John W. Vander Vort is a Managing Director at Pilot House Associates, a Boston-based organization that provides services to the Barr Foundation and a family investment office. He joined Pilot House from Charlesbank Capital Partners, a leading private equity firm focused on the middle market, which he joined in 2013 as a Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to Charlesbank, Mr. Vander Vort was a Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer at MPM Capital, one of the world’s largest venture capital firms focused on the life science industry. Before joining MPM in 2005, John was a Director in the Private Markets Group at DuPont Capital Management. Previously, he was a General