Management Team

J. Drexel Knight
Principal
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Prior to establishing Parkway Capital Investors, LLC in 2000, Drex was the Mid Atlantic Credit Products Executive for the Bank of America. For the fifteen years prior to 1994, he held numerous Executive positions in various subsidiaries of MNC Financial. Drex presently serves on the Boards of AD Subsidiary, LLC, Mercy Health Services and The College Bound Foundation. Drex received his BS from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia.

Christopher A. Pope
Principal
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Prior to co-founding Parkway Capital Investors, LLC in 2000, Chris spent 18 years focused on the Middle Market, in corporate finance, client management and credit policy roles at Bank of America and predecessor banks. Chris has served on the Board of Icon Identity Services, Inc., NSW, LLC, Strategic Materials, Inc. He is currently on the Board of TS3, Inc. and American Dryer Corp. He is past Chairman of the Trustees of The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore and a member of the Trustees of the Odyssey School. Chris received his BA from Johns Hopkins University.

Noel J. Lassise
Managing Director
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Before joining Parkway in 2001, Noel spent more than 17 years in the Commercial Finance industry. From 1997 to 2001, she was Regional Manager for Summit Business Capital Corp., now Bank of America. Prior to joining Summit in 1997, Noel held various managerial positions in the Business Credit and Credit Risk Management Divisions of Signet Bank, now Wells Fargo. Noel obtained her CPA after graduating from Towson University with a BA in Accounting.

Jeffrey M. DeJesus
Principal
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Jeff DeJesus joins Parkway Capital with ten years of mezzanine and private equity experience. Most recently, Jeff was a Partner and Managing Director at Midwest Mezzanine Funds where he played a key role in all aspects of sourcing, underwriting and managing subordinated debt and equity investments. Prior to Midwest, Jeff was a Vice President at Bank of America’s Corporate and Investment Banking Group and a commercial banker at a regional predecessor to JP Morgan Chase. Jeff holds a MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University and a BS in Finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

John J. Robinson, Jr.
Director
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John comes to Parkway Capital with over ten years of operating experience in a regional crisis management consulting firm. As a Principal with McShane Group, he managed over seventy cases to successful solutions. Prior to McShane, John spent seventeen years as a lender and manager for a regional commercial bank. He is a former Board Member and Chairman of the Hoffberger Center for Professional Ethics at the University of Baltimore. John holds a BS in Economics from The Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from Lehigh University.

M. Brandon Bridges
Senior Analyst
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Brandon joined Parkway Capital after graduating from Towson University in the Fall of 2007 with a BS in Finance. Among his work experiences, he had completed internships with Parkway and Blue Point Financial Management. At Towson University, Brandon was a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, an international business honor society.

Christine E. Dunn
Analyst
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Christine joined Parkway Capital after graduating magna cum laude from Loyola University Maryland in the spring of 2010 with a BBA and a Concentration in Finance. Prior to interning with Parkway, Christine held internships at Fox Chase Bank and Citigroup Smith Barney in Philadelphia.  At Loyola, Christine participated in the Sellinger Scholars Program, studied abroad in Rome, and played club soccer.