Fred Cummings is the President and Founder of Elizabeth Park Capital Management. He serves as Portfolio Manager for the privately held, alternative asset management firm focused on long/short equity, event-driven, and customized investment opportunities in the banking sector. Prior to founding Elizabeth Park Capital Management, Mr. Cummings had a 17-year career as a senior analyst with KeyBanc Capital Markets and as a senior fund analyst with FSI Group, a financial services hedge fund. He received a B.A. degree in economics from Oberlin College. He is a member of the board with Blue Owl Real Estate Net Lease Trust, and Nirvana Analytics. He sits on the investment committee for the Western Reserve Academy, the Btech Consortium Fund and the Mission Driven Bank Fund.
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