LEXCAP GROUP

Kelly L. Southall — Founder & Advisor

Kelly Southall is the architect behind LexCap Group, a transaction advisory firm focused on off-market deals across niche sectors and asset classes—anchored by a premier presence in the U.S. bourbon barrel trade. With over twenty-five years in corporate finance and structured dealmaking, he has earned a reputation for precision, discretion, and results in markets where timing and execution define success.

Before founding LexCap, Mr. Southall led two boutique investment banks focused on early-stage and lower-middle-market opportunities, following a tenure with IBM and a fellowship in the U.S. Senate.

Educated through executive programs at both Chicago’s Booth and Northwestern’s Kellogg, he continues to advise clients on strategies that turn investment-grade assets into liquidity and measurable outcomes—positioning LexCap at the forefront of collateralized financings, M&A, and alternative transactions.

At LexCap, Mr. Southall directs an asset-smart platform that unites traditional markets with the expanding world of alternative assets, off-market deals, and niche opportunities—delivering tangible value and performance beyond conventional markets. His work defines LexCap’s hallmark approach: transaction-focused, access-driven, and predictably engineered for real-world results.

Don Rodgers — Industry Pioneer & Advisor

Mr. Rodgers is a Kentucky original—one of the early pioneers of the modern bourbon barrel trade and a former Corporate Controller for Jim Beam, the world’s leading Kentucky bourbon producer. With nearly five decades inside America’s most valuable spirits market, he brings unmatched clarity to how value is built, protected, and multiplied over time.

At LexCap, Mr. Rodgers anchors our bourbon barrel transactions—bringing dealmaking precision and insider access to every engagement. His distinguished credentials span strategic advisory and high-value executions throughout the bourbon trade, serving as a trusted intermediary between producers, sellers and qualified buyers. Whether on the domestic or international front, Mr. Rodgers navigates the intricate bourbon landscape with an instinct refined over a lifetime in the industry.

A former Moonshine University faculty member, he was tapped to share his deep experience in finance and distillation strategies with the next generation of distilleries and industry leaders. Today, Mr. Rodgers stands as one of America’s most trusted brokers—LexCap’s in-house bourbon authority and a driving force behind barrel transactions that bridge legacy production with modern investment strategy.

Larry A. Camp — Vice President & Advisor

Larry A. Camp brings over twenty-five years of corporate-finance, operations, and strategic-advisory experience to LexCap Group. His distinguished career includes serving as Chief Financial Officer for a NYSE-listed subsidiary of Reader’s Digest Association, where he modernized financial-reporting infrastructure and guided compliance through SEC and Sarbanes-Oxley standards.

Mr. Camp’s expertise spans the full credit and finance spectrum—budgeting, forecasting, cash management, compliance, and the structuring of Specialty Credit and trade-finance transactions. He has held senior roles including Controller, Director of Taxation and Auditing, and Treasurer, providing disciplined oversight to both private and public enterprises navigating growth and transformation.

At LexCap, Mr. Camp serves as Vice President and Advisor applying a seasoned balance of financial discipline and transactional insight to debt financings and buy-sell engagements. His experience extends across retail, consumer, e-commerce, industrial, and manufacturing producers—including international catalog and supply-chain operations—where he has executed business-development and trade transactions with buyers and sellers throughout Europe, Spain, and Eastern markets.

A Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Financial Planner (CFP), Mr. Camp holds a B.S. in Accounting from Richard Stockton State College and a B.S. from MERU University in Switzerland..

Mackenzie Scott — Vice President

Mackenzie Scott brings a rare blend of deal execution, digital strategy, and transaction fluency to LexCap’s advisory platform. Drawing on her refined acumen in fine-art advisory and the whiskey industry, she offers a unique lens into value creation, alternative markets, and asset appreciation—qualities that amplify LexCap’s investment-driven engine.

Before joining LexCap, Ms. Scott advised boutique firms and private clients across retail, consumer, collectibles, spirits, and transaction-driven sectors—guiding initiatives from concept to close, with a dedication to real-world, strategic results. Her proficiency managing complex executions at pace and scale sharpened an instinct for decisive outcomes—skills she now exemplifies inside LexCap’s fast-moving arena.

At LexCap, Ms. Scott leads initiatives and orchestrates strategies that support the firm’s operations and active pipeline across Alternative Assets, Strategic Credit, and M&A Advisory. She serves as the connective force between investors, operators, and brands in the acquisition and sale of non-traditional, off-market assets and alternative transactions that deliver predictable value and returns within today's investment portfolios.