Biography

Shoshana Vernick joined our board of directors in June 2026. Ms. Vernick serves on the Compensation, Finance and Capital Allocation and Technology and Information Security Committees.

Ms. Vernick is co-founder and managing partner of Avathon Capital, a private equity firm focused on investments across the education and knowledge services sector, where she has overseen 16 platform investments since founding the firm in 2016. In her role, she drives the firm’s value creation strategy with a focus on organic and inorganic growth, technology enablement, and organizational transformation. Previously, she served as Managing Director at Sterling Partners, investing across education, healthcare, and business services.

Ms. Vernick served as an independent trustee of Flowstone Opportunity Fund and was a member of its audit committee. She also serves as a board member for the Avathon Capital portfolio companies Academic Programs International, ReUp Education, Shorelight, Edvance, Summit Professional Education and OculusIT. Ms. Vernick is Vice Chair of the Illinois Venture Capital Association (IVCA), a founding Board member of the IVCA Foundation, and serves on the Steering Committee of the KPMG & University of Chicago Economic Forum. She earned a B.S. with honors in accounting and finance from Indiana University.