Stephen J. Kelly, Managing Director, is a senior Portfolio Manager and Head of the BlackRock Private Investments Fund (BPIF) within BlackRock Private Equity Partners (PEP). BPIF is a '40 Act registered investment fund designed to provide Accredited Investors with access to private equity with lower minimums, defined liquidity, and tax-friendly reporting. BPIF is the first registered fund to combine PEP's global private equity platform with BlackRock's differentiated sourcing capabilities, brand, and Aladdin suite of tools and represents one of many products and solutions bringing alternative investments to retail investors globally.

Mr. Kelly has more than 31 years of private equity investment and related experience. Mr. Kelly's service with the firm dates to 1999, including his years with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM), which merged with BlackRock in 2006. At MLIM, he was a founder and principal of the Private Equity Partners business responsible for leading the team's investments in private equity funds, directs and secondaries with a focus on venture capital, technology, and growth buyouts. Since joining BlackRock, Mr. Kelly has served in a number of leadership roles within PEP including Global Head of Business Operations, and is currently a member of PEP's Investment, Executive, Valuation and Allocation Committees. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch in 1999, Mr. Kelly spent ten years as a management and technology consultant with Booz, Allen & Hamilton where he led numerous information technology strategy, design, and implementation initiatives. Mr. Kelly's clients included Fortune 500 companies and major agencies of the federal government including the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) where he served as Program Manager for several highly-classified technology development efforts.

Mr. Kelly earned a BS degree in engineering from the University of Dayton, an MS degree in engineering from the University of Maryland and an MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.

Joseph M. Auriemma, Managing Director, is a Portfolio Manager for the BlackRock Private Investments Fund ("BPIF") within BlackRock's Private Equity Partners business. BPIF is a '40 Act registered investment fund designed to provide Accredited Investors with efficient access to private equity with lower minimums, defined liquidity, and tax-friendly reporting. BPIF is the first registered fund to combine PEP's global private equity platform with BlackRock's differentiated sourcing capabilities, brand, and Aladdin suite of tools and represents one of many products and solutions bringing alternative investments to retail investors globally.

Mr. Auriemma's service with the firm dates to 2006, including his time with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM), which merged with BlackRock in 2006. At MLIM, he was responsible for private equity performance and analytics for the Private Equity Partners (PEP) business across the global private equity platform. Since joining BlackRock, Mr. Auriemma has served in several leadership roles within PEP including the Global Head of Information Management, a member of the Investment Operating Committee and is currently a member of PEP's Executive Committee. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Mr. Auriemma led the management and consulting practices as a Partner at Unisys Corporation and as a Vice President at Oracle Corporation, serving Fortune 500 clients. Mr. Auriemma began his career at AT&T as a software engineer.

Mr. Auriemma earned a BA degree in computer science with a concentration in economics from Rutgers University.

Lynn Baranski, Managing Director, is the Global Head of Investments for BlackRock Private Equity Partners (PEP) within BlackRock Alternative Investors (BAI). She is a member of the BAI Exco and PEP's Management Committee, Investment Committee, and Valuation Committee.

Ms. Baranski's service with the firm dates back to 1997, including her years with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM), which merged with BlackRock in 2006. Before joining PEP in 2001, she worked for four years as a high yield portfolio manager and research analyst in the fixed income division. She joined MLIM from Bank of America Securities, Inc. (formerly NationsBank), where she was a member of the Financial Sponsor Advisory group. In this position, she advised clients on optimal capital structures for leveraged-buyouts and reviewed several private equity fund commitments on behalf of the bank.

Ms. Baranski currently serves on the advisory boards of certain funds managed by Certares LLC, Black Diamond, Tailwind Capital Partners, 1315 Capital and Z Capital Partners. Additionally, she is on the Board of Directors of Juweel Holdings, Travel Leaders Group and Guardian Alarm and is an observer to the Board of Directors of American Express GBT. She previously participated on the boards of TowerCo, Canbriam Energy, and Evenflo.

Ms. Baranski earned a BA degree in history and art history from Wake Forest University and an MBA degree in finance from Vanderbilt University.

Jeff Cucunato is the lead portfolio manager for the Multi-Strategy Credit platform within BlackRock's Global Credit group. Mr. Cucunato is responsible for managing portfolios that allocate to opportunities across the global credit markets. He also chairs the credit platform's Investment Strategy Group, which focuses on evaluating investment opportunities across global investment grade, high yield, bank loans and illiquid credit.

 
Previously, Mr. Cucunato was Head of Investment Grade Credit where he lead the firm's U.S. fundamental investment grade credit effort for over 10 years and spent 15 years as the lead portfolio manager for BlackRock's investment grade credit and long duration portfolios. He began his investment career in 1997 focusing on interest rate products, including management of BlackRock's inflation-linked bond portfolios. Mr. Cucunato joined BlackRock in 1995 as an analyst in the Institutional Client Business group, working with international clients and alternative investments. 
 
Mr. Cucunato earned a BA degree, cum laude, in history from Dartmouth College in 1995.

James E. Keenan, CFA, Managing Director, is Chief Investment Officer and Global Head of Credit for BlackRock Alternatives and Chairman and interim Chief Executive Officer of the BlackRock Capital Investment Corporation.

Mr. Keenan has led BlackRock’s Credit platform since 2006, overseeing investment strategy, processes, performance, risk management, platform strategic planning and growth initiatives, and partnerships with BlackRock’s distribution channels.  Under Mr. Keenan’s leadership, the platform has significantly expanded to offer clients a full range of investment strategies and solutions in leveraged finance, hedge fund and liquid alternative strategies, multi-strategy credit solutions, and private credit opportunities in middle market direct lending and opportunistic credit.  Since 2004, he has managed investment portfolios at BlackRock across a range of strategies including high yield credit, opportunistic and distressed lending, and long/short hedge funds.

Mr. Keenan is a member of BlackRock's Global Operating Committee, the Executive Committee of BlackRock Alternatives, and Investment Committees for BlackRock Private Equity Partners, Long-Term Private Capital, and Alternative Solutions Group.

Mr. Keenan began his career in credit research and trading with UBS Global Asset Management and Columbia Management Group.  He earned a BBA in finance from the University of Notre Dame in 1998.  He is a member of Notre Dame's Wall Street Committee, its Athletic Advisory Council, and the Board of Directors of Good Shepherd Services, a service and advocacy partnership in New York City.