2026 Sponsors:
Presenting Sponsor:
Lawrence, Evans & Co. LLC “LECO” is a boutique healthcare financial advisory and investment banking firm that provides buy-side, sell-side, capital raising (debt or equity), and restructuring services to small and middle market healthcare providers and service companies including hospitals, senior housing, physician groups, post acute, behavioral health, home health & hospice, RCM, HCIT, data & analytics, transportation & logistics, niche manufacturing, managed IT, cyber, life science and related ancillary businesses.
Please visit http://www.lawrenceevans.com/ for more information.
Platinum Sponsor(s):
Equity is a nationwide Commercial Real Estate firm with 7 divisions allowing us to provide clients with a full suite of services all under one roof giving us a unique ability to ensure quality control as we guide our clients through our comprehensive range of start-to-finish services we call the Equity 360° Advantage.
Please visit http://www.equity.net for more information.
Gold Sponsor(s):
Whether you have a business opportunity or you face a legal obstacle, you need an experienced team that knows the industry to help guide you toward success. Dykema’s attorneys work with doctors and professional service organizations on a wide array of sophisticated matters including transactions, regulatory, compliance, litigation, real estate, contracts, brand protection, intellectual properly, tax, labor and employment, and estate planning. Regardless of what legal need you may be facing, our attorneys are happy to talk with you to be sure you are pointed in the right direction.
Please visit www.dykema.com or www.dykemadso.com for more information.
Luckett Healthcare provides Strategy to Value for Healthcare Clients who want to expand their Manage Care Contracting, Payor Strategy, Value Base contracting and revenue cycle processes. Luckett Healthcare can help with strategy, negotiations, denial management, underpayments, physician billing, credentialing and zero balance recovery. With a demonstrated history in the Healthcare Industry Luckett Healthcare can help Critical Access hospitals, Acute Care Hospitals, physician groups, and ancillary providers to create strategy to Value!
Please visit https://lucketthealthcare.com for more information.
The Benesch Healthcare+ Practice Group has decades of experience representing healthcare industry stakeholders across the gamut of matters ranging from transactions, to administrative and judicial advocacy, to navigating regulatory and compliance complexities that impact their businesses. We are experienced in mergers, acquisitions, going private transactions, leveraged buy-outs, non-control investments, recapitalizations, tax-free reorganizations and SPACs. What sets Benesch apart from many other law firms is the ability to provide a holistic perspective on the challenges and intricacies of the health care industry based on a depth of understanding in areas ranging from health care lending, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, private insurance, antitrust, federal and state fraud and abuse laws, licensure, and survey and certification. Benesch’s healthcare clients appreciate the ability to evaluate transactions from a health care perspective and with a knowledge of how health care facilities operate on a day-to-day basis.
Please visit http://www.beneschlaw.com for more information.
Silver Sponsors:
The Healthcare Development & Innovation Group (HDIG) provides the tools to ensure success for Innovation Centers, startups, provider innovative processes, and corporate partners/vendors. HDIG is the most comprehensive database of information about innovation centers and their portfolio companies to help leaders evaluate opportunities, to connect investment priorities with startups in this space, to reveal where needs are not being met and provide benchmarking to evaluate their own centers. Experience our Accelerated Innovation Program as part of the VIP Marketplace. Additional resources are available throughout the journey to aid in the success of an idea from concept to market.
Please visit https://www.healthcaredig.com/ for more information.
Goodwin Health empowers clients to accelerate growth, manage risk, and lead with confidence through every stage of the healthcare business life cycle. Our integrated team of corporate, private equity, regulatory, and litigation lawyers delivers strategic, actionable guidance across a broad range of high-impact matters — from M&A, initial public offerings, and venture capital financings to licensing, internal investigations, and complex disputes.
We advise clients across the healthcare ecosystem and on either side of the negotiating table, drawing on deep industry insight and a strong professional network to connect emerging companies with investors, acquirers with high-value targets, and operators with strategic partners.
As a trusted adviser in sectors driving innovation — such as digital health and women’s health — we guide clients through sophisticated privacy, cybersecurity, and regulatory matters as well as cross-border transactions and global expansion strategies. Whether launching a venture, scaling through acquisitions, or navigating regulatory scrutiny, clients trust our business-minded counsel to deliver results with precision and clarity.
