Meet the Team

Michael Forman

Michael C. Forman is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of FS KKR Capital Corp. (“FSK”), KKR FS Income Trust (“K-FIT”), KKR FS Income Trust Select (“K-FITS), and Future Standard. Mr. Forman has been leading Future Standard since its founding in 2007. He has served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Adviser since its inception. Mr. Forman also previously served as Chairman, President and/or Chief Executive Officer of FS KKR Capital Corp. II (“FSKR”) until its merger with FSK in June 2021 (the “Merger”). He currently serves as Chairman, President and/or Chief Executive Officer of other funds sponsored by Future Standard and its affiliates. Prior to founding Future Standard, Mr. Forman founded a private equity and real estate investment firm. He started his career as an attorney in the Corporate and Securities Department at the Philadelphia based law firm of Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP. In addition to his career as an attorney and investor, Mr. Forman has been an active entrepreneur and has founded several companies, including companies engaged in the gaming, specialty finance and asset management industries. Mr. Forman is a member of a number of civic and charitable boards, including The Franklin Institute, Drexel University and the Philadelphia Center City District Foundation. He is also Chairman of Vetri Community Partnership. Mr. Forman received his B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of Rhode Island, where he was elected Phi Beta Kappa, and received his J.D. from Rutgers University.

Daniel Pietrzak

Daniel Pietrzak is President and Chief Investment Officer of FS KKR Capital Corp. (FSK), KKR FS Income Trust (K-FIT), and KKR FS Income Trust Select (K-FITS). Mr. Pietrzak also serves on the Board of Directors of FSK and the Board of Trustees of K-FIT and K-FITS. He previously served as the Co-President and Chief Investment Officer of FS KKR Capital Corp. II until its merger with FSK in June 2021. Mr. Pietrzak joined KKR in 2016 and is a Partner and serves as the Global Head of Private Credit and a portfolio manager for KKR’s private credit funds and portfolios. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Pietrzak was a Managing Director and the Co-Head of Deutsche Bank’s structured finance business across the Americas and Europe. Previously, Mr. Pietrzak held various roles in the credit businesses of Societe Generale and CIBC World Markets. Mr. Pietrzak started his career at Price Waterhouse in New York. Mr. Pietrzak holds an M.B.A. in Finance from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. in Accounting from Lehigh University. Mr. Pietrzak serves on the Lehigh University Board of Trustees and on the Dean’s Advisory Council for Lehigh’s College of Business, is a member of the Advisory Board of the Scholars of Finance and serves on the Board of Directors of First Tee – Metropolitan New York.

Barbara Adams

Barbara Adams has served on the board of directors for FSK since 2018 and serves on the board of trustees for K-FIT and K-FITS. Ms. Adams was also a member of the board of directors of FSKR until the Merger.

Ms. Adams served as the Executive Vice President – legal affairs and General Counsel of the Philadelphia Housing Authority from August 2011 to April 2016, and as a Trustee of each of the Philadelphia Housing Authority Retirement Income Trust and the Philadelphia Housing Authority Defined Contribution Pension Plan from November 2011 to April 2016. She served as the General Counsel of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the “Commonwealth”), from 2005 until January 2011. As General Counsel to the Commonwealth, Ms. Adams led a staff of more than 500 lawyers in representing then Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell and more than 30 executive and independent agencies and commissions in litigation, transactions, regulatory, legislative and criminal justice matters.

Prior to her appointment as General Counsel to the Commonwealth, Ms. Adams was a partner at the law firm of Duane Morris LLP in Philadelphia, focusing her practice on taxable and tax-exempt public finance, affordable housing development matters, state and local government law, energy law and campaign finance law.

Ms. Adams  currently serves on the board of directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh, and a member of its audit committee and a member and Vice-Chair of its affordable housing, products and services committee.

She also currently serves as an executive committee member and Vice Chair of the board of directors of the Committee of Seventy and has served as a board member of the Philadelphia Energy Authority since 2011.

Ms. Adams has served on the boards of a number of other charitable and public organizations, including a term as commissioner of the Philadelphia Gas Commission, as a commissioner and secretary of the Independent Charter Commission of the City of Philadelphia, and on the boards of the Pennsylvania Association of Bond Lawyers, the Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations, the People’s Emergency Center (now HopePHL) and the Reading Terminal Market Corporation.  Ms. Adams is a graduate of Temple University School of Law and a graduate of Smith College.

