Andrea is a Managing Director at Hamilton Lane, where she is responsible for the oversight and management of the firm’s global Fund Investment Team. Andrea is an Investment Committee member and also serves on a number of fund advisory boards.

Prior to joining Hamilton Lane in 2005, Andrea worked as a General Partner at Exelon Capital Partners where she managed investments in the energy technology and enterprise application areas; as a Senior Business Development Manager for Philadelphia Gas Works; and as a Fund Manager for Murex Corporation.

Andrea received an M.B.A. in Finance from Temple University and a B.A. in Economics from Franklin and Marshall College.

Arielle Patrick is Senior Vice President & Transaction Director in the Financial Communications & Capital Markets group at Edelman, based in New York. Arielle helps lead the firm’s offering for mergers & acquisitions, bankruptcy / restructuring, and other transactions. She is an advisor to CEOs and boards of directors of public and private companies, providing counsel on communications strategies for all stakeholder audiences (e.g. investor, regulator, employee, vendor, supplier, customer, partner, media, etc.) to protect and build corporate reputation.

Prior to joining Edelman, Arielle was a leader of the financial communications team within the Corporate Crisis & Issues Management practice at global PR firm, Weber Shandwick (a subsidiary of Interpublic Group). She earned an undergraduate degree in Classics (Ancient Greek and Latin) from Princeton University.

Steve Gelsi has covered Wall Street, private equity and the media business for Reuters, MarketWatch, Forbes, Adweek and other organizations. Gelsi is also author of the 2002 book How America Made a Fortune and Lost Its Shirt, which chronicles the 1990s dot-com boom. Additionally, Gelsi has written about the cannabis business since the 1990s.