ACG Meet the Grandson of the Founder: Mike Malley, Malley's Chocolates, Hosted by YACG

Mike Malley is currently chief strategic officer, owner and operator of Malley’s Chocolate, LLC., leading operations and personnel across the specialty retailers’ 18 regional stores, e-commerce, fundraising and manufacturing facility headquartered in Brook Park, Ohio.

As grandson of company founder Albert Martin (Mike) Malley, and in partnership with his siblings, he lead the successful completion of an investment and recapitalization of the 90 year old company in February, 2023.  He serves as a third generation of family chocolatiers since its incorporation in 1935.

Malley re-joined the family business in 2012 after a progressive 23-year career in the publishing industry. He was Advertising Director and Sales Manager at Crain’s Cleveland Business before returning to chocolate, and previously held multiple executive editorial, publisher-level and sales management positions with Questex Media and Advanstar Communications, Inc. Throughout his career, Malley was recognized for leading innovations in traditional print and electronic media, and for helping business-to-business publications expand their audiences and advertising sales revenue.

Nora T. Mahoney serves as Managing Director with Carleton McKenna & Co and has experience with securities regulation, corporate governance, and broker dealer services.

Nora is primarily responsible for M&A advisory for business owners and multi-generational family-held organizations within Manufacturing, Business-to-Business Services, and Consumer Products.

She is involved in both corporate and non-profit board work and is the current Vice President for the Union Club of Cleveland.