Gary R. Melick is a Vice-President of River Capital. Before joining River Capital, Mr. Melick was a Senior Executive with Hartsfield Capital, a boutique investment bank and securities firm focusing on middle market mergers, acquisitions, and recapitalizations, completing transactions in manufacturing, industrial coatings, distribution, moving and storage, apparel and the advertising specialty industries. Prior to Hartsfield Capital, Mr. Melick was the Vice President of Finance and CFO for a $200 million division of AFC Enterprises, a branded restaurant and consumer products company. As the Division CFO, Mr. Melick was instrumental in the acquisition of the Cinnabon brand and franchise system. Prior to AFC Enterprises, Mr. Melick held senior management positions with PepsiCo, Northwest Airlines, and Pillsbury in both operations and financial management.

Mr. Melick has held advisory roles for several companies in the moving and storage, distribution, apparel, and advertising specialty industries. He is active in several business and youth organizations including the Wharton Club of Atlanta and the Northwest Georgia Baseball Association where he has coached numerous select travel baseball teams.

Mr. Melick received his bachelor’s degree from Iowa State University and a master’s degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Melick was born and raised in the Midwest and now lives with his wife and three sons in Atlanta.