John G. Nestor
Chairman, Senior Managing Partner
and Chief Executive Officer

John Nestor joined Kirtland Capital in March 1986. Prior to joining Kirtland, John spent 16 years at Continental Illinois Bank in a variety of lending positions. He is a member of the Advisory Board of Kirtland Capital Partners,Chairman of SmartSource and is an Essex Rental Corporation board member.

John serves as Trustee of the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation and Saint Ignatius High School Board of Regents. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of Gordon Square Arts District, the Beech Brooke Leadership Advisory Council and the Cleveland State Universtiy College of Science Visiting Committee. John is the former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Cleveland Foodbank.

A graduate of Georgetown University, John also holds an MBA from the University of Notre Dame and an MA in Urban Studies from Loyola University in Chicago.