Ms. Adams is NACD (National Association of Corporate Directors) Directorship Certified™. The NACD Directorship Certification® program equips directors with the foundation of knowledge sought by boards to effectively contribute in the boardroom. NACD Directorship Certified directors pass a foundational exam developed by experienced directors and, via continuing recertification requirements, commit to continuing education on governance and emerging issues impacting the businesses they serve in order to elevate the profession of directorship.

Ms. Adams also has an Advanced Management Program Certificate from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania Aresty School of Executive Education and the NACD/Carnegie Melon CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight.

Brian R. Ford

Brian R. Ford has served on the board of directors for FSK since 2018, and serves on the boards of trustees for K-FIT and K-FITS. Mr. Ford was also a member of the board of directors of FSKR until the Merger. Mr. Ford also serves on the board of trustees of FS Credit Income Fund. Mr. Ford retired as a partner and CPA of Ernst & Young LLP, a multinational professional services firm, in July 2008, where he was employed since 1971. Mr. Ford currently also serves on the board of Clearway Energy, Inc. and AmeriGas Propane, Inc. Mr. Ford was previously the Chief Executive Officer of Washington Philadelphia Partners, LP, a real estate investment company, from July 2008 to April 2010. He currently serves on the boards of Clearway Energy Inc., Bayada, a home healthcare nonprofit corporation and Drexel University. Mr. Ford received his B.S. in Economics from Rutgers University. He is a Certified Public Accountant.

Richard I. Goldstein

Richard I. Goldstein has served on the board of directors for FSK since 2018 and serves on the board of trustees of K-FIT and K-FITS. Mr. Goldstein was also a member of the board of directors of FSKR until the Merger. Mr. Goldstein has served as Chief operating Officer of Radius Global Infrastructure Inc. (“Radius Global”) since 2020 and has previously served as a Managing Director of Associated Partners , a private investment partnership focusing on creating, operating and investing in wireless communications companies, since its inception in 2006. He also serves as the Chief operating Officer of AP WIP Investments. Mr. Goldstein also currently serves as lead director of FS Specialty Lending Fund, a position he has held since March 2015. Prior to joining Associated Partners,  Mr. Goldstein was Vice President of The Associated Group, Inc. (“AGI”), a multi-billion dollar publicly traded owner and operator of communications-related businesses and assets. While at AGI, he was responsible for operating AGI’s cellular telephone operations. Mr. Goldstein has served as member of the board of directors of Ubicquia since 2017. Mr. Goldstein served as a director of Intellon Corporation prior to its acquisition by Atheros Communications, Inc.   Mr. Goldstein received a Bachelor of Science in Business and Economics from Carnegie Mellon University and received training at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Management Information Systems.

Michael J. Hagan

Michael J. Hagan has served on the board of directors for FSK since 2011 and serves on the board of trustees of K-FIT and K-FITS. . Mr. Hagan was also a member of the board of directors of FSKR until the Merger. He is a co-founder of Hawk Capital Partners, a private equity firm, where he currently serves as managing partner, and has served in such capacity since December 2014. Prior to co-founding Hawk Capital Partners, Mr. Hagan served as the President of LifeShield, Inc. (“LifeShield”), from June 2013 to May 2014, a leading wireless home security company which was acquired by and became a division of DirecTV in 2013. He previously served as the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of LifeShield from December 2009 to May 2013. Prior to his employment by LifeShield, Mr. Hagan served as Chairman of NutriSystem, Inc. (“NutriSystem”), from 2002 to November 2008, as Chief Executive Officer of NutriSystem from 2002 to May 2008 and as President of NutriSystem from July 2006 to September 2007. Prior to joining NutriSystem, Mr. Hagan was the co-founder of Verticalnet Inc. (“Verticalnet”) and held a number of executive positions at Verticalnet since its founding in 1995, including Chairman of the board from 2002 to 2005, President and Chief Executive Officer from 2001 to 2002, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from 2000 to 2001 and Senior Vice President prior to that time. Mr. Hagan has served on the board of directors of NutriSystem since February 2021, and from 2012 to 2019, where he presided in the role of Chairman of the Board. Mr. Hagan previously served as a director of NutriSystem from 2002 to November 2008, Verticalnet from 1995 to January 2008 and Actua Corporation (formerly known as ICG Group, Inc.) from June 2007 to February 2018. Mr. Hagan also served as a member of the board of trustees of American Financial Realty Trust from 2003 to June 2007. Mr. Hagan holds a B.S. in Accounting from Saint Joseph’s University and he is an inactive Certified Public Accountant.

