{"id":276143,"date":"2025-10-04T03:13:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T03:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/276143\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T03:13:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T03:13:17","slug":"pe-firm-centeroak-partners-names-new-managing-director-new-cfo-dallas-innovates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/276143\/","title":{"rendered":"PE Firm CenterOak Partners Names New Managing Director, New CFO \u00bb Dallas Innovates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dallas-based private equity firm CenterOak Partners announced in September that it has added Rich Reuter as managing director and Chris Golz as chief financial officer, expanding its investment and operational leadership team.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CenterOak, which invests in lower middle-market private companies, currently manages more than $2.5 billion of equity capital commitments across three funds and has completed more than 180 transactions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are pleased to welcome both Rich and Chris to CenterOak,\u201d CEO and founder Randall Fojtasek said in a statement. \u201cRich brings extensive middle market investing experience that aligns with CenterOak\u2019s strategy, and Chris adds deep expertise in finance and compliance. Together, they will strengthen our team and play a key role in supporting strong outcomes for our investors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reuter will provide senior support across the firm\u2019s investment process, including deal origination, execution, and portfolio value enhancement. He was previously a managing director at Garnett Station Partners and held investment roles at KarpReilly and Barclays Capital.<\/p>\n<p>Golz will oversee finance, accounting, and compliance for the firm. He brings more than a decade of experience in fund operations, financial reporting, and regulatory oversight. Most recently, he served as CFO and chief compliance officer at Latticework Capital Management. He also held finance roles at Maverick Capital, Baker Tilly, and KPMG.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe addition of two senior professionals reflects the continued momentum following the close of our oversubscribed Fund III,\u201d Managing Partner Jason Sutherland said in a statement. \u201cIn the last twelve months, we\u2019ve closed approximately 20 platform and add-on acquisitions and an exit. Strengthening both our investment and operations functions positions us well to build on that success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss what\u2019s next. Subscribe\u00a0to\u00a0Dallas\u00a0Innovates.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0 0 10px 0;\">Track Dallas-Fort Worth\u2019s business and innovation landscape with our curated news in your inbox Tuesday-Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\tR E A D\u00a0\u00a0 N E X T\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"rp4wp-posts-list\">\n<li class=\"rp4wp-col rp4wp-col-first rp4wp-col-last\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dallasinnovates.com\/draper-richards-kaplan-foundation-names-kanarys-co%e2%80%91founder-and-ceo-as-a-managing-director-in-dallas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"970\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Mandy-Price-970x464.jpg\" class=\"attachment-rp4wp-thumbnail-post size-rp4wp-thumbnail-post wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mandy Price, who will be based in the foundation\u2019s Dallas office, will play a lead role in sourcing new investments for the foundation\u2019s portfolio organizations and will work as an operating partner and board member for those organizations. DRK is one of the largest global venture philanthropy firms dedicated to supporting early-stage, high impact social enterprises.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"rp4wp-col rp4wp-col-first rp4wp-col-last\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dallasinnovates.com\/accenture-appoints-longtime-executive-as-dallas-office-managing-director\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"970\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Accenture_MikeNoel-970.jpg\" class=\"attachment-rp4wp-thumbnail-post size-rp4wp-thumbnail-post wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mike Noel takes over the role from Jorge Corral, who led Accenture in North Texas for nearly 10 years. Corral will continue his ongoing role leading Data and AI for Accenture\u2019s Resources Industry group.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"rp4wp-col rp4wp-col-first rp4wp-col-last\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dallasinnovates.com\/dallas-rising-phoenix-capital-appoints-director-of-capital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"970\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/RisingPhoenixCapital_BenFujihara-970.jpg\" class=\"attachment-rp4wp-thumbnail-post size-rp4wp-thumbnail-post wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ben Fujihara will be responsible for overseeing capital strategy, investor relations, and business development at Rising Phoenix, the investment firm said.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"rp4wp-col rp4wp-col-first rp4wp-col-last\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dallasinnovates.com\/techfw-names-consultant-and-strategist-as-its-new-managing-director\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"970\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TechFW-CaitlinMcMinn-970.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-rp4wp-thumbnail-post size-rp4wp-thumbnail-post wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>TechFW called Caitlin McMinn a &#8220;results-driven executive&#8221; with a successful record in sales enablement, operations, and strategic growth.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"rp4wp-col rp4wp-col-first rp4wp-col-last\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dallasinnovates.com\/pga-of-america-reach-foundation-hires-new-executive-director\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"970\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PGA_JennyLewis-970.jpg\" class=\"attachment-rp4wp-thumbnail-post size-rp4wp-thumbnail-post wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As executive director, Jenny Lewis is the top management leader of the Frisco-based foundation, whose mission is to positively impact the lives of youth, military veterans, and diverse populations by enabling access to PGA of America Golf Professionals, PGA Sections, and the game of golf.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dallas-based private equity firm CenterOak Partners announced in September that it has added Rich Reuter as managing director&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,142797,38479,142798,1596,142799,142800,142687,69712,142801,142802,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-276143","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-centeroak-partners","10":"tag-chief-financial-officer","11":"tag-chris-golz","12":"tag-dallas","13":"tag-jason-sutherland","14":"tag-karpreilly","15":"tag-managing-director","16":"tag-private-equity-firm","17":"tag-randall-fojtasek","18":"tag-rich-reuter","19":"tag-texas","20":"tag-tx","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-united-states-of-america","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115313718792830001","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}