Team

Johnathan has twenty years of experience running a multi-family office practice based in New York. In this capacity, he has made numerous principal investments in companies, has incubated, managed, and successfully exited companies on behalf of his clients, has held executive management positions at his clients’ portfolio companies, and has oversaw investments in numerous third-party private capital funds. Prior to his family office practice, Johnathan served as Director of Finance at Paramount Pictures. He holds a BBA in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin.

Christopher has twenty years of experience building, improving, investing in, and operating companies. Prior to co-founding Emmett Partners, he ran a New England-based multi-channel apparel brand and manufacturer on behalf of the family office practice that his partner, Johnathan Lennox, founded and operates. Christopher previously worked as a private equity investor at Corridor Capital and Black Canyon Capital, two middle-market funds based in Los Angeles. He served as Director of Business Development & Business Affairs at RKO Pictures, where he developed financing structures to fund RKO projects. Christopher has five years of experience as a management & strategy consultant at Scient Corporation and Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), where he advised both venture-backed startups and enterprise clients. He holds an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Clarkson University.

Laura Fenster Rothschild, PsyD is an entrepreneurial and dynamic leader with a record of successfully developing sustainable infrastructures for private entities, nonprofit organizations, and university based initiatives all with extensive local and national reach. She had a proven track record of building effective partnerships, board relations, developing leadership teams, and diversifying financial supports. Laura provides innovative investor relations and is key to leading Emmett’s efforts to create education opportunities supporting investors in moving towards mission aligned investments. Laura completed her undergraduate work at Lafayette College and her graduate studies at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.