John Michael Harlow

John Michael Harlow, JD, one of Harbright’s three founding partners, is a seasoned executive and legal counselor with extensive experience in corporate growth and regulatory affairs. He holds a Juris Doctor from Louisiana State University and a Master of Business Administration from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. John Michael is a Fuqua Scholar.  As […]

Robert Ross

Robert Earl Ross, one of Harbright’s three founding partners, is a successful business executive with a broad background of management responsibilities – engineering, business development, strategy, accounting, and finance – and experience raising early-stage capital for several companies. He holds undergraduate degrees in Electrical & Computer Engineering and Mathematics from Duke University and a Master […]

John Leachman

John Leachman is a veteran finance and sales executive and one of Harbright’s three founding partners. At Harbright, John has led or co-led med tech investments in Ascyrus (acquired by CryoLife), SonoVascular, VQ Biomedical, Agilix Health, Deep Blue Medical, PLU Ophthalmic, and Lumata. His board involvement includes serving on the board of Flux Hybrids, previously […]

John Michael Harlow

Founder

John Michael is a successful executive and one of Harbright’s three founding partners. John Michael holds both JD (LSU) and MBA (Duke) degrees. As Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel, he helped build Affordable Care from 65 dental practices in 16 states to 175 offices in 38 states with 1,400 total staff. Affordable Care exited to private equity in 2011. John Michael is Harbright’s managing partner and conducts the firm’s legal and regulatory affairs.

John Michael has raised three wonderful daughters with his wife, Donna. They reside in Clayton, NC.

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