Jeffrey K. Harrow

Jeffrey K. Harrow has served on the board of directors for FSK since 2010 and serves on the board of trustees for K-FIT and K-FITS. . Mr. Harrow was also a member of the board of directors of FSKR until the Merger. Mr. Harrow previously served as Co-Chairman of Sparks Marketing Group, Inc. (“Sparks”), a global brand experience agency, from 2001 to 2023. Prior to joining Sparks, Mr. Harrow served as President and Chief Executive Officer of CMPExpress.com from 1999 to 2000. Mr. Harrow created the strategy that allowed CMPExpress.com to move from a Business-to-Consumer marketplace into the Business-to-Business sector. In 2000, Mr. Harrow successfully negotiated the sale of CMPExpress.com to Cyberian Outpost (NASDAQ ticker: COOL). From 1982 through 1998, Mr. Harrow was the President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Travel One, a national travel management company. Mr. Harrow was responsible for growing the company from a single office location to more than 100 offices in over 40 cities and to its rank as the 6th largest travel management company in the United States. Under his sales strategy, annual revenues grew from $8 million to just under $1 billion. During this time, Mr. Harrow purchased nine travel companies in strategic cities to complement Travel One’s organic growth. In 1998, Mr. Harrow and his partners sold Travel One to American Express. Mr. Harrow’s past directorships include service as a Director of the Dean’s Board of Advisors of The George Washington University School of Business. Mr. Harrow is a graduate of The George Washington University School of Government and Business Administration, where he received his B.B.A. in 1979.

Jerel A. Hopkins

Jerel A. Hopkins has served on the board of directors for FSK since 2018 and serves on the board of trustees for K-FIT and K-FITS. Mr. Hopkins was also a member of the board of directors of FSKR until the Merger.  Mr. Hopkins has served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Hershey Trust Company since 2023. Prior, Mr. Hopkins served as a Managing Director and Associate General Counsel of Delaware Management Holdings, Inc., a diversified asset management firm and an affiliate of Macquarie, from November 2004 to July 2023. Mr. Hopkins served as an attorney in the corporate and securities department of the law firm Klehr Harrison from January 2000 to November 2004. Mr. Hopkins served as counsel in the division of enforcement and litigation of the Pennsylvania Securities Commission from August 1997 to December 1999 and as lead counsel of the internet fraud unit from January 1999 to December 1999. In addition, Mr. Hopkins served as special counsel on behalf of the Pennsylvania Securities Commission to the North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc. from January 1999 to December 1999. Mr. Hopkins has also served on the board of trustees of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine from February 2012 until 2024, most recently as Vice Chairman of the Board. Mr. Hopkins received his B.S. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and his J.D. from Villanova University School of Law.

Osagie Imasogie

James H. Kropp

Elizabeth J. Sandler

Elizabeth Sandler has served on the board of directors for FSK since 2019 and serves on the board of trustees of K-FIT and K-FITS. Ms. Sandler was also a member of the board of directors of FSKR until the Merger. Ms. Sandler is the founder and has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Echo Juliette, a consultant and adviser on workplace investments spanning executive coaching, employee productivity and physical space, since January 2019. Ms. Sandler is Chief Operating Officer at the luxury hospitality owner, Mohari Hospitality. She is a seasoned senior executive with 25 years of experience as a Head of Strategy and Chief Operating Officer of multi-national divisions of global financial services organizations. Most recently, Ms. Sandler was a COO for Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies (BREDS), the private equity firm’s $30 billion AUM real estate debt fund, mortgage REIT (NYSE: BXMT) and real estate securities hedge fund business. Before Blackstone, Ms. Sandler spent 16 years at Deutsche Bank as COO of Group Risk and a member of the Bank’s Global Operating Committee. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, she worked at a number of companies in the financial services industry. Ms. Sandler received a B.A. from Duke University and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.