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SPONSOR DIRECTORY
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2016-2017 ACG Sponsors
Primary Contact
Diamond Sponsor
Eisner Amper
Philip DeRosa [email protected]
Platinum Sponsors
Aon
Ed Cronin [email protected]
Bernstein Global Wealth Management
Scott Nevins [email protected]
Blum Shapiro
Mark Campbell [email protected]
FML
Kevin Donovan [email protected]
Insperity Laura Burkett [email protected]
M&T Bank Sam Tingley [email protected]
Robinson & Cole
Eric Dale [email protected]
Wiggin and Dana
Bill Perrone [email protected]
Gold Sponsors
Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey Aileen Slack
[email protected]
Carter Morse & Mathias
Ramsey Goodrich [email protected]
Citizens Bank Mick McDonough
[email protected]
Day Pitney
Scott Beach [email protected]
Keybank NA
Bruce Rogers [email protected]
Marcum Darlene Lee [email protected]
PHK O'Connor Davies
Bruce Blasnik [email protected]
People's United Bank
Gregory Pignataro [email protected]
RSM Mike Archer [email protected]
Shipman & Goodwin
Jim Schulwolf [email protected]
Webster Bank
Christopher Miller [email protected]
Membership Sponsor
Cohn Reznick
Chris Aroh [email protected]
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DIAMOND SPONSOR
DIAMONDSPONSOR
EisnerAmper LLP Philip DeRosa Managing Director EisnerAmper LLP
One Stamford Plaza Stamford, CT 06901 203.210.0500
[email protected] www.eisneramper.com, EisnerAmper LLP
is a premier, full-service accounting, audit, tax, and
administration firm with global capabilities. EisnerAmper has led
the way in establishing and building a highly trained and dedicated
team for asset management firms and the investment advisors
responsible for them. Our professionals have experience and
expertise in the intricacies of the regulatory and tax environment,
the valuation of complex financial instruments and the challenges
of maintaining strong accounting and investment controls. The
professionals of EisnerAmper have a decades-long service record to
the financial services industry, giving us an understanding of the
problems you face on a daily basis, as well as the ability to
provide practical solutions."
mailto:[email protected]://www.eisneramper.com/
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PLATINUM SPONSORS
PLATINUM SPONSOR
Aon Edward C. Cronin (Ed) Executive Vice President Aon Risk
Services, Inc. of Connecticut 1600 Summer Street Stamford, CT 06905
Phone: 203 326-3490 Cell: 914-643-7293 [email protected]
www.aon.com Aon plc is the leading global provider of risk
management, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, and human
resources solutions and outsourcing services.
PLATINUM SPONSOR
Bernstein Global Wealth Management Scott C. Nevins Principal
Bernstein Global Wealth Management 1345 6th Avenue, New York, NY
10105 212-756-4259 [email protected] www.bernstein.com
Bernstein Global Wealth Management, a unit of AllianceBernstein,
has focused solely on research and investment management for more
than 45 years. We offer a full range of investment services in all
the world’s major markets, and we centralize portfolio management
to ensure that all of our clients benefit from the firm’s best
investing ideas. By integrating our investment services with
sophisticated planning tools, we help the individuals and families,
business owners, family trusts and foundations, and other financial
guardians we serve build and preserve wealth across generations. As
a financial advisor and discretionary money manager, we are bound
by a fiduciary responsibility to our clients. Our mission is to
help them limit risk and reach their goals across market
cycles."
mailto:[email protected]://www.aon.com/mailto:[email protected]://www.bernstein.com/
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PLATINUM SPONSOR
BlumShapiro Mark Campbell Partner BlumShapiro 2 Enterprise
Drive, Suite 302 Shelton, CT 06484 (203) 944-8673
[email protected] www.blumshapiro.com BlumShapiro is the
largest regional certified public accounting, tax and business
consulting firm based in New England with CPA firm offices in West
Hartford CT, Shelton CT, Boston MA, Quincy MA, Newton MA and
Providence RI. Our accounting, audit, tax and consulting expertise,
coupled with focused industry experience, enables us to better
customize solutions to each organization’s unique needs.
Specializations relevant to ACG include Private Equity and
Transaction Support Services, Business Valuation and Strategic
Planning and Operational Excellence."
