Lucinda Stewart

Who is Lucinda Stewart?

Partner Lucinda Stewart brings 15 years of operations and investment

experience in emerging growth companies to OVP. Lucinda was part of the

start-up team of a Welsch, Carson, Anderson Stowe-backed services

company, National Surgery Centers (NSC), where she worked in market and

business development for five years analyzing markets for new center

development, acquiring existing operations and working with individual

centers to improve operational performance. During her tenure at NSC,

the company became the largest independent owner and operator of

surgery centers, went public and subsequently sold to HealthSouth for

$590 million. After NSC, Lucinda joined the investment banking division

at Donaldson, Lufkin Jenrette in New York where she worked

closely with software and services companies. Since entering the

venture business in 1999 (initially with Frazier Healthcare), Lucinda

has focused on different segments within infrastructure software,

including security, wireless, and media infrastructure. Lucinda holds a

BA of Political Science from University of Puget Sound and a MM from

Kellogg School of Northwestern University.