Philadephia M&A Conference 2021 | Smart Business Dealmakers | 9 September 2021 | Virtual

The Smart Business Dealmakers Conference (formerly ASPIRE) connects thousands of local dealmakers - from middle-market CEOs to top investors and lenders to leading M&A advisers. With sessions ranging from raising capital to buying and selling companies to alternative asset investing, our conference covers the breadth of the M&A landscape.

2021 Speakers

Marc Armstrong
Managing Principal, Aon

Marty Babitz
Vice President & Family Wealth Strategist, BNY Mellon Wealth Management

Chetan Bagga
CEO, Archetype Solutions Group

Scott Balestrier
Tax Office Managing Partner, BDO USA LLP

Charles J. Bauder
Private Wealth Advisory, Raymond James (Alex.Brown)

Rich Beaty
Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking, S&T Bank

Steven Berger
Co-Founder & CEO, Berger Rental Communities

Andrew Bishop
Director, AB Bernstein

Don Braun
Managing Director, AB Bernstein

AJ Bruno
Founder & CEO, QuotaPath

Jonathan Chou
Partner, Eureka Equity Partners

Allyson Coyne
Managing Director & Chief Broking Officer, Aon M&A and Transaction Solutions

Russ DiGilio
Founder, Duck Donuts

Ted Durkin
Managing Director, UBS Financial Services

Eric Fahr
Partner, BDO USA LLP

Jeremy Frey
Partner, Barley Snyder LLP

Betsy Hamm
CEO, Duck Donuts

Gerri Henwood
President & CEO, Recro Pharma

Oliver Hoar
Manager, Hoar Investments

Ryan Hurst
Partner, RKL LLP

Michael Jemison
President, Heyco Metals

Kirk Kelso
Executive Vice President, Lewisburg Printing Company

Brian Kitchen
Tax Director, Kreischer Miller

Clint Lewis
CEO, AgroFresh

Rich Mahler
Managing Dir.; Former CEO, Accenture; Revolutionary Security LLC

Al Mattaliano
Founding Partner, Rock Island Capital

Bob McCormack
Managing Partner, Murphy McCormack Capital Advisors

Daniel McDonough
Partner, Troutman Pepper

Bryan McGrath
Senior Wealth Director, BNY Mellon Wealth Management

Jayne Millard
Executive Chairman of the Board, Turtle & Hughes

Christopher Molaro
CEO, NeuroFlow

Amantia Muhedini
Sustainable Investing Strategist, UBS Global Wealth Management

Scott Nissenbaum
President & CEO, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania

Merrick Olives
Partner, McKinsey & Co.

Michael Pantilione
Principal, LLR Partners

John Peak
Partner, McKinsey & Co.

Steven Pivnik
Advisor, AIP Advisory LLC

Tarrus Richardson
CEO, IMB Partners

Steven A. Scolari
Partner, Co-Chair, Closely Held & Family Owned Business, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young

Kathleen Shanahan
CEO, Turtle & Hughes

Mark Steffens
CEO, Airline Hydraulics Corporation

Chad Stender
Partner, SeventySix Capital

Michael Vaccarella
Partner, Private Equity & Transaction Advisory Services, Wipfli LLP

Tim Wallace
Strategic Advisor, iPipeline

Tara Walsh
Partner, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young

2021 Sponsors

PRESENTED BY:
• UBS

HOSTED BY:
• Smart Business Dealmakers

SUPPORTING SPONSORS:
• BNY Mellon
• RKL LLP
• S&T Bank
• AB Bernstein
• BDO USA LLP
• Blank Rome
• Alex. Brown
• Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
• Murphy McCormack Capital Advisors
• Barley Snyder LLP
• Citizens Commercial Banking
• Troutman Pepper
• Aon
• Kreischer Miller
• Wipfli LLP

SPECIALTY SPONSORS:
• Herbein + Company, Inc.
• Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld llc
• Ballard Spahr, LLP
• CBIZ & Mayer, Hoffman, McCann P.C.
• The Sharp Financial Group
• Corporate Valuation Advisors