PLATINUM SPONSOR
Fiondella, Milone & LaSaracina Kevin M. Donovan Partner
Fiondella, Milone & LaSaracina 300 Winding Brook Drive
Glastonbury, CT 06033 860-657-3651 [email protected]
www.fmlcpas.com FML is a regional public accounting firm
headquartered in Glastonbury, Connecticut, with additional offices
in Stamford, New Haven and Bristol, CT, and provides professional
assurance, tax and business advisory services to a wide range of
clients and industries throughout the Northeast.
mailto:[email protected]://www.blumshapiro.com/mailto:[email protected]://www.fmlcpas.com/
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PLATINUM SPONSOR
Insperity Laura A. Burkett, MBA, CBPA District Manager 1
Manhattanville Road Suite 105 Purchase, NY 10577 OFFICE:
914-539-3210 | MOBILE: 646-761-5896 | FAX: 914-539-3237
www.insperity.com/laura.burkett [email protected]
We're committed to helping you succeed More than 28 years ago,
Insperity® CEO Paul Sarvadi envisioned making business owners'
lives easier by taking HR and administrative burdens off their
plates. So he decided to start a company with little more than 600
square feet of space and one telephone. Since then, Insperity has
grown as a result of helping clients reach their goals. Our
business model is simple: We're dedicated to helping businesses
succeed by taking care of the things that could be distracting you
from the bigger picture. We do this by helping you control
expenses, minimize risk exposure and maximize your opportunities
for revenue generation.
PLATINUM SPONSOR
M&T Bank Mr. Samuel B. Tingley Vice President- Group Manager
Ct. M&T Bank Corporation 501 Merritt 7 5th Floor Norwalk CT,
06851 www.mtb.com Commercial Bank
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http://www.insperity.com/laura.burkettmailto:[email protected]://www.mtb.com/
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PLATINUM SPONSOR
Robinson + Cole LLP Eric J. Dale Partner Robinson + Cole LLP
1055 Washington Boulevard Stamford, CT 06901 203-462-7500
[email protected] www.rc.com The pressure to act quickly, move
strategically, and meet financial targets has never been greater
than in today's business world. Whether you are a CFO, a PE general
partner, or a serial entrepreneur, your mind is constantly on high
alert: how will you make the best strategic investments, stay ahead
of complex regulatory and government changes, mitigate the growing
risk of data security breaches, or deal with ethics and compliance
issues? Robinson+Cole's corporate lawyers understand your pain
points and work hard to alleviate them. We make sure we understand
not only how you prefer to handle your legal matters but also how
your business operates, your stake in the market, and your
long-term business objectives. This approach helps us to
efficiently resolve your current matters, anticipate your future
needs, and guide you to minimize or manage your business risk.
Annually, we handle an aggregate value of approximately $2 billion
in transactions that span the continent and cross international
borders. Our deep industry knowledge includes diverse sectors, and
our offices are strategically positioned, with a footprint that
covers the finance, technology, and research-rich corridor from New
York to Boston. Whether you are a Fortune 100 multinational with a
large in-house legal department, a fast-track emerging company, or
a financial sponsor, our full-service team can assist you with your
critical corporate needs.
PLATINUM SPONSOR
Wiggin and Dana LLP William A. Perrone Partner, Wiggin and Dana
LLP Two Stamford Plaza 281 Tresser Boulevard Stamford, CT
203-363-7604 [email protected] www.wiggin.com Wiggin and Dana is
a full-service law firm with 150 lawyers that represents clients
throughout the country and abroad from our offices in Connecticut,
New York and Pennsylvania. Wiggin and Dana provides a broad range
of legal services to meet the needs of our diverse client base. Our
clients include publicly traded companies, private equity and
venture backed companies, entrepreneurs and emerging growth
companies, hospitals and other health care organizations,
universities, real estate developers, financial institutions,
museums, charitable organizations and individuals.
mailto:[email protected]://www.rc.com/mailto:[email protected]://www.wiggin.com/
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GOLD SPONSORS
GOLD SPONSOR
Carmody Torrance Sandak Hennessey LLP Aileen Slack Legal and
Marketing Assistant 707 Summer Street, Suite 300 Stamford,
Connecticut 06901 203-425-4200 [email protected]
www.carmodylaw.com
Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP is a
Connecticut-based law firm serving a wide range of businesses,
utilities, governmental entities and individuals. With more than 75
attorneys and offices in New Haven, Stamford, Waterbury and
Southbury, we practice in nearly 30 specific areas of law, with
each lawyer skilled in multiple related areas of practice.
