The Long Story
Pam Lenehan is a senior executive with broad strategic and financial experience in corporate, investment banking, and public board environments. She is the President of Ridge Hill Consulting, an advisory firm that works with senior executives and boards of directors to define and implement corporate strategy.
Prior to starting Ridge Hill Consulting, Pam was chief financial officer of a high technology start-up where she led a team that raised nearly $80 million in private equity, did a major acquisition, and filed the IPO. She was responsible for the finance, legal, human resources, and information technology departments.
Previously Pam was senior vice president, corporate development and treasurer of Oak Industries, a $500 million NYSE-listed manufacturer of communications components. While Pam was at Oak, the company more than doubled in size through acquisitions and internal growth, and was sold to Corning, Inc. for $2 billion. At Oak, Pam reported to the CEO and managed the corporate development and treasury staffs, which reviewed more than 100 acquisition candidates annually, raised $300 million in bank credit facilities and $100 million in a public convertible debenture, and had responsibility for annual reports and the corporate web site.
Pam spent 20 years in financial services, 14 at Credit Suisse First Boston where she was a managing director in Investment Banking, completing over $6.5 billion in mergers and acquisitions and raising more than $4 billion in public and private equity and debt for technology companies. Pam started her career at Chase Manhattan Bank where she built a $2 billion loan portfolio lending money to growing technology companies.
Pam is a member of the board of directors and chair of the compensation committee and previously served on the audit and CEO search committees of Spartech Corporation, a $1.5 billion NYSE-listed manufacturer of engineered plastic sheet and polymeric compounds. She is also a director, chair of the compensation committee and member of the audit committee of Monotype Imaging, a $100 million NASDAQ listed software company that provides type solutions. Pam previously spent over six years on the board of Avid Technology, a $900 million NASDAQ listed video and audio editing software company where she variously served as chair of the board, chair of the audit committee, and a member of the compensation and CEO search committees. She is also on the advisory board of Nina McLemore, a private woman-owned fashion business.
Pam is an active member of Golden Seeds, an angel group that invests in women-owned early stage companies. She is on the board, executive committee and chair of the strategic planning committee of The Center for Women & Enterprise, a non-profit with the mission of empowering women to become economically self-sufficient through entrepreneurship. Pam is also on the finance committee of City Year, a non-profit that unites young people for a year of community service. As a member of the Executive Council Steering Committee for Women’s Cancers Program at Dana-Farber Pam helps raise money for early stage cancer research. She is a member of Financial Executives International, the National Association of Corporate Directors, Women Corporate Directors, and The Boston Club, an organization for professional and executive women.
Pam has a BA in Mathematical Economics, Cum Laude and with Honors, and a MA in Economics from Brown University. She and her husband Dr. Lawrence F. Geuss have four adult children and live with their two yellow Labradors in Needham, MA.
