Investment Professionals
Shore investment professionals have been involved with 16 investments representing more than $545 million of invested equity capital. The team has more than 30 years of experience at leading private equity and investment advisory firms. We strive to bring best-practices from our collective background to assist healthcare entrepreneurs, clinicians and companies achieve their full potential.
Justin Ishbia, Managing Partner
jishbia@shorecp.com
Prior to being a founding partner of Shore, Justin worked as an investment professional at Valor Equity Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm. At Valor, Justin worked on investments across a variety of industries, however he spent the majority of his time on healthcare investments. Prior to joining Valor... learn more.
Ryan Kelley, Partner
rkelley@shorecp.com
Prior to being a founding partner of Shore, Ryan worked at Water Street Healthcare Partners, a healthcare-focused private equity firm with over $1 billion of capital under management. While at Water Street, Ryan completed the acquisition of four platform investments and two add-on acquisitions requiring more... learn more..
Mike Cooper, Vice President
mcooper@shorecp.com
Prior to being a founding member of Shore, Mike worked at Wind Point Partners, a Chicago-based middle market private equity firm with approximately $2.5 billion of capital under management. While at Wind Point, Mike completed the acquisition of Vertellus Specialties, a specialty chemicals... learn more.
John Hennegan, Vice President
jhennegan@shorecp.com
Prior to being a founding member of Shore, John worked at Henry Crown & Company, the private investing firm for the Crown family of Chicago. While at Henry Crown, John completed the acquisition of Formax (now part of Provisur Technologies) and worked with management to identify and pursue... learn more.
Tom Smithburg, Analyst
tsmithburg@shorecp.com
Prior to joining Shore, Tom worked at Draftfcb, one of the world’s largest communications agencies. While at Draftfcb, Tom worked on the tactical execution and the following year’s planning needs for nine of his client’s brands. His planning involvement entailed outlining detailed budgets for each brand's... learn more.
