Solidaris Leadership

Kristina Plauché is an accomplished operations executive with deep expertise in strategic leadership and organizational excellence. With nearly two decades of experience leading complex teams and systems, she brings a rare combination of operational rigor, financial acumen, and people-centered leadership to Solidaris Capital. Kristina Plauché’s career has been shaped by a passion for bringing people together to solve complex challenges and build high-performing organizations. With nearly two decades of leadership experience across financial services, technology, and entrepreneurship, she has earned a reputation for translating vision into sustainable operational systems, aligning teams around shared goals, and driving meaningful results. Before joining Solidaris Capital, Kristina served as Chief of Staff and Director of Product and Engineering at Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com. There, she led cross-functional product and engineering teams across mission-critical services, including real-time website backups, security scanning, and risk mitigation for millions of users worldwide. She developed a strong track record in strategic planning, scalable operations, and cross-team collaboration—all while fostering a positive, accountable culture that kept teams aligned and energized. Kristina is completing her MBA at Brigham Young University, where she has deepened her expertise in finance, operations management, and leadership strategy. Her academic foundation complements her professional background, particularly in building financial systems, enhancing investor experiences, and ensuring operational excellence in regulatory compliance. At Solidaris Capital, Kristina oversees operations with a focus on precision, scalability, and integrity. She works closely with sponsors, investors, and internal teams to ensure that every investment structure and process supports Solidaris' commitment to trust, innovation, and lasting impact. Kristina is passionate about creating environments where people can do their best work—and have fun doing it. Outside of her professional life, she actively mentors emerging leaders and is committed to fostering personal growth, strong communities, and meaningful outcomes wherever she goes.

Zach Elmer began his career working for PriceWaterhouse Coopers (PwC), auditing mutual funds, venture capital companies, and private equity companies. Zach left PwC and worked for Summit Partners, a private equity firm, as a fund accountant. At Summit, Zach managed the accounting of several private equity funds, including compiling portfolio company reporting, calling capital from investors, and creation of fund financial statements. Zach later joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as a Special Agent investigating violent crimes such as bank robberies, armored car robberies, and kidnappings. He also worked on an FBI SWAT team as an assaulter, medic, and sniper. Transitioning back to the private sector, Zach worked for small companies as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). As a CFO, he built financial teams, usually from the ground up. As a CFO in a small company, he frequently filled temporary roles, such as overseeing customer service, human resources, and warehouse fulfillment. By implementing financial processes, identifying inefficiencies, and providing risk mitigation solutions, Zach helped these companies chart a path to success.

Mr. Causey is a true Alabamian. He was born and raised there and after his military service returned there to pursue his accounting degree at The University of Alabama where he completed his bachelor’s degree in accounting in three years and in the top 2% of his class. During his tenure at The University of Alabama, its school of accountancy ranked in Top 10 in the United States. He began his career in 1976 with the largest of the Big Eight (now Big 4) CPA firms in the world where he advanced rapidly as an auditor with client responsibilities in banking, manufacturing, universities (including his alma mater), not for profit, and publicly held companies required to file with the SEC. His responsibilities also included tax filings as required. After his success in public accounting, he moved to industry where he managed the financial affairs of publicly held and privately held companies in positions from Controller to the Vice President of Finance and managed all facets of the accounting, tax, and treasury functions. With his broad experience in both public and private accounting management, in 1994 Mr. Causey decided to return to public accounting and opened his own CPA practice. He assisted small and mid-sized businesses, business owners, high net worth individuals and individuals with their audit, accounting, business and personal taxes and business management needs. The founding member and his companies that led to Solidaris were Mr. Causey’s clients beginning in 2001. He retired from his CPA practice after 30 years to join Solidaris Capital’s executive management team.

Quinn Disparte has over 15 years of experience as a tax attorney. Prior to his employment with Solidaris Capital, Mr. Disparte worked as a tax attorney for the IRS Office of Chief Counsel and as a trial attorney for the Department of Defense where he litigated defense contract disputes. Mr. Disparte also practiced tax law in private practice for many years with a prominent law firms in San Diego and Los Angeles. Mr. Disparte has given presentations on tax law topics to tax practitioners throughout Southern California. Mr. Disparte received his LL.M. in Taxation with Distinction and received Dean’s List honors from Georgetown University Law Center. He earned his Juris Doctor from Brigham Young University.