AM&AA Chapter Leader of the Year Award

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The AM&AA Chapter Leader of the Year Award recognizes a leader for their outstanding achievements, membership development, and service within their local chapter.

This award encourages chapter leaders to maintain a high standard of excellence in their work and drive the development of initiatives for their chapter.

Honorees demonstrate strong leadership and organizational skills, creativity, and dedication to the growth of the organization.

2024 nominations can be submitted here.

Nomination Deadline: Thursday, November 21, 2024

2023 Chapter Leader of the Year Award Winner

Sharon Heaton

CEO

sbLiftOff

Sharon B. Heaton’s sbLiftOff team serves commercial and government contracting companies with $25 million to $150 million in revenues and in excess of $2 million in EBITDA. A national thought leader, she publishes in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Washington Business Journal, Alabama.com, and in regional outlets around the country. Heaton has been associated with the global law firms of Skadden Arps and Latham & Watkins and has served as Senior Counsel on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and as General Counsel and Deputy Staff Director of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Previously, she was Deputy Counsel of a Fortune 500 company operating in 10 states. Heaton holds a Juris Doctorate from the University of Chicago Law School and a B.A. from Barnard College. Heaton’s book, LIFT OFF: 12 Things to Know Before You Sell Your Company, will be available on Amazon on January 2, 2024.

2022 Chapter Leader of the Year Award Winner

Bill Jarry

Principal, Senior Client Strategist
BNY Mellon Wealth Management

Bill Jarry is a Senior Director at BNY Mellon Wealth Management where he helps individuals and families achieve their financial goals with focused investment and wealth management strategies. He and his team excel at managing wealth in times of transition, such as the consideration of selling a business, divorce, inheritance or multi-generational wealth transfer.

2021 Chapter Leader of the Year Award Winner

Taylor Devine

Founder & Managing Partner
The CDI Group

Taylor Devine brings a national and international perspective, as well as an owner’s perspective to the fields of M&A and investment banking. In 2001, Devine formed Corporate Development International, LLC dba: The CDI Group, a Mid-Atlantic M&A and consulting company for middle-market companies. Taylor has a high level of professionalism, knowledge, enthusiasm, and involvement with promoting the value of AM&AA in the DC/MD/VA Chapter.

2020 Chapter Leader of the Year Award Winner

Lindsey Wendler

Managing Director
Dresner Partners

Lindsey Wendler is a Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor and Business Certified Appraiser with over ten years of experience in marketing, branding, and international business. As Managing Director at NTA-RIVERBEND, Wendler oversees the firm’s investment banking operations and growth strategy, which focuses on M&A, corporate finance, and restructuring for middle market companies. She proudly leads the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter.