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Seventy-five percent of ACG members report that they have done business with fellow members. This return on investment has made ACG the most trusted and respected resource for middle-market deal-makers and business leaders who invest in growth and build companies.

DUES

Dues for ACG Western Michigan are $575.00 USD.  Annual dues include admittance to regularly scheduled educational Signature Breakfast programs, NextGen events, small group networking events and more.  Dues include membership to ACG Western Michigan and ACG Global and are renewable yearly on your anniversary month.

Dues for ACG Western Michigan NextGen (35 and under) are $345.00 USD for the first year only.  This one-year introductory rate includes admittance to monthly educational Signature Breakfast programs, NextGen events, networking events and more. Dues include membership to ACG Western Michigan and ACG Global and are renewable yearly on your anniversary month at the regular rate of $575.00 USD.  

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JOINING ACG?

PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO REVIEW THE FOLLOWING LIST OF MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES. 

YOU WILL NEED THIS INFORMATION WHEN JOINING.

MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES

Following are primary membership categories. Within each of the six categories of membership are subclassifications.  Upon registering and renewing you will be asked to choose a category.  Please indicate the one subclassification which most closely matches your profession/organization.

ADVISORS

A member whose company generates income from providing services to corporate and/or equity group members. Service members include attorneys, accountants, strategy consultants, valuators, recruiters, etc.

• AA (Advisor – Accountant): Member is an accountant whose services include providing tax, audit, and/or accounting advice to corporate and/or equity group members.
• AT (Advisor – Attorney): Member is an attorney whose services include advising corporate and/or equity group members.
• AB (Advisor – Banking): Member provides interest rate management or cash management.
• ACO (Advisor – Consultant): Member is a consultant whose services include providing strategic planning advice to corporate and/or service members and equity finanicing.
• ARE (Advisor – Recruiter): Member is an executive or other personnel recruiter for either full-time or part-time employee.
• ATE (Advisor – Technology): Member is a provider whose services include hardware, software, internet, or databases, etc.
• AV (Advisor – Valuator): Member is a business valuator and/or compiles statistics for use in valuations.
• AWM (Advisor – Wealth Manager): Member is employed by a wealth management firm.
• AO (Advisor – Other Services): Member provides other services to corporate and/or equity groups but does not fit into any of the above categories.

CAPITAL PROVIDERS

A member who works for an equity group and whose job description includes purchasing ownership interests in companies (public or private) for the purpose of growing the companies through internal growth, add-on acquisitions, consolidations, joint ventures, alliances, licensing, franchising, etc. with the ultimate goal to exit from the investment through a partial or complete sale of the company to a third party, a recapitalization, or an IPO. The member is usually a partner, principal officer, associate, or analyst with the equity group and has an opportunity to participate in the equity ownership of the acquired companies. The equity group may be managing an equity fund, investing their own funds, or investing on behalf of individuals and/or institutions on a case by case basis.

• EGF (Equity Group Managing Fund): Member is employed by an equity group which is managing a committed equity fund.
• EGU (Equity Group Not Managing Fund): Member is employed by an equity group which is not managing a committed equity fund.
• FO (Family Offices)
• HF (Hedge Fund)
• LM (Lender – Junior Debt)
• LZ (Mezzanine Fund)
• LS (Lender – Senior Debt)
• LP (Limited Partner)
• VC (Venture Capital)
• LO (Lender Other)

COMMUNITY

• CE (Other – Educator): Member is employed by a college or university.
• CG (Other – Government): Member is employed by the government.
• CN (Other – NGO Executive/Leader): Member is employed by a Non-Governmental Organization.
• CS (Other – Student): Member is a full-time student.

CORPORATE (The company CANNOT fall in the advisor, capital provider, community or intermediary categories.)

A member who works for a company (public or private) and whose job description includes growing the company organically, through acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, alliances, strategic planning, product development, licensing, franchising,   etc. The member may be a staff corporate development officer, a CFO, a CEO, or president depending on the size and resources of the company.

• CC (Corporate Counsel)
• CD (Corporate Development): Member is VP corporate development, VP strategic planning, VP new business development, etc.
• CF (Corporate Finance): Member is chief financial officer, treasurer, controller, etc.
• CM (Corporate Management): Member is chairman, chief executive officer, chief operating officer, etc.

*ACG WM Corporate Members are entitled to have up to 5 Associate Corporate Members, see pdf link below

INTERMEDIARIES

Member is an intermediary whose services include bringing buyers and sellers together and/or identifying sources of debt and equity financing.

• IB (Investment Bankers)
• BB (Business Brokers)
• UW (Underwriters)

OTHER

• OT (Other – Not Listed Above)

*PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU KNOW YOUR MEMBERSHIP CATEGORY*

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