penn State University. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of New York.

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          Fran Amico

          Fran Amico has always had an eye for the details and a passion for problem-solving, which naturally lead her to become an Executive Assistant. Fran’s curious nature and creative personality have enabled her to adapt to new environments and help the teams she supports to grow and evolve. Previously, Francesca has supported executives at companies such as J. Crew, Estee Lauder Companies, and Uber Technologies.

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          Kayla Kawamoto

          Kayla, a California native, has called Santa Monica her home for the past 10 years. Prior to joining CAVU, Kayla has dedicated her career to supporting high-level executives in the entertainment industry and high-net-worth individuals. Outside of work, Kayla enjoys attending live music events, staying active with fitness classes, and soaking up the sun at the beach with friends.

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