Mr. Crissman joined Prism Mezzanine Fund in 2002 as a founding partner and has more than 20 years of experience financing and investing in middle-market companies. Mr. Crissman's responsibilities include sourcing, executing and managing investments. Mr. Crissman maintains board responsibility for several of the Fund's portfolio companies, and currently serves as the President of the Midwest SBIC Association. He is a founding member of the Private Equity Advisory Board at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.

Prior to joining Prism, Mr. Crissman was a principal with Bank of America Capital Investors, a mezzanine and equity investing partnership funded by Bank of America where he had origination, structuring, underwriting and monitoring responsibilities for a mezzanine and equity portfolio. Prior to joining Capital Investors, Mr. Crissman was in BancAmerica Securities High Yield Group. His responsibilities included sourcing, analyzing, due diligence on and structuring of transactions that raised over $2.5 billion.  Mr. Crissman is a graduate of Augustana College and received an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.

Mr. Harlan joined Prism Mezzanine Fund in 2004. He has 20 years experience financing and investing in middle-market companies. He manages several of Prism's investments and is active in deal origination, underwriting, closing and managing investments as well as serving on several portfolio company boards. Mr. Harlan is a board member of the Chicago chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth and serves on the Museum of Science and Industry President's Council. He is also the Board President of a local private school board.

Mr. Hoesley joined Prism in 2001. He is responsible for sourcing, executing, and monitoring investments. Mr. Hoesley serves on the boards of SterilMed and Celleration. He is a Partner in the Prism Opportunity Fund and the Prism Mezzanine Fund. Mr. Hoesley is a member of the Board of Directors of the Illinois Venture Capital Association, Co-Chair of the Entrepreneurship Committee of the Kellogg Alumni Club of Chicago and is a member of Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy’s President’s Alumni Advisory Council and the Board Vice President and Treasurer of the IMSA Fund for the Advancement of Education.

Ms. Mayasich joined Prism Mezzanine Fund in 2002, as a founding Partner of the Fund. For the past 18 years, Ms. Mayasich has been actively investing mezzanine capital, and has completed over 70 transactions representing approximately $480 million of capital.  Prior to joining Prism, Ms. Mayasich spent eleven years with Churchill Capital, Inc., as a founding team member where she became the Senior Subordinated Debt Investment Principal. Ms. Mayasich’s experience as a mezzanine investor has provided her many opportunities to speak at prominent national buyout, equity and mezzanine conferences.

Prior to joining Prism in 2006, Ms. Collins held a variety of jobs including working as a sales associate for Brooks Brothers, managing the office of Redmoon Theater Company, and teaching English as a foreign language in Bangkok, Thailand. Her primary responsibilities at Prism include event planning, marketing, graphic design and maintaining the company's website as well as providing administrative support. Ms. Collins holds a BFA in scenic design from The Theatre School at DePaul University and her design work can occasionally be seen on the stages of Chicago’s store-front theatres.