Megan Carr

Senior Associate, Investor Relations
Revelstoke Capital Partners

Megan Carr joined Revelstoke Capital Partners in 2022 as a Senior Associate, Investor Relations. Prior to joining Revelstoke, Megan was an Investment Associate at Crest Rock Partners in Denver, and prior to that, at Monomoy Capital Partners in New York City. Megan began her career as an Investment Banking Analyst at Credit Suisse.

Ray Caruso

CEO
Lone Peak Dental Group

Ray has been in dentistry most of his adult life. He’s held positions in the practice in clinical and business and he’s worked in corporate roles as well. He was with Heartland Dental for 11 years finishing his tenure as regional director and was with DecisionOne Dental for five years as their COO. Ray’s been with Lone Peak Dental Group as their CEO over the last 5 years. He’s married to his wife, Brandy, for 20 years and has two daughters, Ava and Gia. They live in Highlands Ranch, CO. Ray enjoys working out, cycling and playing music in the band, Red Pinto Wagon.

Michelle Eidson

Principal, Head of Business Development
Crest Rock Partners

Michelle Eidson is Principal and Head of Business Development for Crest Rock Partners where she is responsible for devising the firm’s investment sourcing strategy and leading its execution. Michelle held leadership roles in private equity business development for nearly a decade prior to joining Crest Rock, when the role was still nascent in the industry. Earlier in her career, she held positions in investment banking, corporate development and consulting.

Adam Fiedor

Managing Director
GLC Advisors & Co., LLC

Adam Fiedor is a Managing Director with GLC Advisors & Co., LLC, an independent investment banking firm focused on senior-level expertise and objective guidance. With over twenty years of investment banking experience, Adam is a strategic advisor to entrepreneurs and board of directors with a demonstrated history of creating value to stakeholders across a number of industries.

Beverly Gibson

Certified Business Performance Advisor
Insperity

For the past 22 years Beverly Gibson has been one of the leading Business Performance Advisors at Insperity, helping companies implement HR and business performance solutions. As a CBPA, Bev acts as a key business consultant to her clients. During her tenure with Insperity, she has been a perennial member of the Insperity Chairman's Club and attained the level of the eleven-million-dollar club.

Ray Gonzales

President; EVP
Metro Denver EDC; Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce

Carolina Hensley

Principal
Progress Equity Partners LLC

Carolina Hensley is a principal at Progress Equity Partners, LLC. Ms. Hensley has over 20 years of experience in investment banking, mezzanine investing and private equity and has been involved in numerous transactions over her career. Ms. Hensley joined Progress Equity in 2011 and currently serves as a board advisor to Crestcom International, Davey Coach, Medical Indicators, and Creative Tent. She previously served on the board of Diversified Machine Systems. Originally from Sweden. Ms. Hensley came to the US for college and received a BSBA, magna cum laude, from the University of Denver where she was an athletic and academic All-American Nordic skier.

Jacob Herschend

Principal
Brightstar Capital Partners

Jacob Herschend is a Principal at Brightstar. Jacob leads Brightstar’s Business Development across the Midwest. He is a third-generation owner and steward of a family-owned business, Herschend Family Entertainment. 

Prior to joining Brightstar, Jacob was a Vice President at Marsh & McLennan Agency, working in Business Insurance and specializing in strategically owned and family-operated businesses serving as the Director of the Multi-Generational Family-Owned Businesses Strategies Vertical. Previously, Jacob owned and operated three restaurants in the St. Louis area. Additionally, Jacob has worked for three United States Senators and a U.S. Attorney General.

Jacob received his M.B.A. focused on Families in Business from Kennesaw State University. He received his B.A. from Gordon College. Jacob serves on the boards of The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Forest Park Forever.

Lisa Kislak

CMO
Chief Outsiders

Lisa Kislak is a fractional CMO with Chief Outsiders, an executive as a service company recognized as a top private company by Inc. 5000 for the past nine years. She is a growth expert having worked across a variety of B2B and B2C industries including private equity, family owned, public and startup companies. She also has her Level 1 Sommelier Certification.

Lee M. Koury

Managing Partner
Smart Business Network Inc.

Lee is managing partner of Smart Business Network Inc., a national events, media and marketing company founded in 1989, primarily responsible for expanding the company’s Aspire deal-making conference throughout the U.S. He plays a key role in establishing corporate policies and developing long-term strategy and growth plans. Previously, he founded and chaired the Growth Group at national law firm Arter & Hadden LLP (now Tucker, Ellis & West), which focused on working with middle-market and high-growth technology companies. 

Brittany Martin

Director, Sourcing & Operations
Graham Partners

Brittany Martin is an investment professional and operating specialist at Graham Partners, a Philadelphia-based private equity firm. Graham Partners invests in high growth advanced manufacturing & industrial tech businesses. Brittany has a specific passion for working with management teams to drive topline growth.

Bobby Motch

Head of Sponsor Coverage
Class VI Partners

As head of Sponsor Coverage, Bobby is responsible for managing financial and strategic sponsor engagement, developing sponsor-related content, and assisting with business development engagements. Prior to his role as Head of Sponsor Coverage, Bobby was responsible for executing and closing transactions and supporting Class VI clients through financial analysis, modeling, market outreach, industry research, and valuations.

Gregory Ramos

Partner
Armstrong Teasdale LLP

Gregory "Greg" Ramos has more than 25 years of experience helping companies large and small execute on their strategic vision through mergers and acquisitions, strategic business transactions, corporate reorganization and succession planning. Greg has closed more than 90 M&A transactions in that time, with an aggregate value exceeding $13 billion, and numerous private offerings aggregating hundreds of millions of dollars.

Mark Spiecker

President
STAQ Pharma

Mark Spiecker is President of STAQ Pharma, a 503B Outsourcing Facility in Columbus, OH and Denver, Colorado that will provide sterile injectable compounded medications to hospitals across the country. Prior to joining STAQ, Marks’s career spanned a number of strategy and leadership roles. In each role Mark utilized his passion for business development, process improvement and innovative operations to successfully guide complex organizations through significant change.

Mark is the former CEO of Sharklet Technologies, Inc. a medical device firm that developed a texture inspired by Sharkskin to control bacteria on surfaces. Mark exited Sharklet to a Bioscience group out of China, providing significant returns to shareholders. Mark is an active community leader, currently serving as a Chair and Board Member of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, a Trustee at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Prior to 2019, Mark served as Chair of the Board of the Colorado Biosciences Association.

Chris Walters

Senior Vice President
IMA

Chris joined IMA, the 2nd largest privately held insurance brokerage in the US, in 2012. Chris is a seasoned insurance professional with over 15 years of diverse technical expertise. He is responsible for coordinating and deploying IMA’s unique and extensive employee owned resources to meet and exceed the risk management expectations of his clients, and more than anything enjoys connecting the right people at the right time in mutually beneficial relationship.