ACG Global, ACG Kentucky announce board leadership

CHICAGO and LOUISVILLE – Association for Corporate Growth® (ACG), the global dealmaking network, announced annual leadership changes in its Global Board of Directors with a new chairman, five new members, and new appointments to its executive committee, and ACG Kentucky announced its 2019-20 board.

ACG’s Global Board is comprised of 27 directors, including five officers. Board members are nominated by their peers or their ACG chapter, vetted by the nomination committee, and serve an initial three-year term.  ACG Kentucky’s John Sweeney,

Managing Director, Hilliard Lyons Business Owner Solutions, continues to serve as one of eight directors representing ACG chapters.

Martin Okner, President & COO of the hair care company dpHUE and a member of ACG New York, will succeed as Chairman and lead the ACG Global Board of Directors in 2019-2020. Okner, who previously served as the Vice Chairman of ACG Global, President of ACG New York and the Chairman of ACG Global’s Public Policy Committee, has extensive leadership experience in the middle market and in private capital.

“The middle market is the single largest contributor of growth in U.S. jobs and accounts for more than half of the 51.8 million jobs created since the financial crisis,” Okner said. “As we head into a presidential election year, and face uncertainties that can negatively impact markets and the rate of global economic growth, it’s as important as ever for ACG to educate the public and policymakers about the importance of private capital.”

Sweeney is a director on the 2019-20 ACG Kentucky board, which added Daniel E. Fisher, Partner, Bingham Greenbaum Doll.

The board's 2019-20 leadership lineup is comprised of:

• Brad Smith, Managing Partner, MCM CPAs and Advisors (President)
• Bill Strench, Member, Frost Brown Todd (Secretary)
• Matt Berrian, Director, BKD CPAs and Advisors
• Ken Berryman, Managing Partner, Weller Equity Partners
• Dan Fisher, Member, Bingham Greenebaum Doll 
• Vernon Foster, Executive Director.: MBA Programs, Career Mgmt. & PR, Univesity of Louisville College of Business 
• Darrin McCauley, Senior Vice President, Old National Bank
• Matt Saltzman, Director of Strategic Advisory Services, Strothman and Co.
• Warren Stallard, VP Business Strategy and Development, HR and Business Process Outsourcing, ADP
• John Sweeney, Managing Director, Hilliard Lyons Business Owner Solutions 
• Jack White, Partner, Todd Asset Management
• Administrator - Terry McWilliams, President, Mozaic Investor Relations, Inc.

The 8 Executive Members on the ACG Global Board are joined by 11 at-large directors and 8 chapter representatives. In addition to Okner, the executive board members are:

• Vice Chairman of the Board: Brent Baxter, Managing Director, Nolan & Associates, ACG St. Louis
• Chairman of Finance: Steven Castino, Shareholder, Vestal & Wiler, CPAs, ACG Orlando
• Corporate Secretary: Andrew Apfelberg, Partner, Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP, ACG Los Angeles
• Past Chairman of the Board: Angela MacPhee, Partner, Baker Tilly, ACG Denver
• John Connery, Shareholder & Corporate Tax Group Co-Chairman, Hill Ward Henderson, ACG Tampa Bay
• Josh Hollingsworth, Attorney, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, ACG Indiana
• Jeff Noland, COO & CFO, DartPoints, LLC, ACG Dallas

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Media Contacts:

ACG Global 

Karen Craven

Association for Corporate Growth

(773) 230-8785

kcraven@acg.org

ACG Kentucky

Terry McWIlliams

(502)410-2113

acgkentucky@gmail.com

About ACG Kentucky

ACG Kentucky fosters corporate growth in Kentucky, Southern Indiana and the surrounding region through its ecosystem of investment bankers, private equity firms, bankers, attorneys, accountants, risk management and support professionals. Its  events offer expert insight on capital issues and important business trends, while connecting members for deal sourcing and business development. The chapter was founded in 2008. For more information on membership and upcoming programs, visit www.acg.org/kentucky.

About Association for Corporate Growth

Founded in 1954, ACG has 59 chapters across the globe. ACG’s worldwide network comprises 90,000 professionals within the middle market, including 14,500 members who serve as the investors, lenders, owners, executives, and advisers to growing middle-market companies. ACG’s mission is to drive middle-market growth. The organization’s official publication, Middle Market Growth®, highlights stories important to the ACG membership. For more information about ACG, please visit www.acg.org. For information about Middle Market Growth, please visit www.middlemarketgrowth.org.