A New Hampshire business network focused on driving your success.
The Association for Corporate Development (ACD) is a member-based nonprofit organization. ACD is governed by a Board of Directors with diverse experience in C-Level business challenges, including business financing, legal matters, transition strategies, human resources, and marketing.
WHO WE ARE
- Business owners/leaders
- Attorneys
- Accountants
- Business consultants
- Intermediaries
- Wealth managers
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
For questions about ACD including event attendance, membership, or sponsorship, please contact John Ela at john@elamanagementgroup.com or call (978) 494-6299.
© 2019 Association for Corporate Development. All rights reserved
ACD hosts and runs five regular events per year. The events feature carefully chosen speakers that can present topics or case studies that reflect the challenges and opportunities business owners and leaders face running growing businesses and planning for the future.
PROGRAMMING
Five events per year, networking, education and guest speakers
NEXT EVENT
Please check back with us for details of our next event. In the meantime please sign up for our newsletter so you will be sure to get updates on upcoming events.
WHY BECOME A MEMBER?
Annual membership is $300 and includes:
- Cost to attend all five events is included at reduced member rate
- Network with your peers and business leaders
- Learn from experts who are building business value
- Member rate for your guests to each of the dinners
- Access to complete member list
- Receive notifications of regular meetings and special events
OUR MISSION
To help business leaders and their professional advisors expand their networks and develop greater capabilities to drive business growth, build value, and to eventually capture value while managing smooth succession plans.
WHO CAN JOIN?
About our organization
Bud Abbott, Fiduciary Trust
Matt Cookson, Cookson Communications
Tony Delyani, McLane Middleton
Jim Grace, Silver Pine Capital
John Ela, Ela Management Group, LLC, chair
Julie Morse, Orr & Reno, secretary
Matt Nadeau, Nathan Wechsler & Co., treasurer
Ken Schaefer, Business Transition Strategies
- Commercial lenders
- Business services
- Business coaches
- Tax professionals
- Others involved in generating, protecting, and capturing business value
2019
December: Howard Brodsky, CCA Global Partners
November: Panelists: Angela Martin of Devine Millimet, Rob Freese a former shareholder, Harper Marshall of Peloton Advisory
October: Lisa Tanzer, President, Life Is Good
June: Steve Lishansky
April: Tom Raffio, CEO, Delta Dental
February: Jim Feinson, CEO, Gardener's Supply
2018
October: Eric Goodwin, serial entrepreneur and owner of The Friendly Toast, Nobl Coffee
November: Special Event Joint Meeting with FMANH.org, Guest Speaker: Stuart I. Mathews, president, Metapoint Partners
December: Robert Craven, CEO of MegaFood
PAST EVENTS
Sponsors
About membership
2021
December: Tim Messina, CEO of Events/United Studio Labs
October: Jonathan Brill, Author of Rogue Waves
June: Brendan Keegan, CEO of Merchants Fleet
April: Gary S. Furst, Founder and Managing Partner of Generation Equity Capital
February: Mike Cote, Senior Editor of News & Business of the New Hampshire Union Leader
2020
November: Business Succession Planning, Opportunities and Challenges - Panel Discussion with NHEPC
October: Jen Shirkani, Penumbra Group and author of Ego vs. EQ
January: Ryan Barton, MainStay Technologies
March: Panelists: Peter Worrell of Bigelow, LLC, Debbie Bing of CFAR, Steve Burke of McLane Middleton, Laura Rauscher of CAP, N.H. Charitable Foundation, Phil Taub of Nixon Peabody, LLC