Bio
Skip brings 20+ years of financial services and venture capital expertise, with deep experience supporting high-growth companies across the life science and healthcare sectors. As Managing Director at The Bowdoin Group, Skip leads the firm’s strategy with venture capital and private equity firms, helping investors and their portfolio companies solve critical leadership needs at key stages of growth.
Skip brings a unique ability to connect investors and operators, aligning capital, talent, and strategy to support the next generation of growth-stage companies. With a strong understanding of the financial and operational demands facing emerging companies, Skip specializes in executive searches for CFO, VP Finance, and other senior finance leadership roles. He partners closely with investors and executive teams to identify leaders who can build scalable infrastructure, drive growth, and navigate the complexity of high-growth environments.
Prior to joining The Bowdoin Group, Skip held senior leadership roles at leading financial institutions focused on innovation and growth. Most recently, as a Managing Director and Relationship Executive at J.P. Morgan Commercial Banking, he helped expand the firm’s national venture capital coverage across life sciences and healthcare, partnering with investors and portfolio companies to deliver financial solutions across every stage of growth. Before J.P. Morgan, Skip spent 17 years at Silicon Valley Bank, where he led U.S. Life Science and Healthcare Credit Solutions and advised emerging companies through critical financing and scaling milestones.
Skip grew up in a family business in southern Maine and remains deeply proud of his roots. He earned his BS in Finance from Boston College and now lives in Andover with his wife, Carolyn, their four children, and their dog. A long-standing member of the Life Science Cares Board of Advisors in Boston, Skip remains actively engaged in the local life sciences community. Outside of work, he can often be found cheering on his kids from the sidelines at lacrosse fields and hockey rinks, out for a run, on the golf course, or trying one of Boston’s newest restaurants.