Alison Minter

Managing Partner

Alison Minter is a Managing Partner with more than 21 years of consumer private equity investment experience. Since joining North Castle in 2001, she has led and managed the Firm’s investments across a variety of Healthy, Active, and Sustainable Living sectors. Alison currently serves on the Board of Directors of Therabody, Sparx Hockey, Blueroot Health, Mack Weldon, Maya Kaimal, VitaCup, Full Swing Golf, ProSupps, HydroMassage and is a Board Advisor to Genexa.  She has previously served on the Board of Directors of SmartyPants, Sprout Foods, Red Door Spas, Doctor’s Best, Octane Fitness, Contigo, Ibex, Cascade Helmets, Atkins/Bora-Bora Organic Foods, and Avalon Natural Products. In addition, she was actively involved in the Firm’s investments in Naked Juice and Leiner Health Products. Prior to joining North Castle, Alison worked at Evolution Global Partners, an investment firm sponsored by Texas Pacific Group, Kleiner Perkins, and Bain & Company. Prior to Evolution, she worked in the Insurance Investment Banking and Leveraged Finance groups of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Alison has served on the Women of Leadership Committee for ACG New York since 2018, is an Advisory Board member of the WOB (Women on Boards) Project and recently joined DealmakeHers. She also spent many years as a member of the board of the New Canaan Soccer Association and the New Canaan Lacrosse Association.  Alison earned an A.B. in Economics from Princeton University.