2025 ACG DFW Women's Leadership Panel

Panelist Bios:

Jacqueline Francher, Senior Associate, Citation

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Jacqueline Fancher is a Senior Associate at Citation with experience investing in buyout and growth equity transactions. She started her career at Lazard in the Industrials Group before spending time at L Catterton and BDT Capital Partners. Jacqueline graduated from the Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis. In addition, Jacqueline is highly involved in her community as she is the Founder of a non-profit, ibRecruit, focused on helping undergraduates place into Financial Services roles on Wall Street.

Annie Robertson Hockey, President and Head of Consulting, Skytale Group

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Annie Robertson Hockey is the President and Head of Consulting at Skytale Group. Prior to Skytale, Annie co-founded and served as co-CEO of Column, a nationally chartered infrastructure bank, where she currently serves as an Advisor and Board Member. She previously worked at Bain & Company, Goldman Sachs, and was an early employee at several Silicon Valley startups.

Annie graduated with honors from both Stanford University and the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where she was an Arjay Miller Scholar. She also serves on the board of a nonprofit focused on remediating youth economic inequality and advises the Stanford Technology Ventures Program and Stanford Women in Tech Entrepreneurship, supporting the development of female leaders.

Emily Hyde, Associate, Cypress Growth Capital 

Moderator: Janice Davis, Partner, Haynes Boone

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Janice Davis, a partner in the Corporate Practice Group in Haynes Boone’s Dallas office, is consistently recognized for her leadership and strategic work with clients.  Janice’s practice focuses on corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, investments in private entities, leveraged acquisitions, and a variety of complex strategic and commercial transactions. In addition to Janice’s experience in managing complex domestic and cross-border transactions across a variety of industries, she also advises business organizations regarding matters such as securities law disclosure, corporate governance, and fiduciary obligations. 

D CEO and the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Dallas/Fort Worth named Janice the 2025 Attorney of the Year at the 12th Annual Mergers & Acquisitions Awards. She was responsible for in excess of $3 billion worth of deals last year, spanning industries from roofing supply, overhead doors, technology, manufacturing,  and private equity to aluminum recycling.