P.O.D.s (Professionals Opening Doors)

Scroll to the bottom of this page to submit the POD interest form!

Need more info? Keep reading!

How PODs work is simple:

One or two members sponsor the POD, 8 to 10 other members join, and these members meet on a regular basis to build relationships, trade industry intelligence, and share new business leads.
Most PODs meet monthly and stay intact for several years in order to build greater depth & breadth with each member.
PODs are meant to be category exclusive for the members, so each has more depth of reach. (ex. only one Due Diligence professional per POD)

PODs can be industry agnostic, industry exclusive, location specific, or special interest/activing/fun!

Current PODs:

Generalist:

Alpha - Lead: Emily Ackerman
Betta - Lead: Dan Vermeire
Zeta - Lead: Ryan Wiggins
Tango - Lead: Rochelle O'Brien
Bravo - Lead: Jana Simons
Victory - Lead: Jamie Hochhausen
Delta - Lead: Jason Dyer
Star - Lead: Martha Reynolds
Talking Heads-Lead: Marco Rodriguez
The New New POD- Lead: Heather Lisle

Location Specific:

Fort Worth - Lead: Courtney Lewis
Panther City - Lead: Joanna Budries
North Dallas - Lead: Kelly Anderson
Collin County - Lead: Clinton Coe

Activity Specific:

Wine Appreciation - Lead: Melinda Fricke

*Note: PODs are restricted to ACG DFW Members only. We continue to grow PODs as requests are received. It may take a month to put together the POD, but it will be worth it!

Join a POD

If you're interested in joining a Location, Activity, or Industry Specific POD - please specify in the "Business question" below!

Note: Once you have been placed in a POD, you will hear from our POD Committee Chairs: Katie Marshall (PNC) or Matthew Kingman (EisnerAmper). If you do not respond to the kickoff email, you will be removed from the POD list.