About

Patrick F. Hamner joined Patriot Capital, a family of private equity/mezzanine lending funds currently investing out of its $260M Fund III as a Managing Director in November 2012. Mr. Hamner served for 24 years with Capital Southwest Corporation, [NASDAQ: CSWC], a Dallas, TX-based SBIC, rising to Senior Vice President with responsibility for developing and monitoring venture capital and private equity investments, and facilitating add-on acquisitions. He served on fourteen boards during his tenure at CSWC. He was the founding Chairman of Heelys, Inc. [NASDAQ: HLYS] from 2000-2007 and joined their management team from 2006-2008 last serving as a Senior Vice President.

After having co-founded a $69 mm non-leveraged SBIC in Dallas from 2009-2011, Mr. Hamner was appointed an adjunct lecturer at the Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business in 2012 and continues to teach in the Professional MBA program.   Mr. Hamner served as the Chairman of the Board of Governors of NASBIC (now Small Business Investor Alliance) in 2001-2002. He serves on the local steering committees of the DFW Private Equity Forum, the Southwest Venture Forum, and the Alliance of M&A Advisors and is an active member of the Association for Corporate Growth.  He is Chairman of the SMU MBA Venture Fund and a Fellow with the Baylor Angel Network.  

Mr. Hamner is an advisory member of Marketplace Ministries’ Foundation and the LeTourneau University Center for Faith and Work, a Ruling Elder at Park Cities Presbyterian Church and a former Scoutmaster with BSA Troop 125, where his three sons all achieved Eagle Scout. Since 2007, he has won seven masters national rowing championships, including in 2015, the mixed E double (55 to 60 year olds), while rowing for the Dallas Rowing Club.     

Mr. Hamner is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin (MBA and Dean’s Award) and SMU (BSME cum laude) and he is married to Janie S. Hamner, MD, a pediatrician.  

Phil Hurley is Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer London Broadcasting Company, overseeing new acquisitions and operations of all of LBC’s television properties in Tyler, Waco, Beaumont, and Corpus Christi.  Phil began his career with Southwestern Bell where he held several top management positions before moving to Interfirst Bank, where he served as senior vice president for five years. In 1983 he became General Manager of KLTV in Tyler, then went on to organize, build, and sell numerous stations over the coming years, holding executive positions at Nextstar Broadcasting and MaxMedia.  Phil is a graduate of the University of Texas. He and his wife Jenise are active members of Prestonwood Baptist Church.

Nancy Lovell is a gifted writer and a founding partner of Lovell-Fairchild Communications, a marketing and public relations firm. Prior to co-founding Lovell-Fairchild, Nancy worked for many years at A. Larry Ross Agency, representing clients such as The Billy Graham Association, Campus Crusade for Christ, and the H. E. Butt Foundation. Clients of Lovell-Fairchild include Sherwood Pictures' “Facing the Giants,” “Fireproof,” and “Courageous,” Sony’s “Soul Searcher” (Dennis Quaid and Helen Hunt) and “Get Low” (Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, and Sissy Spacek), and numerous authors, including T. D. Jakes, Dr. Gary Chapman, and Chuck Norris.  Nancy is an active volunteer with The College of St. Thomas More and the C.S. Lewis - J.R. R. Tolkien Society.  She attends Church of the Resurrection.

Ken Perry is the former owner and CEO of Bluebonnet Tool, a wholesale distributor of industrial machinery and equipment which he sold in 1998.  In 1994 he acquired Jordan Supply and Services, a provider of tools and equipment to the construction industry, where he currently serves as CEO. Ken has served in church leadership roles and has been involved in discipleship and workplace ministry for many years. He is a graduate of the University of North Texas. He and his wife Debbie attend Northwest Bible Church.

Tom Rhodes is Principal of The Rhodes Group and has sold over $1 billion in houses and properties in the Park Cities and other Dallas neighborhoods. He is a Certified Residential Specialist (CRS), a Graduate of the Realtor Institute (GRI), and a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM). He has been consistently recognized over the last decade as one of the "Top 10 Realtors in Dallas County." Tom is also listed in Who’s Who in Residential Real Estate and serves on the Professional Standards Committee for the Metro-Tex Board of Realtors. He graduated from Virginia Military Institute and served in the U.S. Marine Corps. He and his wife Suzy attend Highland Park Methodist Church.

Jay Turner is a partner at CapitalSouth Partners, which provides private equity and mezzanine capital to lower middle-market companies. Before joining CapitalSouth, he served as a partner at GuideCap Partners, as Managing Director of BankOne Mezzanine Corp., and CFO of KBK Capital (KBK:AMEX). Jay received his BBA from The University of Texas at Austin, his MBA from Southern Methodist University, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). He has served on numerous boards, and is actively involved with SMU/Cox Southwest Venture Forum. Jay and his wife Nancy are members of PCPC where he serves as a deacon.