Acquire or Be Acquired Conference 2023 | Bank Director | 29 January 2023 | JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa, 5350 E Marriott Dr, Phoenix, AZ 85054, USA

Bank Director’s Acquire or Be Acquired Conference provides senior leadership teams with numerous opportunities to network with peers that share an interest in exploring financial growth opportunities, strategic initiatives and business partnerships. Entering its 29th year, this annual conference is widely regarded as the industry’s premier strategy event for a bank’s CEO, board of directors and their executive team seeking new growth opportunities.

2023 Speakers

Michelle King, President
Bank Director & FinXTech

Laura Schield
Chief Operating Officer, Bank Director & FinXTech

Thomas Michaud
President & CEO, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, A Stifel Company

David Sandler
Co-Head & Managing Director, Investment Banking Financial Services Group, Piper Sandler & Co.

Steve Williams
President & Partner, Cornerstone Advisors, Inc.

Robert Fleetwood
Partner, Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP

Al Laufenberg
Managing Director, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, A Stifel Company

Craig Mancinotti
Senior Managing Director, Hovde Group, LLC

Rick Maroney
Senior Managing Director, Hovde Group, LLC

Josh McNulty
Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Beth Whitaker
Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Brittany Decker
Head of BIN Sponsorship, Visa USA Inc.

John Behringer
Partner, RSM US LLP

Britney Pope
AVP of Strategic Solutions, nCino

Robert Klingler
Partner, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

John Roddy
Head of Financial Services Investment Banking, Raymond James Financial, Inc.

Matt Veneri
Head of Investment Banking, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC

Robert Azarow
Partner, Arnold & Porter

Eric Corrigan
Senior Managing Director & Head of the Financial Institutions Group, Commerce Street Capital, LLC

Mandi Simpson
Partner, Crowe LLP

Sean O’Neal
Principal, Chartwell Partners

Scott Petty
Managing Partner, Chartwell Partners

Mikelle Brady
Partner, Profit Resources Inc.

Mike Holt
Partner, Profit Resources Inc.

Tom Loffredio
Head of Business Development, Derivative Path, Inc.

Jonathan Littlewood
SVP, Chief Lending Officer, First Keystone Community Bank

Mac Thompson
President & Founder, White Clay

Anthony Eppert
Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Brian Marek
Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Ken Levey
Managing Director, Empyrean Solutions, LLC

Bryan Ridgway
Director, Performance Management Solutions, Empyrean Solutions, LLC

Naomi Snyder
Editor-in-Chief, Bank Director

Curtis Carpenter
Senior Managing Director, Hovde Group, LLC

Laura Hay
Lead Consultant, Meridian Compensation Partners, LLC

Susan O’Donnell
Partner, Meridian Compensation Partners, LLC

Daniel Haisley
EVP of Innovation, Apiture

Gary Svec
Managing Director, Investment Banking, Performance Trust Capital Partners, LLC

Jason Rader
National Industry Leader, Financial Services, FORVIS

Dennis Devine
President & CEO, Alliant Credit Union

Frank Sorrentino
Chair & CEO, ConnectOne Bank

Carson Lappetito
President, Sunwest Bank

Howard Makler
Founder & CEO, Innovation Refunds

Derik Sutton
Chief Marketing Officer, Autobooks

Jill Cetina
Associate Managing Director, Financial Institutional Group, Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

Rita Sahu
VP, Senior Credit Officer, Financial Institutions Group, Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

Frank Smith
SVP, Deposit Operations Administrator, Republic Bank of Arizona

Mike Kennedy
Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Green Check Verified

Scott Brown
Partner, Luse Gorman, PC

Lawrence Spaccasi
Partner, Luse Gorman, PC

Nikhil Lakhanpal
Co-Founder, Narmi Inc.

Gary Bronstein
Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Frank (Rusty) Conner
III, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP

Frank Sorrentino
Managing Director, Stephens Inc.

MODERATORS:

Jim McAlpin
Board Member, Bank Director

Al Dominick
Board Member, Bank Director

Nathaniel Harley
CEO & Co-founder, MANTL

Jack Milligan
Editor-at-Large, Bank Director

Lexie Grindstaff
Director of Business Development, Bank Director

2023 Sponsors

• Able
• Active Digital
• Agent IQ
• Alkami
• Alloy
• Apiture
• Arnold & Porter
• Autobooks
• Bakerhill
• Bakertilly
• Banzai
• Barack Ferrazzano
• BHG Financial
• BMO
• Bright Fi
• CDW
• Chartwell Partners
• Chatham Financial
• CLA
• Commerce Street
• Community Capital
• Compliance Systems
• Continental
• Cornerstone
• Covington
• Crowe
• CSI
• DA Davidson
• DCG
• DavisPolk
• Derivative Path
• Docfox
• Elavon
• Empyrean Solutions
• Investnet
• Fenimore kay Harrison
• FHL Bank
• FI Navigator
• Forvis
• Green Check
• HC3
• Hovde Group
• Hunton Andrews Kurth
• Innovation Refunds
• Intellicredit
• IntraFi
• Jack Henry
• Janney
• K&L Gates
• KBRA
• KBW
• Key State
• Kil Patrick
• KlariVis
• Lemonade LXP
• Luse Gorman
• Mantl
• Marquis
• Marstone
• Mastercard
• Mercer Capital
• Meridian
• Moodys Analytics
• Moodys Investors Services
• Mossadams
• Narmi
• Ncino
• Nelson Mullins
• New Cleus
• NFP
• Numerated
• Nymbus
• Oaknorth
• Olsen Palmer
• On board
• OTC Markets
• Pearl Meyer
• Performance Trust
• Piper Sandler
• Plinqit
• PNC
• Profit Resources
• PWC
• Q2
• Raymond James
• Rinaldi
• RSM
• S&P Global
• SBA Complete
• Shesunoff & Co
• Shield Compliance
• Stephens Inc
• Stinson
• Strategy Corps
• Street Shares
• STG
• Tassat
• Teslar
• Valley
• VIsa
• West Monroe
• White Clay
• Zsuite Tech