Our Team
Don Rogers
Founder & Managing Partner
Don is the Founder and Managing Partner of Stride Capital Group, bringing more than 25 years of investment experience, including day one and seed investments in innovative strategies that have grown in excess of $40 billion. Prior to Stride, Don worked with the founders of MSD Capital as a partner and founding team member of SkyBridge Capital, where he led several seed investments, including the seeding of Abdiel Capital. Don has been an active investor in alternatives since 1994 as a co-general partner and co-founder of Rogers Investment Partners LLC, with a focus on early stage alternative managers, including a day one investment in Lone Pine Capital. Don graduated with honors from Harvard College and received an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Principals & Special Advisors
Stride’s Principals and Special Advisors are experienced investors and business builders.
In addition to being Stride investors, they also contribute invaluable perspective, insights, and relationships.
Rebecca Knight
Vice President
Operations & Communications
Jess Tavarez
Senior Vice President
Jess oversees Stride’s finance and operations workflow with a broad mandate spanning everything from cash planning to NAV review to data analysis. Before joining Stride, Jess was an Associate at Mirador, LLC, where she managed client relationships with family offices and UHNW individuals, utilizing software to aggregate client data and specializing in alternative investments. Jess graduated summa cum laude from Sacred Heart University with a B.S. in Finance and Business Economics.
Rebecca manages Stride’s marketing communications and investor relations. Alongside her work at Stride, Rebecca is the internationally published author of two novels, a feature film, and a forthcoming collection of nonfiction. Prior to joining Stride, Rebecca spent four years as a Research Assistant for a New York wealth management firm. She received her B.A. from Yale University, and her M.F.A. in Creative Writing from NYU.
Accounting & Compliance
Anthony Picone, CPA
EAC LLC
Outsourced CFO
Anthony’s extensive fund accounting and management experience includes CFO and CCO roles at Axon Capital LP (formerly TPG Axon Capital LP) as well as an SEC-registered global event-driven equity fund and global macro trading fund.
Jacob Carmona, CPA
EAC LLC
Outsourced Audit, Tax, & Management Company Accounting
Jacob has held CFO roles in private equity, fund of funds, and hedge funds, including as Acting CFO for FrontPoint Partners’ $4b (peak) multi-strategy fund where he also managed accounting staff overseeing >$11b (peak) in total assets.
Chris Lombardy
Salus GRC
Outsourced Compliance
Chris has over 25 years of experience including as Legal Counsel and CCO for RIA of multibillion dollar fund-of-hedge funds business. He is a Founder and President of Salus GRC.