Midday Session

Dustin is an award-winning business journalist, bestselling author, and the chief content officer of Smart Business. Over the past 30 years, he has interviewed thousands of business and civic leaders, and helped more than 50 CEOs and entrepreneurs transform their ideas into books. A trained investigative politics reporter and former digital media entrepreneur, Dustin joined Smart Business in 1997 after serving as an editor at several daily newspapers.

Fred DiSanto has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Ancora since 2006 and Chairman since 2014. Ancora is a multi-vertical firm specializing in Family Wealth, Asset Management, Retirement Plans, and Insurance Solutions. Prior to joining Ancora, Mr. DiSanto served as the Executive Vice President and Manager of the Fifth Third Bank’s Investment Advisors division, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer at Maxus Investment Group, and served as Managing Partner at Gelfand Partners Asset Management. Mr. DiSanto began his investment career in 1985 with McDonald Investments in institutional equity sales