Mark Orgel is a Principal and Board Member at Heartland Equity Partners. Mark is the Chairman and Executive Committee member of Orgel Wealth Management (OWM), an investment advisory firm he founded in 2013. Over the past 34 years, Mark has maintained close relationships with clients serving as an investment advisor, portfolio manager, business consultant, and mergers and acquisitions specialist.

In addition to his chairman and board member roles, Mark served on the Bethel University Board of Governors for 20 years, acting as its Investment Committee Chair for more than a decade. Mark is also an advisor to several private businesses and healthcare organizations.

Mark received a Bachelor of Arts degree in management and communications with high honors from Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota.

As a lifelong resident of the upper Midwest, Mark has lived in Eau Claire, Wisconsin for over three decades with his wife, Tammy. Mark and Tammy have two children and three grandchildren. Mark enjoys travel, reading, outdoor activities, fly fishing, and quiet weekends with family and friends at the family lake home in Northern Wisconsin.

Chris is a Principal and Board Member at Heartland Equity Partners. Prior to joining Heartland, Chris served as Vice Chairman and was a co-owner of Extrusion Dies Industries (EDI), an international supplier of die systems for a full range of plastic-related applications. Chris joined EDI in 1996 and during his 14 year tenure there served in various leadership roles, including International Market Development Manager, Director of Marketing, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, and Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Chris and his partners purchased EDI in the wake of a private equity fueled bankruptcy, and ultimately restored it to become a global leader in its industry, driving sales from $23 million to $50 million while retiring most of the company's significant debt load.

Prior to joining EDI, Chris worked for Davis-Standard (D-S) as its International Product Manager for the company’s sheet-extrusion system product line. D-S is a global leader in the design, development and manufacturing of extrusion systems, feed screws, barrels, and process controls for the flexible web converting, plastics processing, and rubber industries. He served Davis-Standard for 10 years.

Chris earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from the University of Connecticut and has extensive technical training in electrical engineering technology. Chris and his wife, PattiAnn, have been married for over 30 years and have three adult sons. They live in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, and winter in Longboat Key, Florida. When he is not working, he enjoys tennis, fishing, boating, waterskiing, and other outdoor sports, as well as woodworking and aviation. He also dedicates a significant amount of his free time volunteering with SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives).

Ron is a Principal and Board Member at Heartland Equity Partners. Ron also serves as Chief Financial Officer of Snap Loc Cargo Control Systems, LLC. Prior to joining Heartland, Ron was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Extrusion Dies Industries (EDI) in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. Ron and his partners purchased EDI in the wake of a private equity fueled bankruptcy, and ultimately restored it to become a global leader in its industry, driving annual sales from $23 million to $50 million while retiring most of the company's significant debt load. A Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Ron has more than 30 years of experience in financial services, primarily serving manufacturing-related companies.

Ron grew up in upstate New York, and received his Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from the State University of New York (SUNY), Geneseo. He earned his MBA in Finance from the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, and has lived in the Midwest for the past 30 years. 

Ron and his wife have been married for 30 years. They enjoy spending time with their adult children and enjoy their home in Florida as well as their summer retreat in Wisconsin. In his spare time, Ron enjoys winter sports, traveling, fishing, softball and tennis. He also dedicates a significant amount of time as a certified counselor, volunteering with SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives), and as a Board Member with the American Red Cross. 

Jerry is a Principal and Board Member at Heartland Equity Partners. Jerry also serves as Chairman and CEO of Bauer Built, Inc., a family-owned business now in its 3rd generation. From 1976 to 2013, Jerry served as President of Bauer Built before turning over day-to day operations to his son. The company has been in the family for over 70 years and has become one of the largest independent tire dealers and retread manufacturers in North America. Bauer Built is also a distributor of new and retreaded tires and related products and services throughout the Midwest and a distributor of petroleum products in west central Wisconsin. 

In addition to his work at Bauer Built, Jerry has been on the Board of Directors of Security Financial Services Corporation / Security Financial Bank of Durand since 1992 and is currently its Chairman. He has been on the Board of Directors of Marten Transport, LTD since January 1997 and served on the Board of Directors of Mason Companies, Inc., from 1999 through 2008.

A lifelong resident of Durand, Wisconsin, Jerry earned his Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin School of Business, Eau Claire. He has been married to his wife Sue for over 40 years. In his spare time, he enjoys golf, fishing, traveling, and spending time with family and friends.