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Professionals Opening Doors (PODs)
As a member-only benefit, a POD is a smaller networking group created with the sole purpose of helping members develop deeper relationships and refer business. 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.
- Artificial Intelligence POD: Aoi Senju
- Asia-Pacific/International POD: Christina Bui
- CDO/Strategic Buyer POD: Rich McDerby
- Cigar POD: Ed Grenville
- East Bay BizDev POD: Bob Worthington & Gary Chang
- Food & Beverage POD: Gavin Daniels
- Founder / Entrepreneurship POD: Aoi Senju
- Golf POD: Bob Worthington
- Marathon / Triathlon POD: Aoi Senju
- Ownership Transition POD: Rich McDerby
- PE/IB DealSource POD: Gavin Daniels, Matt Cole
- Ski POD: Dylan Malot
- South Bay BizDev POD: Lincoln Heacock
- Women in Business (WIB) POD: Sara Ellis Conant
- Young ACG POD: Matthew Sheridan, Jacob Strom, Sean Desmares, Madison Keller
Interested in joining a POD or creating one?
We’ll put you in touch with the POD leader or help you create one of your own
Contact acgsanfrancisco@acg.org
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