Fouad Bashour is a founding partner of CIC, its Managing Partner and has been with the Firm and its predecessor since 1999. Fouad began his career at The Boston Consulting Group and currently serves as a board member of Tiff’s Treats, TSU One, Dispatch, and Nada Technologies. He is a former director of various private companies including DynaGrid Holdings. More...

Marshall Payne has been an active private equity investor for over 40 years, beginning his career at Cardinal Investment Company in 1983 and co-founding CIC Partners in 2004 where he currently serves as a Managing Partner and Chairman of the Board. Mr. Payne has served on many public and private boards of CIC’s portfolio companies. More...

Michael Rawlings is a founding partner of CIC, its current Vice-Chairman, and has been with the Firm since its inception in 2004. From 2011 to 2019 Mike was also the Mayor of the City of Dallas, the ninth largest city in the U.S., when it saw more growth than any time in its history. Early in his career from 1997 to 2003, Mike was President of Pizza Hut, leading the brand to record growth as well. Prior to joining Pizza Hut, he was CEO of Tracy Locke, the largest marketing communications agency in the Southwest, whose clients have included Frito-Lay, Pepsi, Tabasco, and American Airlines. More...

Amir Yoffe is a Partner of CIC and has been with the Firm since 2002. Prior to joining CIC, Amir worked in JP Morgan's Mergers and Acquisitions group in New York, where he completed transactions in the healthcare, telecom and energy industries. Amir serves as Chairman of Keep It REAL Foods and Packline Solutions Group. He was the former Chairman of L&L Foods, board member of OmniSYS, Combs Produce and BroadJump. More...

Alan Buehler joined CIC Partners in 2016 as its Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer. Prior to joining CIC, Alan served for over ten years as the CFO of Dallas-based Sevin Rosen Funds. More...

Bayard Friedman is a managing director with CIC Partners and has been with the Firm since 2010. Prior to joining CIC, he worked for Bain & Company in Atlanta. He currently serves as Chairman of Precision Aerospace and a Board member at Dispatch, Ghost Metals Group, Qwest Electric, and RMX Resources. He is a former director of multiple private companies, including Stronghold Energy Partners, L.P, Tri-State Holdings, and Willies Grill & Icehouse. More...

Charlie Robinson is a Principal with CIC and has been with the firm since 2012. Prior to joining CIC, Charlie worked in M&A advisory at McColl Partners in Dallas. He currently serves as a Board Member of Keep It REAL Foods and a director of Packline Solutions Group. More...

Jessica Badarak (Marek) is a Senior Vice President with CIC and has been with the firm since 2023. Prior to joining CIC, Jessica was a Senior Director at Riveron Consulting (formerly Conway MacKenzie) in their Restructuring & Turnaround Practice where she worked across several industries including food, industrial, and retail and consumer products. Jessica began her career at Ernst & Young in Assurance services and is a certified public accountant. More...

Stuart Moss is a Vice President with CIC and has been with the firm since 2023. Prior to joining CIC, Stuart worked with Cordatus Capital, a private equity firm based in Dallas. He currently leads business development activities for CIC.More...

Paul Civello joined CIC Partners as an Associate in March 2021. Prior to CIC, Paul worked at Houlihan Lokey in the Financial Restructuring Group. More...

Ethan Andresen joined CIC Partners as an Associate in June 2025. Prior to CIC, Ethan was a Private Credit Associate at Newstone Capital Partners. More...

Jackson Weidler joined CIC Partners as an Associate in October 2022. Prior to CIC, Jackson was an investment banking analyst at Truist Securities in the Industrials & Services Group. More...

Janet Foster joined CIC Partner in 2018 as Controller. Prior to joining CIC, Janet served for over 21 years as the Director of Fund Finance and Accounting of Dallas-based Sevin Rosen Funds. Janet manages CIC's accounting, audit and tax, and investor relations functions. More...

Kendall Tucker joined CIC in late 2025 as Controller, where she oversees the firm’s accounting, audit, tax, and investor relations functions. Prior to joining CIC, she served as Chief Financial Officer at Boyd Street Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm. Previously, Kendall held roles with Goldman Sachs’ Asset Wealth Management group, Riveron Consulting, Standish Management and KPMG. Kendall holds an M.S in Accounting from the University of Texas at Dallas, and a B.S in Accounting from the University of Oklahoma. More...