Ben drives the growth and overall strategic direction for the firm. NEP’s strategy is best described as activist, but not adversarial. NEP’s investments include Receive (collections agency), Royal Excursion (motorcoach operator), Fawn River Cultivation Company (cannabis cultivator in Southern Michigan), Bald Mountain LLC (holding company for the Barnes & Thornburg Building), and Mirador at 23 LLC (holding company for Mirador office development). In addition to being a published business author with the Journal of International Banking Law & Regulation, Ben was named to forty under 40 list by the South Bend Regional Chamber in 2012. Ben earned an M.B.A. with honors from Capital University’s School of Management, with a focus on business and economics.