Founder & Chief Executive, Avante Capital Partners

Jeri Harman is the founder and chair of Avante Capital Partners, a women and minority owned private credit and structured equity fund with more than $900 million in assets under management. She is also chair of NN Inc., a diversified industrial company, and a board member of Engineered Performance Technologies, an automotive aftermarket consumer products company. Prior to Avante, Harman founded the Los Angeles offices for American Capital Ltd. and Allied Capital Inc. Among Avante’s recent developments is a significantly oversubscribed third fund that has been successfully closed. Avante has deployed $100 million over the last nine months.

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