Marilyn Adler

Founder & Managing Partner at Mizzen Capital

Speaker

Marilyn S. Adler is a Founder and Managing Partner at Mizzen Capital. Mizzen is a credit platform with one SBIC fund with $270 million of assets under management and is awaiting licensing on a second $270 million SBIC fund that was oversubscribed. Mizzen is also raising an institutional, non-SBIC fund of $250+ million. Mizzen invests as senior secured debt in lower middle market companies with $1 to $10 million of EBITDA. Mizzen’s industry focus includes niche manufacturing, business and healthcare services, energy transition and software. Investment size ranges from $4 million to $20 million within the fund and partners with limited partners and other credit funds for larger deals up to $50 million.

Prior to founding Mizzen, Ms. Adler had senior management roles with SBIC investment funds including Medley SBIC LP, Sunrise Equity Partners LP and Hudson Venture Partners LP. Prior to that, she worked at Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association in the fixed income group and at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in the investment banking division.

Ms. Adler has been named as one of the top women in middle market M&A every year between 2016 and 2022. Ms. Adler is a founder and board member of Exponent Women and was the 2018 ACG Woman of Leadership awardee. She is a board member of UJA’s Private Equity division, Banking & Finance division and Women of Wall Street division. Ms. Adler is a member of the SBIA ESG Working Group and was previously a board member of the SBIA board of governors and the chair of its BDC committee and prior finance chair of the board of Cornell University Hillel. She served as treasurer of her co-op board from 2011 to 2020. Ms. Adler is currently a Board member of Pineapple Energy (NASDAQ: PEGY) and serves on its Compensation, Audit and Acquisitions Committees.

Ms. Adler earned an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a BS with distinction from Cornell University. Ms. Adler resides in New York City with her husband and has three grown children.