The Board of Directors of the Association for Corporate Growth has elected officers and directors for terms of office beginning July 1, 2010:
The following officers will serve a one (1) year term:
Michael Carr, BAC Investments, ACG Los Angeles - Chairman 2010-2011
Dennis White, McDermott, Will & Emery, ACG Boston - Immediate Past Chairman
Andrew Rice, The Jordan Company, ACG Chicago - Vice Chairman, to succeed automatically as Chairman of the Board for 2011-2012:
Jack Helms, Lazard Middle Market, ACG Minnesota- Chairman of InterGrowth 2011
Doug Tatum, The Co-Investment Partnership, ACG Atlanta, Chairman of InterGrowth 2012
Cliff Braly, Deloitte Tax, ACG Dallas - Chairman of Finance
Tom Walton, ACG Wisconsin - Secretary
The following Directors at Large will serve three (3) year terms:
Patti Gillenwater, Elinvar, ACG Raleigh Durham
Cory Mims, ICV Capital Partners, ACG New York
Steve Prostor, Citi Private Bank, ACG New York
In addition, Stuart Johnson, Barnes & Thornburg, ACG Atlanta will serve a one year term as a Director at Large, to complete the remainder of Andrew Rice's term upon his election as Vice-Chairman.
The following Chapter Representative Directors were chosen by their Chapters to serve a two (2) year term:
Spencer Brown, Spencer J. Brown & Associates, ACG Portland
Vanessa Brown Claiborne, Chaffe & Associates, ACG Louisiana
Richard Jaffe, Ballard Spahr, ACG Philadelphia
John Kerschen, The Charter Group, ACG Western Michigan
Ashley Rountree, C.W. Downer & Company, ACG France
Thomas Tullidge, Cary Street Partners, ACG Richmond
The following ACG members will continue to serve in the positions and for the terms noted:
Chapter Representative Directors:
Charles Morton, Venable LLP, ACG Maryland - Term ending 6/30/11
Cliff Pearl, Hensley Kim & Holzer, ACG Denver - Term ending 6/30/11
Tracy Albert, Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin, ACG Orange County - Term ending 6/30/11
Dan Amadori, Lamerac Financial Corp., ACG Toronto - Term ending 6/30/11
Wendy Neal, Global M&A, ACG Cleveland - Term ending 6/30/11
Director at Large:
Michael Gibbons, Brown Gibbons Lang & Co., ACG Cleveland - Term ending 6/30/11
Penny Hulbert, Links Financial, ACG Tampa Bay - Term ending 6/30/12
Erik Dykema, Lineage Capital, ACG Boston - Term ending 6/30/12
Ed Fisher, SouthPointe Ventures, ACG Atlanta - Term ending 6/30/12
Les Alexander, Advantage Capital Partners, ACG Louisiana - Term ending 6/30/11
ACG President & CEO Gary A. LaBranche, CAE will also continue to serve as an ex-officio, non-voting member of the Board and Executive Committee.
ACG members interested in Board service were invited to apply for consideration in the Fall of 2009. Applicants were reviewed by the Nominating Committee and elected by the ACG Board of Directors. ACG members will again have the opportunity to apply for Board service in the Fall of 2010.
The ACG Global Board of Directors serves without compensation and is responsible for the strategic governance of the Association for Corporate Growth.