Our Team
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G. Todd Silva | Founder
Todd has held leadership positions at all seats around the table – investor, banker, entrepreneur, director, and corporate executive. He has applied these roles to start-up, growth, mature, and distressed businesses, both public and private. His investment experience spans aerospace & defense, health care, technology, industrial manufacturing, distribution & logistics, media, telecommunications, financial services, and real estate. his expertise spans corporate finance, valuation, due diligence, creditor negotiations, legal contracts, and corporate actions, such as capital raises, mergers & acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs, and balance sheet recapitalizations. Earlier in his career, Todd was a founding partner of Candlewood Capital, a large equity hedge fund management company. Currently, Mr. Silva serves as interim CEO and CFO of Radiance Therapeutics and as a director of ClearSign Technologies (CLIR - NASDAQ).
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Ed Ristaino | Director
Mr. Ristaino was a partner for 30 years at Akerman LLP, a leading national law firm. Counsel to numerous professional sports franchises, leagues, team owners, and government bodies. Mr. Ristaino divided his practice between general corporate, mergers and acquisitions and sports law, and served as lead counsel in hundreds of mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, and restructurings of private and public companies in numerous industries including healthcare, technology, and waste management. In addition to his sports law practice, Mr. Ristaino represented operating companies, family offices, buyers, sellers, investors, special committees of boards of directors, and other stakeholders in mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, roll-ups, corporate compliance and governance issues and public and private securities transactions. Mr. Ristaino is currently general counsel, investor, and board member of Cimarron Insurance Company and an investor in and board member of Ristaino Hospitality LLC, an owner-manager of cocktail bars, restaurants, and hotel properties in California.
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L. Tracy Silva, MD | Director
Dr. Silva is a board-certified physician in internal medicine in private practice since 2000. For 25 years, Dr. Silva is a Member of the American College of Physicians. She has served as a preceptor for medical residents at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and students at Sacred Heart University School of Nursing master’s program. Dr. Silva has been recognized by the following Castle Connolly Top Doctors Awards: Exceptional Women in Medicine (2020 through 2024), Top Doctors New York Metro Area (2016 through 2023), Connecticut Magazine Top Doctors (2021 through 2024), New York Magazine Top Doctors (2021 through 2024).
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Michael Milian | Director
Michael is a seasoned technology and operations strategist with over 20 years of experience driving technology-enabled growth and operational excellence across sectors including healthcare, technology, consumer goods and manufacturing. He has led initiatives in a range of capacities, including corporate strategist, transformation architect, diligence advisor, and fractional CIO, bringing this expertise to growth-stage, founder-led, and post-acquisition environments. His background includes roles at global brands such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Bacardi, and Costa Farms, as well as advisory work through his consultancy, mSquare Solutions. Michael plays a hands-on role throughout the deal lifecycle by evaluating operational readiness during diligence, shaping integration strategies, and partnering with leadership to modernize systems, streamline processes, and unlock scalable growth. His track record includes leading enterprise ERP and BI transformations, building data governance programs, and aligning technology with business strategy to accelerate value creation.
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John Rohan, CPA | Director
John has over 20 years of hands-on US GAAP and SEC experience advising both public and private clients in complex accounting and process areas. John started his career at BDO USA, LLP, spending nearly a decade in the general assurance practice, where he was Senior Manager. Prior to founding JLR, he held senior level accounting positions at MDC Partners, Inc. (ticker: MDCA), Monster Worldwide, Inc. (ticker: MWW, until acquired in 2016), and GT Nexus Inc. (acquired by Infor in 2016).