Our Team

Nolan Olsen

FOUNDING MEMBER

Nolan Olsen has extensive experience in strategic advisory, business development and capital raising for alternative investment managers in the US and Europe. In 2004 he founded Langschiff Capital Partners, a placement agent for alternative investment funds and direct deals across private debt, real assets, infrastructure, private equity and real estate strategies.
 
Previously, Nolan led capital raising for private equity strategies at Deutsche Asset Management. Prior to that, he led alternative products fundraising efforts in North America for Van Eck Global, and at Morgan Stanley Investment Management he spearheaded global asset raising for several alternative investment funds.
 
Nolan graduated from Saint Lawrence University with a BA in Economics and Government. He received the CAIA designation in 2004 and is Series 7, 63, and 24 registered with FINRA.

Kathy Cabral

PARTNER

Kathy Cabral has a 30+ year history in the financial services industry beginning her career in commercial banking, then moving to corporate finance and ultimately to asset management raising capital for alternative asset managers. She began her tenure in alternatives at The Carlyle Group where she was a member of the Leveraged Finance Group’s marketing team. In 2009, she joined Angelo, Gordon & Co. As a senior member of the marketing group, Kathy raised capital for the firm’s multi-strategy, credit, structured product, and real estate funds from family offices, high net worth clients, RIA’s, and foundations and endowments. Kathy graduated with a BA in Economics from St. Anselm College. She is Series 82 registered with FINRA.

Tamara Fears

PARTNER

Tamara Fears has over 20 years of financial services experience including marketing, capital raising and institutional sales & trading. She began her career at Morgan Stanley in New York in 1996. In 2000 she moved to London to work with Bear Stearns where she was an international equities sales trader covering some of the firm’s largest institutional clients. In 2007, she returned to New York and to Morgan Stanley to work in their hedge fund division FrontPoint Partners, which had over $12bn in AUM at the time. At FrontPoint, she was responsible for marketing and raising capital for all their international equities strategies from institutional investors and family offices globally. Since then, she has worked with both other large, institutional alternative asset management firms as well as start-ups. She has extensive experience working with and advising emerging managers/smaller firms on how to effectively market their strategy and raise capital. With over ten years of marketing experience, Tamara possesses a significant and globally diverse network of relationships with institutions and consultants but she can also provide access to a substantial number of large and significant family offices that would be otherwise hard to reach. Tamara graduated from Vanderbilt University with a BA in International Studies and Languages. She is Series 7 and 63 registered with FINRA.

Anna Gordon

HEAD OF MARKETING

Anna’s background in institutional investing includes content writing, digital marketing and advanced project management. She specializes in the strategizing and execution of complex email marketing campaigns and lead-targeting specific to investor relations. Her digital marketing background includes the use of Salesforce, Pardot, Outreach.io, and search engine optimization through SEMrush. Gordon graduated from McGill University with a BA in Honours Psychology and English Drama, and an MFA in Theatre Directing from The Actors Studio Drama School.

Kunle Oladehin

HEAD OF DATA & ANALYTICS

After graduating from Harvard as a Premed and Biology Major, Kunle realized his parents’ dream for him to be a doctor was not his own. While exploring his options, he worked on large-scale data projects in healthcare research at Massachusetts General Hospital and, later, Columbia Medical Center. He pivoted into managing a national nonprofit where he was introduced to CRM platforms such as Salesforce and taught himself how to build on emerging technology to manage communications, sales processes, and analytics. He continues to learn, helping clients understand how to effectively use their tools and information to maximize impact.

Kristin Mercado-Worley

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Kristin has a total of over 22 years in the investment banking industry, with extensive FINRA and SEC experience. Kristin’s responsibilities have spanned operations, accounting, finance, and human resources, including leading annual audits, financial reporting, financial statement preparation, and managing human resource systems such as payroll, benefits management, recruiting, and onboarding.  
 
Previously, Kristin served as Controller and Manager of Operations at RA Capital Advisors, a FINRA-registered multistage investment manager with almost $10 billion of assets under management. Prior to RA Capital Advisors, she worked in various roles for Relational investors, a privately owned asset management firm with almost $3 billion under management.
 
Kristin received a BS in Kinesiology, Fitness & Health from San Diego State University. She earned Professional Certificates in Business Management, with specializations in Finance and Accounting, and Enterprise Development from the University of California, San Diego, and in Human Resource Management from San Diego State University.

Sherry Saab

HEAD OF OPERATIONS

Sherry’s experience includes roles at American Express in Human Resources, Global Advertising & Brand Management, World Service and Communications, and Business Intelligence specializing in operational analytics and data management. Sherry has consulted for Digital Lion Marketing, River East School, and several LA-based startups. Sherry received a BA in English from Wellesley College.