Eddie Karl

Eddie originates, structures, underwrites, negotiates, and manages investments with the Healthcare industry for NXT Capital’s Direct Lending Group.

Eddie has over 8 years of direct lending experience within the Healthcare industry. Prior to joining NXT Capital in 2017, Eddie began his career at Ernst & Young working in their audit practice.

Eddie earned a B.S. in Finance and Accounting from Indiana University.

Mitchell Gruesen

Mitchell originates, underwrites, and manages investments as a member of NXT Capital’s dedicated healthcare team.

Mitchell has nearly 15 years of direct lending experience in the healthcare sector. Prior to joining NXT Capital in 2022, Mitchell held senior underwriting roles on healthcare corporate finance teams at Bank of Ireland and Ally Corporate Finance. Mitchell began his career at Fifth Third Bank as a credit analyst in the Healthcare Financial Sponsors Group.

Mitchell earned a B.B.A. from the Max M. Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University.

Julia Allman

Julia originates, structures, underwrites, negotiates and manages investments for NXT Capital’s Direct Lending Group.

Julia has over 8 years of leveraged finance experience. Prior to joining NXT Capital in 2016, Julia began her career at Ernst & Young working in their audit practice.

Julia earned a B.S. in Finance and Accounting from Indiana University and holds a CPA license (inactive).

Dan Polaneczky

Dan originates, structures, underwrites, negotiates and manages investments for NXT Capital’s Direct Lending Group.

Dan has over 10 years of direct lending experience. Prior to joining NXT Capital in 2014, Dan began his career at PNC Bank working in their Corporate and Institutional Banking group.

Dan earned a B.A. in Economics from the University of Chicago.

Kirk Hovde

Kirk originates, structures, underwrites, negotiates, and manages investments for NXT Capital’s Direct Lending Group.

Kirk has over 10 years of direct lending experience. Before joining NXT Capital in 2012, Kirk performed financial due diligence for private equity transactions in PwC’s transaction services group. Kirk began his career at Deloitte in their audit practice.

Kirk earned a B.B.A. and a Master’s in Accounting from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Steven Young

Steven originates, structures, underwrites, negotiates and manages investments for NXT Capital’s Direct Lending Group.

Steven has over 10 years of direct lending experience. Prior to joining NXT Capital in 2014, Steven began his career at Deloitte in their audit practice.

Steven earned a B.S. in Finance and Accounting from Miami University. He also holds a CFA® charter.

Jeff White

Jeff originates, underwrites, and manages investments for NXT Capital’s Direct Lending Group.

Jeff has over 11 years of direct lending experience. Prior to joining NXT Capital in 2014, Jeff began his career at Ernst & Young working in their audit and transaction services practices.

Jeff earned a B.S. in Finance and Accounting from Miami University.

Joseph Levenstein

Joseph serves as Co-Head of Special Situations and member of NXT Capital’s Direct Lending Group, where he is responsible for managing challenged investments.

Joseph brings nearly 20 years of finance experience to NXT Capital. Prior to joining NXT Capital, Joseph was a member of GE Antares Restructuring Group, where he managed troubled and high-profile investments. Joseph began his career at General Electric where he completed the Financial Management Program (FMP) and Corporate Audit Staff (CAS) leadership development programs.

Joseph earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Connecticut.

Dan Green

Dan leads the underwriting and portfolio risk management for NXT Capital’s Sponsor teams, where he structures, underwrites, negotiates, and manages investments for the firm. Dan also is a member of NXT Capital’s Investment Committee.

Dan brings over 17 years of direct lending experience to NXT Capital. Prior to joining NXT Capital, Dan structured, underwrote, and managed traditional senior secured and unitranche investments as a member of Antares Capital.  Dan began his career as an auditor with Deloitte and held positions at LaSalle Bank.

Dan earned a B.S. in Accounting from DePaul University and an M.B.A. from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

Brian Schleich

Brian oversees portfolio risk management for NXT Capital’s Direct Lending Group, where he monitors and evaluates performance of the portfolio. Prior to this role, he was responsible for structuring, underwriting, negotiating, and managing investments for the firm.

Brian has over 20 years of direct lending experience. Before joining NXT Capital in 2010, Brian worked at both GE Antares Capital and Merrill Lynch Capital, where he executed and managed leveraged finance transactions for middle market private equity sponsors. Brian’s middle market lending experience also includes working at Madison Capital, as well as Merrill Lynch Business Financial Services.

Brian earned a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.