Venue
The Amway Grand Plaza Hotel
The Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, 187 Monroe Avenue NW, Grand Rapids, Michigah 49503, United States

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Event Date Wed Sep 6 EDT - Thu Sep 7 EDT (over 7 years ago)
Location The Amway Grand Plaza Hotel
187 Monroe Avenue NW, Grand Rapids, Michigah 49503, United States
Region Americas
Details

The Great Lakes Capital Connection is a dynamic networking, deal-sourcing and educational event that attracts more than 1,000 investment bankers, buyers, sellers, lenders and middle market professionals-a who's who from the M&A industry.

Grand Rapids, the host city in 2017, is home to more than 130 major companies including Amway, BISSELL, Haworth, Herman Miller, Meijer, SpartanNash, Steelcase and Wolverine Worldwide. It is a world-class center for advanced manufacturing, life science innovation, agri-business, information technology and commercial design. In the past two years alone, Grand Rapids has been ranked the nation's third best place to do business (Area Development Magazine), second best place to start a business (WalletHub), the second best city to find a job (Forbes), and the best city to raise a family (Forbes).

Speakers

Kathleen Powers Dunlap -
Girls Who Invest, Inc.

Brian Hoesterey -
AEA Investors LP

Tom Izzo,
Michigan State Spartans Men's Basketball Head Coach

Brian Hoesterey -
AEA Investors LP

Jeffrey Lipsitz -
Cortec Group Management Services, LLC

John Pless -
Snow Phipps Group, LLC

Shawn Gary -
Alliance Beverage

Mark Rieth -
Atwater

Mike Stevens -
Founders Brewing

Ty Clutterbuck -
Peninsula Capital Partners

Patrick McCarthy -
JP Morgan Chase

Martin Stein -
Blackford Capital

Kip Irle -
Hylant

Val Kozikowski -
PRA Global

Matthew Missad -
Universal Forest Products

Dwight Morgan -
M. Holland Company

Sponsors & Partners

2017 SPONSORS

• PLATINUM
Donnelley Financial Sol.
PitchBook
PlanteMoran
Varnum Atty at Law
Hylant
Ottawa Venue

• GOLD
Miller Johnson
Barns & Thornburg LLP
BNY Mellon
Blue water Partners
BKD
Willis Tower Watson

• SILVER
Benesch
Dickinson Wright
EHS Support
MelCap Partners
Tecum Capital
The Private Bank
Warner Norcross & Judd
Huntington
BDO
Wells Fargo
Citizens Bank
OPM Environmental
Rehmann
AON
CliftonLarsonAllen
RSM
TriStateCapital
Fifth Third Capital Markets
Right Brain & Left Brain