Our Team
Service Team
Lauren Romao
Finance Associate
Lauren joined Edgewood in June 2012. Her responsibilities include managing Edgewood’s corporate accounting activity. Duties include banking, cash flow management, expense management, fee analysis and performance analysis.
Kitty McBride
Marketing Associate
Kitty joined Edgewood in November 2012. She works closely with the investment team in the design, implementation and updating of quarterly marketing materials for the company, and meeting individual and quarterly data requests. She is also the Executive Assistant to two partners.
Marylynn McKeown
Administrative Associate
Marylynn started in November 2015. Her responsibilities include overseeing client billing and office management duties; as well as assisting three partners with travel and other business matters.
Yesenia Lopez
Administrative Associate
Yesenia joined Edgewood in January 2019. Her responsibilities include working closely with other departments in all operational projects and office management as well as being the executive assistant to one partner. She is also responsible for preparing and coordinating quarterly client meetings and reports.
Danielle Tropiano
Administrative Associate
Danielle joined Edgewood in January 2021. Her responsibilities include managing relations and communications with the firm’s European, Middle Eastern and Latin American based clients. She also generates and updates monthly factsheets for our offshore “Edgewood L Select Fund”. Danielle is the executive assistant to four partners, and among her diverse role she works to coordinate travel arrangements and meeting materials.
Janelle Noel
Office Manager
Janelle joined Edgewood in October 2015. Her duties include answering the phone, taking care of guests and front of house maintenance.
Research
Scott D. Edwardson
Partner, Senior Research Analyst
Scott graduated from the University of Michigan in 1992 with a BSE in Industrial and Operations Engineering. After college he worked at Ford Motor Company in forecasting, planning, and logistics for five years before leaving to attend graduate school. Scott graduated with honors from Columbia University Graduate School of Business in 2000 receiving an MBA in Finance and Accounting and is currently a member of Hermes Society Leadership Committee. While studying full time at Columbia he worked as an analyst at Gabelli Asset Management and later interned at Edgewood Management. He accepted a Senior Research position with Edgewood Management in 2000 and was promoted to Managing Director in 2010 and was then made a Partner in December 2016. Scott is currently a member of the Ridgefield Orchestra Foundation Board.
Saad Siddiqui
Managing Director, Senior Research Analyst
Saad joined Edgewood in July 2015. Prior to that, Saad was an analyst at Northwoods Capital, Oak Hill Capital and Lazard Freres. After earning his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan in 2003 he went on to gain an M.B.A from Harvard Business School in 2010. Saad is a founding member of the Nur Project, an organization committed to promoting progressive causes in Pakistan.
Schuyler Stitzer
Senior Research Analyst
Schuyler joined Edgewood in June 2015. He left in 2018 to pursue his MBA at Columbia University before returning in June 2020. His responsibilities include comprehensive research and analysis of both portfolio companies and future investment opportunities. Through industry presentations, companies’ conferences, research presentations and other company-centric events, he assists the Investment Committee in its analysis and improvement of Edgewood’s portfolio.
Janet Lynne Knopf
Research Analyst
Janet Lynne joined Edgewood in May 2016. Her responsibilities include comprehensive research and analysis of both portfolio companies and future investment opportunities. Through industry presentations, companies’ conferences, research presentations and other company-centric events, she assists the Investment Committee in its analysis and improvement of Edgewood’s portfolio.
Tyler Grossé
Junior Research Analyst
Tyler joined Edgewood in October 2019. His responsibilities include comprehensive research and analysis of both portfolio companies and future investment opportunities. Through industry presentations, companies’ conferences, research presentations and other company-centric events, he assists the Investment Committee in its analysis and improvement of Edgewood’s portfolio.