N*GEN PARTNERS TEAM

Peter is the founder and Managing Member of N*GEN Partners, LLC. Peter invests in sustainable businesses with innovative solutions to impact the world’s biggest problems. His passion for the environment and improved utilization of natural and material resources has taken him from operating traditional manufacturing companies to technology and ultimately to found N*GEN in 2001. Peter has over 30 years of experience as an entrepreneur, operating executive, and growth equity investor. He has grown N*GEN from one of the earliest to invest in sustainable technologies to a firm with three funds with over $500 million under management.

Prior to N*GEN, Peter made diverse private investments, ranging from leveraged buyouts and leveraged recapitalizations to early venture investments in materials science enterprises. Peter has had successful investment exits in a variety of companies in the manufacturing and retail sectors. He gained early career experience as an executive in a global manufacturing family business, working in Germany as well as the United States.

Peter is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Enzymedica and BrightFarms and is an observer on the Boards of Encycle, Soraa and Renew Financial. He was chosen as a 2012 Power Player in Greentech by AlwaysOn.

Peter is a graduate of Yale University and the Phillips Exeter Academy. He is an avid outdoorsman and former Division 1 oarsman, and in his next life aspires to be an Olympian in at least two sports. He is passionate about making the world a better place and is on the advisory board of the Livingston Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy, focused on educating children on the importance of the environment. Not surprisingly, he spends all his free time with his wife and four children.

Rosemary Ripley is a Managing Director of N*GEN. Mrs. Ripley leads the firm’s focus on consumer products companies, is a director of Zevia, nlyte and Hyla, and actively works to support Enzymedica, Revolution Foods and DIRTT. Previously, Mrs. Ripley spent roughly 25 years in consumer packaged goods, branding and technology, as well as in strategic planning, acquisitions and public and private market transactions. Mrs. Ripley chairs the Board of the Livingston Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy, sits on the Advisory Board of the Yale Center for Business and the Environment, and is a member of the Economic Club of New York. She received both her BA, cum laude, and MBA at Yale University.

Rosemary has worked with companies in consumer packaged goods, branding and technology as well as in strategic planning, acquisitions and public and private market transactions. Responsible for Corporate Business Development worldwide at Altria Group from 1990-2005, Rosemary helped spearhead and execute numerous expansionary growth plans for Kraft Foods. She led teams that invested heavily in Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America and Asia and transformed Kraft Foods with the $19 billion acquisition of Nabisco and subsequent $8.5 billion initial public offering. Rosemary also initiated and helped develop the strategy and led the transformation of Miller Brewing Company from a domestic business to part of an international enterprise with the merger with South African Breweries.

Prior to joining Altria, Rosemary was a Managing Director at Furman Selz, responsible for the Retail and Consumer Group, and prior to that was a senior investment banker at L.F. Rothschild, Unterberg, Towbin where she financed numerous small and mid-size technology companies and made venture investments.

Rosemary co-founded Circle Financial Group, a multi-family office-oriented towards the financial needs of women, sits on the Advisory Board of the Yale Center for Business and the Environment and Chairs the Board of the Livingston Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy. She is also a member of the Economic Club of New York. Ms. Ripley received both her BA, cum laude, and MBA at Yale University. In addition to working with creative entrepreneurs, Rosemary is passionate about biodiversity, advancing opportunities for women, riding and spending time with her husband and four children.

Shay Murphy is a Partner at N*GEN Partners, LLC. He is involved with the sourcing, evaluation, and monitoring of N*GEN’s potential and current investments in sustainable food and energy efficiency businesses. Shay sits on the Board of Encycle and is an observer at Native Foods and BrightFarms.

Prior to attending business school, Shay worked at DG Energy Partners, a solar energy finance-consulting firm. He focused on project development and valuation. He previously worked for five years at Citigroup in the fixed income capital markets division where he provided debt restructuring and refinancing solutions for clients ranging from distressed
companies to sovereign nations.

Shay holds an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business and a B.A. in Philosophy from Columbia University where he played varsity football.

Andrea Campisi is in charge of all administrative duties at N*GEN. She graduated from Hofstra University and worked as an Operations Manager at a wholesale e-commerce startup. When not at N*GEN, she likes to spend time working out or exploring the city with her dog.