Erin leads the firm’s operations, accounting, reporting and execution. She works to maintain a sound control environment on the basis of strong fiduciary practices.

Most recently, she was a Managing Director in the Alternative Assets Group at RBC Capital Markets where she was responsible for the Counterparty Services Group. She also served on the U.S. Diversity Leadership Council at Royal Bank of Canada. During her long tenure at RBC, she was responsible for managing counterparty relationships and structuring complex transactions.

She received a B.A. from Boston College and holds the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designation.

David manages primary fund and co-investment transactions through due diligence and execution. He initiates the diligence process with a deep review of the team’s history, firm formation, portfolio management process, and track record. He brings broad knowledge of the capital markets and deal analysis to the Investment Committee.

Prior to joining Steward, David was Principal at Brookville Advisory and Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at Morgan Stanley following their acquisition of a fund which he co-founded. Previously, he was a Managing Director of Bankers Trust Company, with responsibility for both credit and equity portfolios; during his tenure, he was awarded a 5-star rating by Morningstar.  Earlier positions include Portfolio Manager at Kidder Peabody and analyst roles at Goldman Sachs and Salomon Brothers.

He holds a B.A. in Mathematics and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School, both from the University of Pennsylvania. He is an auxiliary professor of finance at Molloy College and is an avid athlete having completed more than forty triathlons including “Escape from Alcatraz.”

Sheryl leads sourcing, diligence, execution, and monitoring of investments targeting private equity funds and co-investment opportunities. She specializes in building deeper strategic partnerships with smaller and debut private equity managers.

Most recently, she was the Director of Emerging Managers at the New York State Common Retirement Fund, overseeing over $7 billion in commitments to more than 120 small, diverse and emerging firms.  She is passionate about supporting the incubation of owner-manager entrepreneurs, those with a strong record in buyout, growth equity, and other private market strategies.

Previously, she was the Managing Partner of Decagon Advisors, a consulting firm providing due diligence as well as launch advisory to newly forming firms.  Decagon was formed as a direct result of the evolving needs in her previous role as Macroeconomic and Due Diligence Analyst at KCS Funds, a Fund of Funds. Prior to that, she served in asset management and client-facing roles as a Director at Deutsche Bank (formerly Bankers Trust Asset Management) after beginning her career at KPMG in the Financial Services practice.

She holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Honors, from Queen’s University in Canada and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She is a CFA charterholder and a Canadian Chartered Accountant. In addition, she serves as Director of the Levy vonWald Foundation, which primarily focuses on literacy initiatives in New York State.

Leroy leads business development with a focus on sourcing transactions as well as the needs of the firm’s institutional limited partners. He brings decades of industry experience in product strategy and delivery across a range of private fund strategies.

His previous roles include long tenures as a Director of Alternative Investment Marketing at Lazard Asset Management and Managing Director of Alternative Investment Marketing for American Express Asset Management. He has also held leadership positions at NexTier Companies, Loomis Sayles, Shearson Lehman Hutton, among others.

Leroy has served on the Board of Trustees of Colgate University, his alma mater, and is one of the founders of the Whitney M. Young Jr. Memorial Conference at the Wharton School, an annual event designed to inform, empower, and support Black business professionals and students.

He holds a BA from Colgate University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.