Carly Risom is a Vice President at H.I.G. Capital, a global private equity firm with $70 billion in assets under management. At H.I.G., Carly is a member of the Portfolio Operations Human Capital team, where she focuses on C-suite recruitment across the firm’s 100+ portfolio companies.

Carly graduated from Lehigh University, magna cum laude, with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and a double minor in Business and Environmental Studies.

Carly’s commitment to giving back to her community began in high school, where she served as a member of a youth program that supported both local community needs and those of underprivileged neighborhoods across the country. She graduated with over 1,000 hours of community service in 2015. Eager to both give back to the city she has called home since 2019 and also support the integrity of the American foster care system, she joined the Foundling Junior Board in the spring of 2024.