Claire Porter

Bio

Prior to Green Mountain Partners, Ms. Porter worked for CIGNA Investment Management for 11 years. In 1985, Ms. Porter joined CIGNA Investments in the Real Estate Investment Division where she was responsible for a real estate equity portfolio valued in excess of $350 million. In 1990, Ms. Porter moved to CIGNA's Private Securities Department where she underwrote a variety of private placement investments that included mezzanine transactions for CIGNA Mezzanine Partners II, LP. In 1993, Ms. Porter became part of a three person team dedicated to investing CIGNA Mezzanine Partners III, LP, a $450 million fund that invested in both private equity and mezzanine investments. As part of her investing activity, Ms. Porter has been a board representative at seventeen companies. Prior to founding Champlain Capital Partners, Ms. Porter was a co-founding partner of Green Mountain Partners which was a private capital fund that provided equity and debt capital for transfers of ownership and recapitalizations. Ms. Porter is a graduate of Wellesley College and a Chartered Financial Analyst.