Claire Berding joined Abry in 2021. She is responsible for analyzing new investments, working with portfolio companies, and supporting sale transactions. Prior to joining Abry, she was a member of the Financial Institutions Group in the Investment Banking Division at J.P. Morgan. Claire graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with concentrations in Finance and Accounting.

Andrew Connolly joined Abry in 2020. He is responsible for analyzing new investments, working with portfolio companies and supporting sale transactions. Prior to joining Abry, he was a member of the investment banking group at PJ SOLOMON specializing in the firm’s M&A practice. Andrew holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Statistics from Harvard College.

Sabrina Gosman joined Abry in 2021. She is responsible for analyzing new investments, working with portfolio companies, and supporting sale transactions. Prior to joining Abry, Sabrina was a member of the Communications Group at Citi. Sabrina graduated summa cum laude from Georgetown University, where she earned a B.A. in Economics and a minor in Business Administration.

Patrick McLaughlin joined Abry in 2021.  He is responsible for analyzing new investments, working with portfolio companies, and supporting sale transactions.  Prior to joining Abry, Patrick was a member of the investment team at Guidepost Growth Equity (FKA: North Bridge Growth Equity), where he sourced and executed a variety of structured equity investments in the vertical software and data services sectors.  Previously, he was an investment banking analyst in the Technology, Media & Telecommunications group at Guggenheim Partners.  Patrick is a graduate of Williams College, where he earned his B.A. in Political Economy and English.

Dan joined Abry in 2020. He is responsible for analyzing new investments, working with portfolio companies, and supporting sale transactions. Prior to joining Abry, he was a member of the Financial Institutions Group at J.P. Morgan. Dan graduated magna cum laude from Northeastern University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, with concentrations in Finance and Accounting and a minor in Economics.

Max Ray joined Abry in 2022.  He is responsible for analyzing new investments, working with portfolio companies, and supporting sale transactions.  Prior to joining Abry, Max was a member of the investment team at Grain Management, where he was responsible for investment underwriting, portfolio performance tracking, and analytical support for firm-wide deal sourcing.  Prior to Grain Management, he was a member of the Communications, Media & Entertainment group at RBC.  Max is a graduate of Holy Cross, where he earned his B.A. in Accounting.

Christian Rodriguez joined Abry in 2021. He is responsible for analyzing new investments, working with portfolio companies, and supporting sale transactions. Prior to joining Abry, he was a Consultant in the Private Equity Practice at Parthenon, a strategy consulting firm. Christian graduated with honors from Brown University, where he earned a B.A. in History and was a member of the men’s soccer team.

Irénée Zigururimi joined Abry in 2021. He is responsible for analyzing new investments, working with portfolio companies, and supporting sale transactions. Prior to joining Abry, he was a member of the Services & Industrials M&A team at William Blair. Irénée graduated from The University of Chicago, where he earned a B.A. in Economics. He is originally from Kigali, Rwanda.

Meghan Federico joined Abry in 2021. She is responsible for deal origination and supporting the firm’s investment activities. Before joining Abry, she worked at Norwest Equity Partners where she was responsible for evaluating and executing investments and providing ongoing support to portfolio companies. Previously, Meghan was an investment banking analyst in the Technology & Services group at Raymond James. Meghan graduated from Canisius College, where she earned a B.S. in Economics and Finance.