Bio

Susan Gallagher is an experienced principal investor with a track record of success as a senior lender at Chase Manhattan Bank, a mezzanine investor at Allied Capital Corporation and an equity investor at Thayer Capital Partners. Before founding Williams & Gallagher, Ms. Gallagher was at Thayer Capital Partners, a Washington-based private equity investment firm. The firm raised over $1.2 billion and invested in 18 growing companies during her tenure there between 1996 and 2000. As a Partner and one of four members of the firm’s Investment Committee, Ms. Gallagher was responsible for reviewing and approving all of the firm’s investment and divestiture decisions. Prior to joining Thayer, Ms. Gallagher was a Vice President at Allied Capital Corporation, where she worked with Mr. Williams from 1992 to 1996. At Allied, Ms. Gallagher originated seven mezzanine and private equity investments which generated an average internal rate of return of over 23%. Prior to Allied, Ms. Gallagher worked as a credit policy analyst and a commercial loan officer for Chase Manhattan, now JPMorgan Chase in New York. Ms. Gallagher received her Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Arts from Wellesley College. Ms. Gallagher has served on the board of directors of various portfolio companies and charitable organizations. Currently she serves as an independent director for two venture backed companies, Tales2Go, Inc., an education technology company in Bethesda, MD and MTI Global Stem, a biotech company located in Rockville, MD. Ms. Gallagher is also a Trustee at St. Georges School, in Middletown, RI.