Smart Business Dealmakers 2024 - Cleveland | Smart Business Dealmakers | 13 June 2024 | Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, 24 Public Square, Cleveland, OH 44113, USA

This Conference connects hundreds of Northeast Ohio business leaders — 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 planning for liquidity events, our conference covers the breadth of the M&A landscape.

To experience Dealmakers, take a look at this brief overview video to hear what people had to say about the content, speakers and participants.

2024 Speakers

David Allen
Executive Director & Market Team Lead, J.P. Morgan Private Bank

Marilyn Anzevino
CFO, Ajax Tocco Magnethermic

TJ Asher
President, Acquisitions & Development, Weston, Inc.

Eric Beck
President & CEO, ESO

Robert Berdanier
Managing Director, Riveron

Paul Bodnar
Chief Investment Officer, CM Wealth Advisors

Al Caperna
Chairman, CMC Group

David Collier
SVP, Cyber Solutions, Aon Corporation

Andrew Connors
Managing Director, Chief Growth Officer, Fairport Wealth

Craig Cook
Investor/Attorney, Precision Production and Veroroc Holdings

Alan Davis
Investor, McCarthy Capital

Dan Delgadillo
Managing Director, Northwest Sponsor Finance

Dan DeSantis
Partner, Provariant Equity Partners

Victor DiGeronimo Jr.
CEO, DiGeronimo Companies

Rocco DiLillo
Chairman, PCX Corporation, City Visitor Inc., PorchLight Destination Services, Advanced Hydro Solutions, Habacoa

Dominic DiPuccio
Partner, Chair Mergers and Acquisitions Group, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP

Debbie Donley
Founder & CEO, Vocon

Constantine Elefter
Partner, MPE Partners

Michael Fox
Managing Partner, Zorro Capital, LLC

Bobby George
Founder & CEO, Ethos Capital Partners

David Gilbert
President & CEO, Greater Cleveland Sports Commission and Destination Cleveland

Bob Girton
Partner, Edgewater Capital

Kelly Greene
VP, Mergers & Acquisitions, Park Place Technologies

Greg Harris
President & CEO, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Jayne Juvan
Partner and Chair of the M&A and Securities & Capital Markets Practice Groups, Tucker Ellis LLP

Michael King
Vice President, Charitable Wealth Strategist, National Christian Foundation

Steve Kirk
Executive in Residence; Former COO; Former Board Chair, Cleveland State University; Lubrizol; Valvoline

Dustin S. Klein
Chief Content Officer, Smart Business

Brian Krusz
Founder, Director of Growth & Development, Sgt. Clean Car Wash

Brian Leonard
Managing Partner, CFO, & CCO, Edgewater Capital

Michael Makofsky
Principal Attorney, McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman Co., LPA

Mike Malley
CEO, Malley's Chocolates

Mark Mangan
President, Turf Care

Mark Mansour
Founder & Senior Managing Partner, MCM Capital Partners

Al Melchiorre
President, MelCap Partners, LLC

Michael Moran
CEO & Managing Partner, Walnut Ridge

William Murphy
Managing Director-Wealth Management, UBS Financial Services Inc.

Linda Olejko
Senior Vice President, Principal Client Strategist, BNY Mellon

David Pease
Partner, Pease Bell CPAs

Boyd Pethel
Executive Vice President - Metro Commercial Banking, First National Bank

Patrick Pitrone
Principal, PJP Companies

Jonathan Pressnell
Partner, Blue Point Capital Partners

Ken Randazzo
Partner, Transaction Services, Cohen & Company

Joe Saldutti
Managing Director, Gridiron Capital, LLC

Jerry Schill
Founder & CEO, Schill Grounds Management

Jeff Schwab
Sr. Vice President - Private Equity Services, Oswald Companies

Matt Buder Shapiro
Chief Marketing Officer, Vytalize Health

Michael Shaw
Partner, Managing Director, Copper Run Capital

Greg Skoda, Jr.
Partner, Marcum LLP

Ed Weinfurtner
Executive Chairman & Co-Owner, Great Day Improvements

Nick York
Founder & CEO, Elevo Advisors

Brian Zimmerman
CEO, Cleveland Metroparks

2024 Sponsors

SUPPORTING SPONSORS:
• AON
• BNY Mellon
• CM Wealth Advisors
• Cohen & Co
• CopperRun
• Elevo
• Gridiron Capital
• Hightower
• Fairport Wealth
• JP Morgan Chase & Co.
• Marcum
• McCarthy Lebit
• MelCap
• National Christian Foundation
• Northwest Bank
• Oswald
• Pease bell
• Riveron
• Taft
• Tucker Ellis
• UBS

SPECIALTY SPONSORS:
• Cascade Partners
• Charles Schwab
• First Federal Lakewood
• Lockton
• McDonald Hopkins
• Return on Life
• US Royce Protection Service

PATRON SPONSORS:
• Buckingham
• Chief Outsiders
• Consumers National Bank
• CRESCO
• DGP Capital
• M7
• UBGreensfelder