Executive board

President
Dustin R. Weinberger
GE Capital
dustin.weinberger@ge.com

Executive Vice President
Thomas M. Turmell
TMT Capital Partners, LLC
tturmell@tmtcapital.com

Secretary
Suzanne L. Saxman
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
ssaxman@seyfarth.com

Treasurer
Murray R. Lessinger
White Oak Group
mlessinger@whiteoakgroup.net

Past President
Daniel P. Howell
Mesirow Financial Private Equity
dhowell@mesirowfinancial.com

Chief Executive Officer
Craig A. Miller
ACG Chicago
CMiller@ACGChicago.com
Officers / Committee Chairs

Corporate Network
Brian Crannell
Knowles Electronics
brian.crannell@knowles.com

David G. Heinke
Grant Thornton LLP
david.heinke@us.gt.com

International Network
Stefan Timms
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
stefan.timms@blakes.com

Mark E. Lanyon
Morningstar, Inc.
mark.lanyon@morningstar.com

Private Equity Network
Ryan Rassin
LBC Credit Partners
rrassin@lbccredit.com

Steven M. Bernard
sbernard543@comcast.net

Entrepeneurship Network
Michael Gruber
Independence Equity
mgruber@independence-equity.com

Daniel P. Howell
Mesirow Financial Private Equity
dhowell@mesirowfinancial.com

Awards

Andrew L. Weil
DLA Piper (US)
andrew.weil@dlapiper.com

John Weber
Jbdoubya@comcast.net

At-large directors

Shez K. Bandukwala
KPMG Corporate Finance LLC
sbandukwala@kpmg.com

John C. Bintz
Valuation Research Corporation
jbintz@valuationresearch.com

Joseph A. Contaldo
Corporate Finance Associates
jac@cfachicago.com

Venita E. Fields
Smith Whiley & Company
venita.fields@smithwhiley.com

Walter C. Florence
Frontenac Company
wflorence@frontenac.com

David Gaito
PNC Business Credit
david.gaito@pnc.com

Charles A. Gonzalez
Albion Investors LLC
cgonzalez@albioninvestors.com

James J. Greenberger
Private Equity Law Advisors
jgreenberger@pelawadvisors.com

Ankur Gupta
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
ankurgupta@mwe.com

Brian P. Kerwin
Duane Morris LLP
bpkerwin@duanemorris.com

Gordon C. Liao
Baird Capital Partners
gliao@rwbaird.com

Ada C. Nielsen
The PeregrineMavin Group
ada@peregrinmavin.com

Richard W. Porter
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
rporter@kirkland.com

Saul E. Rudo
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
saul.rudo@kattenlaw.com

Alexander D. Tang
Clean Energy Trust
alex@cleanenergytrust.org

James A. Valderrama
Grant Thornton LLP
jim.valderrama@us.gt.com

James K. Vargo
HomeDirectUSA, Inc.
jvargo@homedirectusa.com

Advisory Council
Advisory Council Chair
Daniel P. Howell
Mesirow Financial Private Equity
dhowell@mesirowfinancial.com

Steven M. Dresner
Dresner Partners
sdresner@dresnerco.com

Gerald T. Eisenstein
McGladrey & Pullen, LLP
gerry.eisenstein@mcgladrey.com

Michel J. Feldman
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
mfeldman@seyfarth.com

Paul E. Krantz
PNC Business Credit
paul.krantz@pnc.com

Gary I. Levenstein
Ungaretti & Harris, LLP
gilevenstein@uhlaw.com

James A. McNair
Corinthian Capital Group, LLC
jmcnair@corinthiancap.com

Carol A. Morse
Fifth Third Bank
carol.morse@53.com

Andrew W. Rice
The Jordan Company, LP arice@thejordancompany.com

Michael L. Sklar
Michael L. Sklar PC
mlewsklar@earthlink.net

Staff
Chief Executive Officer
Craig A. Miller
CMiller@ACGChicago.com

Events Assistant
Ryan Baker
RBaker@ACGChicago.com
Vice President of Operations
Terry D. Cobb
TCobb@ACGChicago.com

Events Assistant
Lou Ann Grebenor
LGrebenor@ACGChicago.com