Tim Gordon is the Founder & Managing Partner of Aequitas Partners, which he founded after spending over two years helping to build Oxeon Partners, nearly from its inception. Since the firm’s founding, Aequitas has been engaged on Board and Executive Level searches across all functional areas, has invested in over 15 high growth healthcare companies, and launched a portfolio of products that support its partners in a myriad of ways.

As employee #4 at Oxeon, Tim led searches and placements across the C-suite for clients such as Evolent Health, Privia Health, RxAnte, Liazon, The Advisory Board Company, eVariant, Cambia Health and others. Additionally, Tim managed the human capital content creation for StartUp Health’s Curriculum, and continues to advise its entrepreneurs on building their leadership teams. He has found his passion in working with healthcare companies on the critical challenge of getting the right people involved at the right time — companies that are changing the way the world thinks about Healthcare.

In addition to managing the firm, Tim spends time every month advising entrepreneurs and engaging with them on topics ranging from compensation benchmarks, to recruitment strategy, to long term human capital planning. He has been a Mentor at Startup Health, StartupBootcamp and MATTER, is the Co-President of The Healthcare Club New York, and an Advisor to a number of early stage healthcare companies.

Tim graduated from Penn State University with a degree in Supply Chain & Information Systems, but has been a Nittany Lion all his life. Originally from the Philadelphia suburbs, Tim spent more than a decade in Manhattan, where Aequitas was founded, and now resides in the Society Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia with his wife Kristy, who is a Nurse Practitioner at Jefferson University Health System, his son Theo, and his daughter Reese.

Polina Hanin is a Senior Principal at Aequitas Partners with a passion for enabling entrepreneurs to achieve their audacious visions. A builder at heart, Polina works with clients of all stages to define their organizational design strategy to build highly functional teams. Outside of search, Polina runs the Health Talent Exchange, Annual Compensation Study, and other company initiatives, all with the goal of improving equity and access to opportunity.

Polina joined Aequitas after spending nearly a decade as the Portfolio Director at StartUp Health, a platform that invests, broadcasts and unites health entrepreneurs around the world. While there, she managed a portfolio of 300+ companies, acting as primary coach for entrepreneurs at all stages of the startup lifecycle. Specifically focusing on positioning, she helped teams craft stories that led to companies raising more than $750M after joining StartUp Health, gaining contracts from national institutions and growing their visibility. Polina was also instrumental in building out and scaling the company’s programming, community and internal platform that enabled the team to collaborate and share industry insights.

Polina got her start in the health space in the early 2000’s at Viscogliosi Bros., a merchant bank focused on the musculoskeletal industry. Throughout her tenure, she held multiple roles within the firm’s portfolio companies - everything from corporate finance to cleaning instrument sets. While there, she launched MCRA, a consulting firm for commercializing orthopedic technologies, where she brought in the first 20 clients. Polina also led M&A, corporate development and distribution-related activities for Centinel Spine’s spinal stabilization device portfolio.

Polina earned her bachelor’s degree at Wesleyan University’s College of Social Studies and her M.B.A. at University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Born in St. Petersburg, Russia and raised in northern New Jersey, Polina technically resides in New York City with frequent escapes outside the US.

Stephanie Sutsko is a Senior Principal and Head of People at Aequitas Partners. She has 10 years of executive search experience and a decade of prior experience working in the pharmaceutical and clinical research industry. She has led search engagements across functions, placing Board members, CEOs, C-Suite executives, and other executive leaders in operations, finance, marketing, IT/engineering, sales, and HR.

Stephanie has a passion for the intersection of healthcare and technology and the impact that digital health companies can have on patients’ lives.

Prior to Aequitas, Stephanie was a Principal at Howard Fischer Associates, where she served as a partner and strategic advisor to executive leaders of both emerging-growth and Fortune 100 companies. She collaborated with her clients to identify, engage, and evaluate strong talent to drive success for their business needs. She worked across many industries including SaaS, telecommunications, industrial technology, healthcare, manufacturing, computer software, financial services and media.

Stephanie started her career in executive search at the Atlantic Group where she expanded the firm’s practice into life sciences and technology. Her early career was in pharmaceutical clinical research where she worked both for clinical research organizations and in Big Pharma at Novartis.

