Focused. Collaborative. Strategic.
OUR TEAM
A Team Defined by Expertise and Collaboration
Brian Young
Brian Young
Brian co-founded Eos in 1994.
Prior to Eos, Brian was a General Partner and co-head of the private investment business at Odyssey Partners, L.P., a position he held since 1986. Brian was formerly a Managing Director of First Boston Corp., where he was instrumental in building the Mergers and Acquisitions Group and headed First Boston’s leveraged buyout department.
Brian has served on the Boards of Directors of many Eos portfolio companies, including ShelterPoint, RMS, Country Fresh, and KeyImpact, among other investments.
Brian earned an A.B. from Harvard College.
Steven Friedman
Steven Friedman
Steve co-founded Eos in 1994.
Prior to Eos, Steve was a General Partner at Odyssey Partners L.P., which he joined in 1983. Steve and Brian Young were the partners responsible for Odyssey’s private equity business. Before joining Odyssey, Steve was a Vice President at Citibank, N.A. in leveraged finance.
Steve has served on the Boards of Directors of many Eos portfolio companies, including Consolidated Analytics, Leaf, and MC2, among other investments.
Steve earned an A.B. and M.B.A. from the University of Chicago and a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School.
Daniel Lerner
Daniel Lerner
Dan joined Eos in 2008 and is a Portfolio Manager.
Prior to Eos, Dan was a high-yield credit trader at Lehman Brothers, where he traded the consumer and retail sectors. Prior to Lehman, Dan traded high yield at KBC and Grantchester, a division of Wasserstein Perella. Dan has previously traded options on the American Stock Exchange, and he was an investment banker in mergers and acquisitions at Salomon Brothers and Peter J. Solomon Company.
Dan earned a BA in Economics from the University of Chicago. Dan is a CFA® charterholder.
John Keh
John Keh
John joined Eos in 2007 and is a Senior Analyst. John specializes in the telecommunications, financial, business services and airline industries.
Prior to Eos, John was an investment banker in the leveraged finance group of JPMorgan.
John earned a B.S. in Industrial & Labor Relations from Cornell University.
David Van Steenkiste
David Van Steenkiste
Dave joined Eos in 2007 and is a Senior Analyst. Dave focuses on investments in several industries, including energy, food and packaging, industrial, technology, and healthcare services. Dave is a CFA® charterholder.
Prior to Eos, Dave was an investment analyst with River Run Management, a hedge fund focused on distressed debt and opportunistic credit investing. Prior to River Run, he was an investment analyst at Frontenac Company, a private equity firm, after earlier working as an analyst in the financial restructuring group of Rothschild, Inc.
Dave earned a B.B.A. from the University of Michigan Business School and an M.B.A. in finance, management and strategy from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Beth Bernstein
Chief Compliance Officer
Beth Bernstein
Beth joined Eos in 1994 as one of the firm’s first employees and currently serves as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer.
Prior to joining Eos, Beth was a senior financial officer of several broker dealers and investment advisors and was responsible for all accounting, financial management and compliance services. Beth was a senior accountant at Coopers & Lybrand from 1982 to 1986.
Beth earned a B.S. from Fairleigh Dickinson University and is a Certified Public Accountant in New York.
Marisa Aaron
Marisa Aaron
Marisa joined Eos in 2011 and serves as Legal Counsel and Director of Compliance.
Prior to joining Eos, Marisa was a Legal and Compliance Associate at Shumway Capital Partners LLC. Previously, she was a Legal and Compliance Associate at Basso Capital Management, L.P.
Marisa earned a B.A. from Lafayette College and a J.D. from New York Law School.
Matthew Stern
Matthew Stern
Matt joined Eos in 2007 and is Chief Accounting Officer.
Prior to Eos, Matt was an experienced senior associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in the alternative investment funds audit group from 2003 to 2007.
Matt earned a B.B.A. in accounting from Siena College and an M.B.A. from the Graduate Management Institute of Union College. He is a Certified Public Accountant in New York.
Nicole Grossman
Nicole Grossman
Nicole joined Eos in 2014 and is a Senior Accountant.
Prior to joining Eos, Nicole was an Accounting Associate at Fir Tree Partners. Previously, she was a Senior Associate at KPMG in the financial services audit practice.
Nicole earned a B.S. in accounting from Yeshiva University and is a Certified Public Accountant in New York.
Daniel Chow
Daniel Chow
Dan joined Eos in 2017 and serves as an Operations Manager.
Prior to joining Eos, Dan was an Operations Analyst at Avenue Capital Group, a distressed debt and special situations investments fund, where he specialized in bank debt, asset servicing, and treasury functions. Previously he was a Senior Portfolio Accountant at Citigroup, N.A.
Dan earned a B.S. from Winona State University.
Linda Mack
Linda Mack
Linda joined Eos in 1994 as one of the firm’s first employees and currently serves as Director of Human Resources.
Prior to joining Eos, Linda worked with Brian Young and Steve Friedman at Odyssey Partners.
Linda earned a B.A. from Drew University.
