About Big Path Capital, Impact Investing’s Investment Bank
In 2007 the old economy driven by the single gear of profit maximization reached a dead end. It was a moment of reckoning during which Big Path Capital was formed to advance an expansive economy built on natural, social, and financial capital.
Today this new path, conducting business for profit and impact, represents the largest investment opportunity of our era. Enduring value is being created through strategies that leverage the inherent link between natural, social, and financial capital. What was marginal in 2007, today is mainstream.
At Big Path Capital, we are innovative leaders expanding the path for business interests seeking multiple bottom line interests, taking the new economy from the margins to the mainstream, seeing the financial world generate good as it generates returns. As a global firm, Big Path Capital is advancing a sustainable economy connecting mission-driven companies and fund managers with mission-aligned investors.
MEET OUR TEAM
Michael Whelchel
Founder & CEO
Michael Whelchel
Recognizing that impact investing isn’t just a different way of investing but a superior way of deploying capital, Michael is committed to challenging the status quo and to raising the expectation of capital. In this vein, Big Path has created a number of first-in-class initiatives demonstrating SmarterMoney+: Maximize impact, Maximize return. These include the Five Fund Forum, Impact Capitalism Summit, and Impact & Sustainable Trade Missions.
Michael received his BA summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from the University of the South in Sewanee, TN and received a joint MBA and MEM (Master of Engineering Management) from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University where he was named a Kellogg Young Impact Scholar.
Erin Breslawski
Managing Director
Erin Breslawski
As Managing Director, Erin leads our Fund Placement services. Erin has more than 16 years of experience in capital raising, capital advisory and investor relations both on the placement agent side as well as in the in-house capital raising / investor relations role. She joined Big Path Capital in this role in 2025.
Throughout her career, including Harris Williams’ Private Capital Advisory Group (formerly Sixpoint Partners), Mount Vernon Capital and Phoenix Investments she has raised over $1.1 billion from a wide spectrum of LPs including pensions, consultants, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, OCIOs, fund of funds, family offices, RIAs and HNWIs. Colleagues and clients consistently note her strong interpersonal skills, thoughtful judgment, and collaborative approach—qualities that align closely with Big Path’s values and culture.
Erin holds a Master of Business Administration from the Stern School of Business at NYU and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia.
Adrianne Gordon
COO
Adrianne Gordon
Adrianne joined Big Path Capital in 2023 bringing over 15 years of experience in business operations and leadership. She is the former CEO and Partner of Davis Financial Planning successfully exiting after the firm was acquired by a values-aligned national wealth advisor.
Her career began with the NC Small Business & Technology Development Center where she managed the state’s business disaster recovery loan program which provided over $20M to companies in North Carolina impacted by hurricanes. Since then, Adrianne has served in several operational roles in mission-driven organizations across multiple industries from financial planning to digital marketing. In many cases, she also had additional responsibilities in finance, technology, human resources, or marketing. She is able to leverage her strategic, facilitation, planning, and tactical skills to address each company’s most pressing ‘back of the house’ needs.
Adrianne is active in the certified B Corp community serving in a leadership role with B Local Asheville, mentor to other B Local groups, and founder of the B EOS Network for B corps that use EOS. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in psychology from Warren Wilson College and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Western Carolina University.
Christie Lange
Director
Christie Lange
Christie received a B.S. in Finance from The Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.
Nick Dell
Vice President
Nick Dell
Nick received a B.S. in Agricultural Economics with a focus in Finance and Real Estate from Texas A&M University.
Patrick McDonald
Associate
Patrick McDonald
Patrick joined Big Path in 2021. Prior to joining Big Path, Patrick was an Investment Banking Analyst for Harris Williams’ Healthcare & Life Sciences Group, where he worked with companies across a variety of subsectors on M&A transactions. At his previous firm, Patrick’s roles relied heavily on due diligence, financial modeling, and execution support.
Patrick received a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Notre Dame, where he was a member of the varsity baseball team.
Ged Noering
Analyst
Ged Noering
Rebecca Jablonsky
Client Coordinator
Rebecca Jablonsky
Rebecca has experience supporting the M&A deal process and served as an M&A Execution Assistant at Harris Williams in the Food & Beverage sector. Prior to joining Big Path, Rebecca was a Client Success Manager at demandDrive, a sales development and demand generation company. She also has experience in B2B sales and managing sales teams in the IT industry.
Graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire with a B.A. in Psychology and Organizational Communication
Kristin Remenschneider
Project Manager
Kristin Remenschneider
Kristin comes to us with an extensive background in project and event management. She has worked as a project manager, juggling multiple clients and projects, and as an event manager with 20+ events annually. Ranging from large to small, trade shows to corporate, and most everything in between. She has worked on large-scale events such as the Olympics, the ESPN X Games, CES, and AWS. Kristin graduated from Carthage College in Kenosha, WI with a B.A. in Recreation & Resort Management, a self-designed major that she developed and won approval for.
J.D. Dell
Senior Advisor
J.D. Dell
He joined Big Path as a director in 2017 and in 2026 moved into a Senior Advisor Role. Prior to Big Path, J.D. was a Managing Director with Capview Partners where he was responsible for investor relations and led a team that raised over $110 million of equity capital and secured over $200 million in debt financing in 2 years for net lease real estate investments. His experience also includes roles as Senior Vice President for Corporate Development and General Counsel for Sellars Absorbent Materials, Inc. and Senior Managing Director at Trammell Crow Company/CBRE, and Senior Executive and Partner at Lone Star Funds/ Hudson Advisors, one of the largest alternative private equity funds in the world.
Outside of his professional pursuits, J.D. has been an active volunteer for the Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas Foundation, previously serving as Chairman of the Investment Committee and Chairman of the Foundation that oversees Jesuit’s endowment.
A member of the State Bar of Texas for more than 30 years, he holds an undergraduate degree from Carroll University in Wisconsin and law and masters in accountancy degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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