Judges

Judges for the Smith M&A Competition come from the highest level of the finance industry and provide participating teams with an engaging and rewarding experience. We are grateful to them for bringing their expertise and donating their time for this event.

Competition JudgesDavid Boardman
Senior Manager, Corporate & Development Finance, Marriott International

Emilio Bogado
Senior Manager, Corporate & Development Finance, Marriott International

Greg Boucher, CMAP, CMEA, SBA
Managing Director, The McLean Group/Exit Strategies Institute

Larry A. Davis
Managing Partner, Aronson Capital Partners

David R. Dunn
Managing Director, Signall Hill

Lima Ekram
Partner, Phoenix Peak Group

Ken Fuller
Investment Risk Manager, Enterprise Risk Management Group, Legg Mason, Inc.

David Hall
Vice President, Transactions and Strategic Analysis, Revolution LLC

Steve Halpin
Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Chevy Chase Bank

William W. Heintzelman
President, Evergreen.cfo, LLC

Tom Hogan
Vice President, Corporate Finance, Marriott International

William Longbrake
Executive-in-Residence, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Getty Melaku
CFO, GE Healthcare Financial Services

Julia A. Pulzone
Managing Director, Global Environment Fund

Laura Rosenberg, CFA, CIRA, CDBV
Senior Vice President, Finance, Fiduciary Counselors Inc.

Clifford Rossi
Managing Director, Center for Financial Policy
Tyser Teaching Fellow, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Robert N. Rubin
Partner, Stronghold Advisors

Jim Sanders
Professor of Entrepreneurship, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Brian S. Taff
Chairman, Delivery Labs, LLC

Charles L. Videla
Vice President-Federal Sector, ECOMPEX

Steve Wallenstein
Senior Fellow of Finance, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Bruce J. Winter
President, FSG Leasing, Inc.

Darren S. Womer
President & CEO National Capital Companies, LLC
President, NC Securities, LLC (Member FINRA, SIPC)
Co-Founder and Director NCC Merchant Bank, LLC

Kent W. Ziegler
Senior Vice President and CFO of Business Banking, J.P. Morgan Chase