Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Selects SmithBucklin as Management Services Partner
CHICAGO - Dec. 11, 2006 – The Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), the premier global association for professionals involved in corporate growth, corporate development, and mergers and acquisitions, announced today that it has selected SmithBucklin to provide a wide variety of management services.
SmithBucklin's Chicago office will assume management of ACG's membership and chapter services, conventions and trade shows, sponsorship sales, event marketing, educational programming, and information and technology services. The ACG executive team and headquarters will continue to be located in the organization's Palatine, Ill., office.
Founded in 1954, ACG promotes the professional interests of its members by offering a forum for quality programs, education and networking. Providing the strongest international network in existence for executives involved in middle-market business growth and development, the organization's more than 10,000 members work for corporations and private equity, finance and professional service firms representing Fortune 1000, FTSE 100 and mid-market companies in 51 chapters in North America and Europe.
"We are thrilled that ACG has selected SmithBucklin as its management partner, in part because of our own strong focus on helping associations grow," said SmithBucklin Chairman and CEO Henry S. Givray. "We believe that our experience and resources match closely with ACG's needs and goals as an organization."
ACG President and CEO Daniel A. Varroney, who led the ACG team during the selection process, said, "We are confident that SmithBucklin's management model offers ACG the best opportunity to drive continued growth, while also helping us make our operations more cost effective. Ultimately, our partnership with SmithBucklin will help us drive additional benefits to our members."
T. Patrick Hurley, chairman of the ACG Board of Directors, added, "The Board was very confident about the decision to work with SmithBucklin, in part because of the company's vast association management experience and resources, and also due to its reputation for delivering outstanding customer service and value to its client organizations."
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About SmithBucklin
SmithBucklin is the world's largest association management and professional services company providing flexible, tailored full-service management and function/project-specific services to more than 235 trade associations, professional societies, technology user groups, government institutes/agencies and corporations. SmithBucklin's mission is to drive growth and build sustained competitiveness for client organizations. Founded in 1949, the company employs 750 professionals specializing in all phases of association activity including executive management, member and chapter administration, convention and trade show management, marketing and branding, Web services, education and programs, government relations and financial management. SmithBucklin manages more than $200 million in annual client budgets from offices in Chicago, Washington, DC, St. Louis and Durham, NC. SmithBucklin is 100% employee owned. For more information, please visit www.smithbucklin.com or call 1.800.539.9740.
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