GOLD SPONSOR
Carter Morse & Mathias Ramsey W. Goodrich Managing Director
& Partner Carter Morse & Mathias 167 Old Post Road
Southport, CT 06890 203-349-8375 [email protected]
www.cartermorse.com Founded in 1987, Carter Morse & Mathias
based in Southport, Connecticut, is a full service
investment-banking boutique that provides the highest quality
corporate finance advisory services to outstanding closely-held
entrepreneurial and middle-market companies. CMM provides a full
range of investment banking services, including sell-side advisory,
raising capital, buy-side advisory, and valuation services. CMM is
also a charter member of AICA, an international network of M&A
professionals in over 20 countries across the Americas, Europe,
Asia and the Middle East. CMM's Broker/Dealer affiliate, Carter
Capital Corporation, is a FINRA member firm registered with the SEC
and SIPC. For more than 27 years, CMM professionals have helped
hundreds of business owners to conceive, initiate, structure and
close M&A and financing transactions.
mailto:[email protected]://www.carmodylaw.com/mailto:[email protected]://www.cartermorse.com/
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GOLD SPONSOR
Citizens Mick McDonough VP Business Development Citizens Bank 1
First Stamford Place Stamford CT, 06902
[email protected] www.citizensbank.com
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. is an American bank headquartered
in Providence, Rhode Island, which operates in the states of
Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont.As
of 2015, Citizens is the 13th-largest bank in the United States,
and operates more than 1,200 branches and approximately 3,200 ATMs
across 11 states under the Citizens Bank brand.
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GOLD SPONSOR
Day Pitney R. (Scott) Scott Beach Partner Day Pitney 24 Field
Point Road Greenwich, CT 06830 203-977-7336 [email protected]
www.daypitney.com Day Pitney is a leading full-service U.S. law
firm with close to 300 lawyers and a long-standing reputation for
superior client service and high-value legal representation. With
nine offices throughout the Northeast and mid-Atlantic, we are
well-positioned to provide national and international clients with
results-based representation and forward-thinking solutions for
complex transactions, regulatory matters and litigation. Our
clients include Fortune 100 private and public companies and
financial institutions, governmental entities, investment funds,
state pension funds, private-equity backed companies and high net
and ultra high net individuals and families. Day Pitney lawyers
have extensive experience representing private equity and venture
capital funds, as well as independent sponsors and family offices,
in all aspects of their operations and investment activities.
Members of our Private Equity Group have also served as general
counsel and as operating executives within private equity firms and
their portfolio companies across a broad array of industries. This
depth of operational experience enables us to provide practical
advice on the formation and structuring of new investment vehicles,
the governance and operation of funds, and the acquisition,
management and disposition of portfolio companies through our
General Counsel Services program. Day Pitney’s culture places great
value on innovation, accessibility, diversity and transparency —
characteristics that enable us to anticipate our client’s needs and
instill confidence that we are doing the best job possible
negotiating and advocating on their behalf.
mailto:[email protected]://www.citizensbank.com/mailto:[email protected]://www.daypitney.com/
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GOLD SPONSOR
KeyBank Bruce W. Rogers Regional Director KeyBank 40 Richards
Avenue, Fifth Floor Norwalk, CT 06854 203-854-3406
[email protected] www.keybank.com KeyBank's (NYSE: KEY)
roots trace back 190 years to Albany, New York. Headquartered
in
Cleveland, Ohio, Key is one of the nation’s largest bank-based
financial services companies,
with assets of approximately $136 billion at September 30, 2016.
Key provides deposit, lending,
cash management, insurance, and investment services to
individuals and businesses in 15
states under the name KeyBank National Association through a
network of more than 1,200
branches and more than 1,500 ATMs. Key also provides a broad
range of sophisticated
corporate and investment banking products, such as merger and
acquisition advice, public and
private debt and equity, syndications and derivatives to middle
market companies in selected
industries throughout the United States under the KeyBanc
Capital Markets trade name. For
more information, visit https://www.key.com/. KeyBank is Member
FDIC.
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GOLD SPONSOR
Marcum LLP Darlene Lee Practice Development Manager 35 Mason
Street, Suite 1D Greenwich, CT 06830 P: (203) 781-9822 C: (203)
970-7176 F: (203) 781-9801 [email protected]
www.marcumllp.com Marcum LLP is one of the largest independent
public accounting and advisory services firms in the nation, with
offices in major business markets throughout the U.S., Grand Cayman
and China. Headquartered in New York City, Marcum provides a full
spectrum of traditional tax, accounting and assurance services;
advisory, valuation and litigation support; and an extensive range
of specialty and niche industry practices. The Firm serves both
privately held and publicly traded companies, as well as high net
worth individuals, private equity and hedge funds, with a focus on
middle-market companies and closely held family businesses. Marcum
is a member of the Marcum Group, an organization providing a
comprehensive array of professional services.
