Lovell Minnick, a private equity firm focused on investments in financial services, business services, and related technology companies, today announced the appointments of Brenda Cline, Mark Gerber, and Brian Taylor as Advisors on its Value Creation Team. Collectively, the three executives possess decades of leadership experience across healthcare, sales, operations, risk management and technology.
“At Lovell Minnick, our ability to help companies create long-term value extends well beyond providing capital,” said Steve Pierson, Managing Partner at Lovell Minnick. “Our Value Creation Team is an important extension of that philosophy, bringing together accomplished operators like Brenda, Mark, and Brian who have successfully led organizations through growth, innovation, and transformation. They’re well positioned to partner with management teams to continue building market-leading destination platforms.”
“One of the defining characteristics of Lovell Minnick’s Value Creation Team is the breadth and diversity of experience our members offer to portfolio companies,” said Brad Armstrong, Partner at Lovell Minnick. “Brenda, Mark, and Brian each offer unique and highly complementary expertise across healthcare, operations, risk management and technology. Their insights will be invaluable as we continue partnering with companies to navigate change, capitalize on new opportunities, and accelerate growth.”
Brenda Cline is a seasoned healthcare revenue cycle management (RCM) executive with more than four decades of experience leading operational transformation, process automation, growth initiatives, and M&A across the healthcare sector. She previously served as CEO of Savista RCM and President of Service Solutions at nThrive, and spent more than 34 years at HCA, including 18 years as CEO of Parallon’s Shared Service Center in Atlanta, Georgia. As an Advisor on Lovell Minnick’s Value Creation Team, she evaluates healthcare investment opportunities and works with portfolio company leadership teams to identify operational improvements and growth opportunities.
Mark Gerber is an accomplished risk and regulatory executive with nearly four decades of experience across the public and private sectors. He most recently served as an Assistant Director at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, where he established and led a new compliance and audit function focused on the FBI’s National Security Programs. Previously, Mark was a Partner in PwC’s Forensic Services practice, advising executive management teams, audit committees, and boards of directors on complex regulatory matters, investigations, and corporate governance. As an Advisor on Lovell Minnick’s Value Creation Team, he works with the firm and its portfolio companies on risk management, regulatory strategy, compliance, and governance initiatives to support long-term growth.
Brian Taylor is a veteran sales executive with more than 37 years of experience driving organic revenue growth, building high-performing sales organizations, and leading commercial strategy across multiple industries. He is the Co-Founder and CEO of Outperform Institute and previously held executive leadership roles including Chief Revenue Officer at Advata and MCG (Hearst), Senior Vice President of Sales at FDB (Hearst), and Senior Vice President at Marco Technologies. As an Advisor on Lovell Minnick’s Value Creation Team, he works with the firm and its portfolio companies on sales growth acceleration, commercial transformation, talent assessment, sales organization development, and evaluating new investment opportunities.
About Lovell Minnick
Lovell Minnick has a 27-year track record as a mid-market buyout investor. We partner with exceptional management teams to build Destination Platforms, transforming founder-led businesses into recognized industry leaders. We are singularly focused on the high-growth opportunity in financial services, business services, and related technology.
We seek to leverage our deep sector experience and broad network of strategic advisors to identify and execute multiple value creation levers to drive durable, transformational growth.
Since inception in 1999, Lovell Minnick has raised over $6.2 billion of committed capital, invested in more than 55 unique platform companies and completed over 255 add-on acquisitions.
For more information on our firm and our strategy, please visit www.lovellminnick.com
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