Stephanie graduated with degrees in Biology and History from the University of Delaware where she was also a member of Chi Omega sorority. She is a certified Pilates instructor, roller-coaster enthusiast, and loves spending time outdoors. She is originally from Philadelphia and now resides in the suburb of Bucks County with her family, including daughter, Emmelyn, and son, Gavin.

Kelly McEldrew is a Principal at Aequitas Partners. She joined the firm in 2022 with 10 years of executive search experience.

Prior to joining the firm, Kelly was a Principal at Howard Fischer Associates, where she partnered with executive leaders of both emerging-growth and Fortune 500 companies, collaborating with clients to identify, engage, and evaluate strong talent to drive success for their business needs. Her work spanned across multiple industries, including media, telecommunications, digital, consumer and enterprise services and products and technology. She has recruited across functions, including Board members, CEOs, C-Suite executives, and other executive leaders in operations, finance, marketing, IT/engineering, product, sales, and HR. In addition to traditional executive search, a large portion of her search portfolio was dedicated to helping her clients enhance and fulfill their executive commitment to DE&I by engaging with top level diverse talent.

Prior to Howard Fischer, Kelly started her search career at the Atlantic Group, a boutique executive search firm focusing on finance recruitment.

Kelly graduated with honors from Georgetown University with degrees in Psychology and English and a minor in French. She was also a member of Georgetown’s Varsity Women’s Track and Field and Cross-Country teams. When not working, you can find her spending time with family including husband, Brett, and son, Parker at the beach in Sea Isle City.

Suzanne joined the team at Aequitas Partners in 2023, bringing 8 years of Executive Search experience with her. She has led diverse search engagements across C-Suite leadership, sales/commercial, data, product, marketing, and client success roles as well as a successful RPO assignment.

Prior to Aequitas, Suzanne spent two years as Managing Director at Hunt Club, an executive search firm harnessing the power of relationships and referrals to find preeminent talent. In addition to bespoke executive search, Suzanne also led a team and owned a portfolio of clients across a wide range of functions and industries.

Suzanne began her Executive Search career at Chasm Partners as their first employee, helping establish the firm's track record in HCIT & Digital Health-focused search.

Suzanne's passion for healthcare started with her first career in marketing research. During her 11-year tenure in Nielsen's BASES unit, she developed and commercialized several new predictive analytics capabilities for the life sciences industry. She followed her BA in Economics from Bucknell University with an MBA from Rutgers University, specializing in Pharmaceutical Management.

Suzanne was born and raised in Northern NJ, and now makes her home in rural Connecticut with her husband and two sons; she dreams of retiring to one of the Carolinas and will opine on this whenever prompted. When she is not working, you can find Suzanne enjoying live music at dive bars and huge stadiums -and everywhere in between.

Regina Heffernan is a Senior Associate at Aequitas Partners where she drives cross-functional searches across various sectors of the Digital Health industry and executive functions including; CEO, growth and commercial, technology, regulatory, operations, product and marketing.

She joined the firm after working at Independence Blue Cross as a Product Manager where she managed enhancements to the product portfolio for various market segments including virtual care, disease and chronic condition management, customer service, and weight management solutions.

Regina began her career in Government and External Affairs at AmeriHealth Caritas Family of Companies focusing on Medicare, Medicaid and other publicity funded low-income populations. During her time there, she was responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of the Political Action Committee. In addition, Regina supported the company’s state legislative and advocacy efforts and the development of their strategic government affairs objectives in current and expansion markets.

Regina holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and recently earned her Masters of Business Administration, Management Specialization from La Salle University. She also is a Board Member and works closely with Fred’s Footsteps to advance their young professional program. It is an organization that provides interim funds for otherwise financially stable families to help them handle the financial burden of a child’s illness or traumatic injury.

Marissa Acchione is the Manager of Operations and Search Experience at Aequitas Partners. In this role, she creates and implements processes that ensure a pleasant experience for our team, partners, and candidates. She also handles office management and event planning for the company.

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Marissa's career began in radio where she was part of the production and promotion teams. She also hosted her own radio show on the weekends. Prior to joining Aequitas Partners, Marissa was a Business Operations Manager at Atlantic Group where she supported recruiters with data management and marketing, as well as assisting with event planning, onboarding, and deploying new applications and processes.

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Marissa holds a Bachelor's degree in Media Studies and Production, with a Minor in General Business from Temple University. She resides in Philadelphia with her boyfriend and two cats. In her free time, she enjoys exploring new restaurants, traveling, reading and spending time with friends and family.