Team

Stride’s team brings decades of investment, operations, and business expertise. Our resources and time are directed at working with founders to build world-class investment partnerships. As a boutique firm, we have few distractions and utilize our structure in ways that many of our mega-institutional competitors cannot.
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.
Spencer Gantsoudes, CFA Managing Director
Spencer manages Stride’s investment research and is involved in all phases of engagement with prospective anchor and co-investment managers. Prior to joining Stride, Spencer directed investments for VR Investments, a single family office focused on global growth investing, primarily across technology and financial services. During his tenure, Spencer served on the investment committee overseeing direct fund investments across asset classes and co-managed a direct public equity portfolio. Prior to VR, Spencer worked for Morgan Stanley, first within U.S. Equity Research Sales, and subsequently in Equity Research on the II-ranked Telecom Services & Communication Infrastructure team. Spencer graduated from Harvard College and is a CFA Charterholder.
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 Knight Vice President
Rebecca manages Stride’s marketing communications and investor relations. Alongside her work at Stride, Rebecca is the published author of two novels, a feature film, and a forthcoming volume 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.
Anthony Picone, CPA Outsourced CFO, EAC LLC
Anthony has extensive fund accounting and management experience through 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 Outsourced Audit, Tax, & Management Company Accounting, EAC LLC
Jacob has held CFO roles in both 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 Outsourced Compliance Consultant, Salus GRC
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.
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