Director Since: November 2017
Public Company Board, Service in Past 5 Years:
UGI Corporation, 2019-present
Athira Pharma, Inc., 2020-present
Ms. Romano is the Chief Executive Officer of BlueRipple Capital, LLC, a consultancy firm she founded in May 2018 that is focused on strategy, acquisitions, deal structure, and channel development for high technology companies. In addition, she has been an executive advisory board member of Gryphon Investors (‘‘Gryphon’’), a private equity firm focused on middle-market investment opportunities, since December 2016, and is Co-Chair of the Board of Potter Electric, one of Gryphon’s portfolio companies in the life safety industry. Ms. Romano served as a senior advisory partner for Sand Oak Capital Partners, LLC, a private equity firm focused on industrial and manufacturing investments, from 2016 to 2019. From 1984 to April 2016, Ms. Romano served in various capacities at United Technologies Corporation (‘‘UTC’’), a NewYork Stock Exchange listed company that provided high technology products and services to the building and aerospace industries, which merged with Raytheon Company in 2020. From September 2014 to April 2016, Ms. Romano served as President, Intelligent Building Technologies for the UTC Building & Industrial Systems business. Previously, she held other executive level positions within UTC including President, Global Security Products, President, Building Systems and Services and President, Distribution Americas.
Key Attributes, Experience and Skills: Ms. Romano has extensive executive leadership experience and business acumen. Ms. Romano’s broad experience in the private equity market and at UTC provides her with a wide-ranging perspective in the areas of management, manufacturing, operations, finance, sales, marketing, distribution, research and development, mergers and acquisitions, business development and strategy.