mailto:[email protected]://www.keybank.com/https://www.key.com/mailto:[email protected]://www.marcumllp.com/
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GOLD SPONSOR
O'Connor Davies, LLP Bruce Blasnik Partner O'Connor Davies, LLP
3001 Summer Street - 5ht Floor East Stamford, CT 06905 203-323-2400
[email protected] www.odpkf.com O'Connor Davies, LLP is a full
service Certified Public Accounting and consulting firm that has a
long service of serving clients both domestically and
internationally. With roots tracing to 1891, seven offices in New
York, New Jersey and Connecticut, and more than 500 professionals,
led by 85 partners, the firm provides a complete range of
accounting, auditing and advisory services.
GOLD SPONSOR
People's United Bank Gregory Pignataro Vice President of
Business Development People's United Bank,One Financial Plaza
Hartford, CT 06103 860-993-7540 [email protected]
www.peoples.com Regional commercial bank. People's United is a $32
billion asset regional bank based in Bridgeport, CT. Our core
commercial banking platform includes Financing (Commercial &
Industrial, Asset-Based, Real Estate, Mortgage Warehousing and
Equipment Leasing), Derivatives, Treasury Management,
International, Insurance, Payroll, Corporate Card and Merchant
Services.
mailto:[email protected]://www.odpkf.com/mailto:[email protected]://www.peoples.com/
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GOLD SPONSOR
RSM Mike Archer
Partner
850 Canal Street, 4th Floor
Stamford, CT 06902
203-327-3112
[email protected]
www.rsmus.com
RSM US LLP is the leading provider of audit, tax and consulting
services focused on the middle
market, with more than 8,000 people in 80 offices nationwide. It
is a licensed CPA firm and the
U.S. member of RSM International, a global network of
independent audit, tax and consulting
firms with more than 37,000 people in over 110 countries. RSM
uses its deep understanding of
the needs and aspirations of clients to help them succeed. For
more information, like us on
Facebook, follow us on Twitter @RSMUSLLP, connect with us on
LinkedIn, and/or on YouTube.
GOLD SPONSOR
Shipman & Goodwin LLP James C. Schulwolf Partner Shipman
& Goodwin LLP 1 Constitution Plaza Hartford, CT 06103
860-251-5949 [email protected] www.shipmangoodwin.com
We are a full-service law firm uniquely suited to meet the needs
of middle market companies and their capital providers. We offer
sophisticated and cost-effective representation in areas such as
general corporate counseling, debt and equity finance, mezzanine
finance, M&A, tax, benefits, export controls, and international
trade regulation.
mailto:[email protected]://www.rsmus.com/mailto:[email protected]://www.shipmangoodwin.com/
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GOLD SPONSOR
Webster Bank, N.A Christopher Miller Vice President Webster
Bank, N.A. 281 Tresser Blvd. Stamford, CT 06903 203-328-8137
[email protected] www.websteronline.com Webster Bank, N.A.
(NYSE: WBS) is one of the largest independent banks headquartered
in New England with $21 billion in assets. Webster’s Sponsor &
Specialty Finance Group focuses on providing cash-flow based,
senior secured debt solutions to middle-market companies with
EBITDA between $5 and $30 million backed by private equity capital.
The Group provides a consistent source of capital with over $2
billion of current commitments and will underwrite up to $100+
million in Lead, co-lead, sole lender, and “Club” arrangements.
mailto:[email protected]://www.websteronline.com/
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NEW MEMBER RECEPTIONS SPONSOR
CohnReznick, LLP Christopher Aroh Partner CohnReznick LLP 180
Glastonbury Boulevard Glastonbury/CT/06033 860-368-5284
[email protected] www.cohnreznick.com With origins
dating back to 1919, CohnReznick LLP is the 10th largest
accounting, tax, and advisory firm in the United States, combining
the resources and technical expertise of a national firm with the
hands-on, entrepreneurial approach that today's dynamic business
environment demands. CohnReznick serves a large number of diverse
industries and offers specialized services for Fortune 1000
companies, private equity groups, owner-managed firms,
international enterprises, government agencies, not-for-profit
organizations, and other key market sectors. Headquartered in New
York, NY, CohnReznick serves its clients with more than 280
partners, 2,500 employees, and 26 offices. The Firm is a member of
Nexia International, a global network of independent accountancy,
tax, and business advisors. For more information, visit
www.cohnreznick.com.
mailto:[email protected]://www.cohnreznick.com/