Patrick Christopher Eilers (born September 3, 1966) is an American former professionalfootballsafety in theNational Football League (NFL) for theMinnesota Vikings,Washington Redskins, andChicago Bears. He playedcollege football at theUniversity of Notre Dame and was a member of the1988 Fighting Irish team, which won anational championship.^[1]

He graduated with degrees inbiology andmechanical engineering in 1989 and 1990, respectively from Notre Dame. Prior to attending Notre Dame, he spent his first year of university atYale, where he was a member of theYale Bulldogs football team. Furthermore, after the end of his playing career in the NFL, he earned aMaster of Business Administration fromNorthwestern University'sKellogg School of Management.^[2]

Eilers is currently the founder and managing partner of Transition Equity Partners (TEP), a private equity firm investing in energy & digital companies. Prior to founding TEP in 2020, Eilers was a managing director within BlackRock's infrastructure Investment Group, and headed the firms corporate equity and special situation investments within the conventional power industry. Prior to BlackRock, Eilers served as a managing director of Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC and oversaw its energy, power and chemicals practice. Pat worked at Madison Dearborn Partners from 1999 to 2015.

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