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Clay Scarafia

CFO - PRIVATE FUNDS

Hometown: 

Education: Indiana University - Bloomington, B.S. in Economics, Investment Finance

Experience: 15 Years

Fun Fact: 

Clay joined the firm in 2023 as CFO for the Waycross private funds. Prior to joining Waycross, Clay spent more than decade at SS&C Technologies, the largest global fund administrator. During this time at SS&C, he served in multiple roles of increasing responsibility, most recently as Managing Director and Head of the Evansville, Indiana office. In this position, Clay was responsible for the oversight of more than 200 employees servicing clients with greater than $75 billion in aggregate AUM across a wide range of capital structures, investment strategies, and jurisdictional regions. He also served on the SOC1 audit, valuation leadership, and various technology/automation committees. Clay holds bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Investment Finance with a focus in Investment Banking from Indiana University. Clay resides in his hometown of Evansville, Indiana, and currently serves on the EVSC Foundation board and University of Evansville Business Advisory Committee.
Clay Scarafia

FOUNDING PRINCIPAL | CIO | LEAD PORTFOLIO MANAGER

Benjamin Thomas, CFA

Ben is Founding Principal, CIO and Portfolio Manager at Waycross Partners serving on the Board of Dir...

Benjamin Thomas, CFA

LEAD PORTFOLIO MANAGER

John Ferreby, CFA

John joined the firm in 2009 as a Portfolio Manager. Prior to joining Waycross Partners, John was a P...

John Ferreby, CFA

ASSOCIATE PORTFOLIO MANAGER | SECTOR ANALYST

Sean Ketcherside, CFA

Sean joined Waycross Partners in 2021 as an Analyst. He is an experienced investment professional wit...

Sean Ketcherside, CFA

ASSOCIATE PORTFOLIO MANAGER | SECTOR ANALYST

James Moore, CFA

Jim joined the firm in 2015 as an Analyst on the portfolio management team. Prior to joining Waycros...

James Moore, CFA

SECTOR ANALYST

Paul Hummer, CFA

Paul joined Waycross Partners in 2017 as an Analyst. Paul is an experienced investment professional w...

Paul Hummer, CFA

ASSOCIATE PORTFOLIO MANAGER | RESEARCH ANALYST

Evan Ferreby, CFA

Evan joined Waycross Partners in 2023 as a Research Analyst. He has seven years of investment experie...

Evan Ferreby, CFA

Investment Team

CEO | PRINCIPAL | DIRECTOR OF INSTITUTIONAL SALES

Chris Greco

Chris is the CEO, Principal, and Director of Institutional Sales at Waycross Partners, serving on the...

Chris Greco

CCO | DIRECTOR

Chris Herb

Chris joined Waycross Partners in 2021 as Chief Compliance Officer and Director of Marketing & Commun...

Chris Herb

DIRECTOR OF TRADING, MARKETING & CLIENT SERVICES

Kathleen MacGilvray

Kathleen joined Waycross Partners in the summer of 2022 as a Marketing & Client Service Associate. Ka...

Kathleen MacGilvray

SENIOR RELATIONSHIP MANAGER

Guy Pinkman

Guy joined Waycross Partners in 2023 and is a senior relationship manager, working with institutional...

Guy Pinkman

SENIOR RELATIONSHIP MANAGER

John Hoag

John joined Waycross Partners in March of 2025 as a Senior Relationship Manager. He is responsible fo...

John Hoag

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATE

Annie Gillis

Annie joined Waycross Partners in August 2023 as a Marketing Intern and was promoted to Marketing & C...

Annie Gillis

CFO - PRIVATE FUNDS

Clay Scarafia

Clay joined the firm in 2023 as CFO for the Waycross private funds. Prior to joining Waycross, Clay s...

Clay Scarafia

INVESTOR RELATIONS - PRIVATE FUNDS

Natalie Sandefur

Natalie joined Waycross in 2023 in an Investor Relations role with our private funds. She was a Senio...

Natalie Sandefur

Relationship Management Team

Our Strategies

Built upon our Key Driver Approach

Focused Core Equity

A concentrated, high-conviction long-only strategy with the objective to outperform the S&P 500 index over a full market cycle.

Managed Risk Equity

Long/short equity mutual fund solution seeking to produce strong risk-adjusted returns with lower volatility than the overall equity market.

Opportunity Fund, L.P.

Long/short L.P. fund with an investment objective to generate superior, risk-adjusted returns over time while maintaining a low correlation to large cap equities.

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