ACG Cleveland Announces Officers and Directors for 2018-2019

On June 12, 2018, ACG Cleveland announced the election of officers and directors for the 2018-2019 term.

ACG Cleveland would like to thank everyone who served in 2017-2018 and is excited about the upcoming year and the dynamic individuals who will serve in 2018-2019.

Here are the 2018-2019 Officers and Board of Directors members:

Executive Officers

• President – Dale Vernon, Bernstein

• President-Elect – John Grabner, Hylant Group

• Innovation Executive Chair – Rebecca White, Kenan Advantage Group, Inc.

• Marquee Events Executive Chair – Thomas Welsh, Calfee

• Programming Executive Chair – Jeffrey Fickes, Vorys

• Brand Executive Chair – Brad Kostka, Roop & Co.

• Governance Executive Chair – Peter Shelton, Benesch

• Secretary – M. Joan McCarthy, MJM Services

• Immediate Past President – Brian Kelly, PwC

Board of Directors

• Charles Aquino, Western Reserve Partners/Citizens

• Kevin Bader, MCM Capital Partners

• Tricia Balser, CIBC

• Mark Brandt, Northern Trust

• Michael Ferkovic, BDO USA

• Bryan Fialkowski, JP Morgan Chase

• Sarah Gregg, Partners Environmental Consulting

• Beth Haas, Cyprium Investment Partners

• Chris Hogan, KeyBanc Capital Markets

• Megan Horvath, Resilience Capital Partners

• Jonathan Ives, SCG Partners

• John Kramer, RPM International Inc.

• Brian Leonard, Edgewater Capital Partners

• Tom Libeg, Grant Thornton

• Martin McCormick, Huntington Mezzanine Finance Group

• Jay Moroscak, Aon Risk Solutions

• Kevin Murphy, Deloitte

• Wes Perry, ADP

• Jim Rice, Ernst & Young

• Matthew Roberts, Copper Run 

• Jeff Schwab, Oswald Companies

• Cheryl Strom, The Riverside Company

• Theodore Wagner, Bober Markey Fedorovich

• William Watkins, Harris Williams & Co.

About the Association for Corporate Growth

Founded in 1954, the Association for Corporate Growth has chapters worldwide representing 14,500 members. ACG serves 90,000 investors, executives, lenders, and advisers to growing middle-market companies. ACG’s mission is to drive middle-market growth. For more information about ACG, please visit www.acg.org.

About ACG Cleveland

ACG Cleveland, founded in 1981, consists of over 500 members throughout the Northeast Ohio region who engage in middle-market M&A activity, as well as broader corporate finance. For more information, visit www.acgcleveland.org.