Smart Business Dealmakers 2023 - Saint Louis | Smart Business Dealmakers | 2 March 2023 | Norwood Hills Country Club, 1 Norwood Hills Country Club Dr, St. Louis, MO 63121, USA

This events 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

2023 Speakers

Joe Amadio
Managing Director, Thompson Street Capital Partners

Lee Burd
Senior Consultant, CMA Global

Alan Castillo
Principal, BDO USA, LLP

John Dolan
President & CEO, PFI InStore

Chris Dopp
Managing Director, Head of Industrials Middle Market M&A, BMO Capital Markets

Spencer Finney
Partner, Sage Capital LLC

Jeffrey S. Gershman
Chairman of the Board, Gershman Mortgage & Gershman Investment Corp., Shareholder, Stone, Leyton & Gershman

Jessica Harger
Managing Director, M&A and Transaction Solutions, Aon

Robert Harrod
Director, Corporate Advisory Group, BMO Harris Bank

Jacob Herschend
Principal, Brightstar Capital Partners

Brian Howley
Director, CIBC Cleary Gull

Brian Kinman
Chairman & CEO, St. Louis Arch Angels

Dustin S. Klein
Chief Content Officer, Smart Business

Mark Mantovani
Retired Chairman, Pres & CEO of Ansira, Mantovani Holdings, LLC

Emily Martin
President, Aschinger Electric - A Guarantee Electrical Company

Brent McClure
Partner, Anders CPAs + Advisors

Marcus Mitchell
Managing Director / Transaction Advisory Services, FORVIS

Adrian Nohr
Principal, CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA)

Christopher Riley
CEO, United Cutwater

Anson Scoville
CEO, Wallis Companies

Chris Seyer
CEO, Seyer Industries

Kevin Short
Managing Director & CEO, Clayton Capital Partners

Mark Skornia
Senior Vice President, First Bank

Zach Waltz
Managing Director, Head of Corporate Development, Harbour Group

William Weatherford
Director, FORVIS, LLP

Douglas Wilber
CEO, Denim Social

Richard J. Wolkowitz
CEO and Family Advisor, Xylogenesis | Family Office Advisory

COMITTEE:

CHAIRMAN:
Fred Koury
President & CEO, Smart Business Network

HOST COMITTEE:

Joseph Ambrose
Executive Director - First Bank Center for Family-Owned Businesses, First Bank

Heather Bessoff
CEO, Aptimmune Biologics, Inc.

Bo Butters
Managing Partner, CLA

John Dolan
President & CEO, PFI InStore

Andrew Fehlman
Chief Executive Officer, Solarity

Spencer Finney
Partner, Sage Capital LLC

Meg Fisher
Market President, CIBC

Daniel Forguson
CFO, The HFW Companies

Neal Furlong
Senior Wealth Advisor, Hightower Wealth Advisors

Rob Godlewski
Partner & Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Outsiders

Taylor Hall
Chief Legal Officer, Permanent Equity

Keith Harbison
Founder, Alitus Partners

Hal Hardin
Business Performance Advisor, Insperity

Gus Haug
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, Cequel III, LLC

Jacob Herschend
Principal
Brightstar Capital Partners

Meg Kellogg
Tax Managing Director, BDO USA LLP

Lee M. Koury
Managing Partner
Smart Business Network Inc.

Dan Kraus
Managing Director, BMO Harris Bank

Chip Lerwick
Managing Director, Aon Missouri Leader, Aon

Mark Lewis
CFO, Decide

Brian Lord
CEO, iSite Media LLC

Jason Mannello
Director - Private Markets, Hermann Companies

Mark Mantovani
Retired Chairman, Pres & CEO of Ansira, Mantovani Holdings, LLC

Emily Martin
President, Aschinger Electric - A Guarantee Electrical Company

John Mather
Managing Partner, FORVIS, LLP

Bill Morgan
Managing Member & Owner, Process Control Solutions, LLC

Rob Patterson
Vice President, CMA Global

Mike Pizzella, Jr.
Vice President & Former CEO, StayLock Storage, Cequel III

Paul Rhea
Director + Strategic Growth ,Anders CPAs + Advisors

Christopher Riley
CEO, United Cutwater

William Schmidt
General Partner, Cultivation Capital

Jack Senneff
Managing Director, Thompson Street Capital Partners

Kevin Short
Managing Director & CEO, Clayton Capital Partners

Nathan Stooke
CEO & Founder, Wisper ISP

Stephen Von Rump
CEO, Aegis Digital Health

Douglas Wilber
CEO, Denim Social

2023 Sponsors

SUPPORTING SPONSORS:
• Anders
• AON
• BDO
• Brightstar
• CIBC
• CLA
• CMA Global
• First Bank
• Forvis
• United Cutwater

SPECIALTY SPONSORS:
• Bryan Cave Leihgton Paisner
• Chief Outsiders
• High Tower
• Insperity