Please visit https://www.goodwinlaw.com/en/expertise/industries/healthcare for more information.
Wintrust Financial Corporation (NASD: WTFC) is a financial holding company based in Rosemont, Illinois. Through our multiple companies and divisions, we provide traditional community banking and commercial banking services, wealth management solutions, commercial and life insurance premium financing, mortgage origination, and more. We offer community-oriented personal and business banking services to customers in the greater Chicagoland area, northwest Indiana, southern Wisconsin, and Florida through more than 175 community bank locations.
Please visit http://www.wintrust.com for more information.
The healthcare industry is evolving rapidly, influenced by regulatory shifts, technological advancements, and industry consolidation. Our nationally ranked Healthcare Industry Practice delivers business-focused legal counsel that helps you stay ahead of change and drive long-term success.
With a team of more than 100 dedicated healthcare attorneys, we advise hospitals, health systems, physician groups, pharmaceutical manufacturers, medical device companies, life sciences companies, pharmacies, pharmaceutical benefit managers, imaging centers, clinical labs, long-term care providers, distributors, payors, and emerging healthcare innovators, and others on the full spectrum of regulatory, transactional and litigation matters. Our business-first approach ensures legal strategies are practical, scalable – and aligned with your operational and financial goals.
Please visit https://btlaw.com/en/work/industries/healthcare for more information.
At Fifth Third, we have a long-standing commitment to the healthcare industry. With a national presence and a team of industry experts, we can help move your business forward with custom financial solutions.
As our first and largest industry focus, Fifth Third has been serving the healthcare industry since 2005. With offices spanning from the east to west coast, we have a national footprint and a diversified client portfolio serving publicly traded & privately held healthcare companies and financial sponsors. Our client-centric approach allows us to build long-term relationships with our clients, advising on various financial needs.
Please visit https://www.53.com/content/fifth-third/en/commercial-banking/industries/HEALTHCARE.html for more information.
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP is a large law firm that serves clients in over 30 service areas with 200 attorneys across 8 offices in Columbus, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Dayton, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; Naples, Florida; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Washington, D.C. At Porter Wright, we believe in dynamic legal counsel. In this ever-changing world, we stay agile, pursue innovation and reach further to deliver inspired outcomes. We strive to help clients resolve their most complex legal challenges with a focus on delivering value, providing industry insights, and prioritizing a deep commitment to diversity and inclusion.
Please visit https://www.porterwright.com/ for more information.
As innovation leaders, we constantly create new and better methods of delivery in the face of an industry content to accept the “status quo.”
While you work to sustain your business success and seize the next growth opportunity, let us help you build upon your culture of productivity, service, and results by providing you with infrastructure typically only available to the FORTUNE 500 community.
We proudly serve Employers, Associations, and Advisors.
One-Point-of-CARE. Ultimate Service.
Please visit https://www.opoc.us/ for more information.
At Book+Street, we believe startups deserve more than just services, they deserve partners who get it. Our team is made up of seasoned CFOs, CHROs, FP&A experts, and equity specialists who thrive on helping founders and their teams tackle big challenges, grow smart, and scale with confidence. We’re not just back-office support, we’re startup people through and through. We roll up our sleeves, ask the tough questions, and deliver solutions that drive results. Every founder has a vision, and we’re here to help them get there.
Please visit https://www.bookandstreet.com/solutions for more information.
Holland & Knight is a global law firm with approximately 2,200 lawyers and other professionals in 35 offices worldwide. With more than 475 dedicated healthcare attorneys, Holland & Knight is home to one of the largest healthcare practices in the nation, according to Modern Healthcare (2025). For decades, Holland & Knight has served as a strategic business partner to a nationwide roster of healthcare clients, including private equity firms, hospitals, health systems, physician practices, ambulatory surgery centers, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, pharmacies, managed care organizations, digital health companies and more. In 2024, Holland & Knight was recognized by Pitchbook as the No. 1 most active law firm for healthcare private equity transactions. The firm’s healthcare attorneys advise clients across a variety of practices, including transactions, regulatory compliance and litigation, and its multi-disciplinary approach supports every facet of a client’s objectives and operations.
Please visit www.hklaw.com for more information.
For over 20 years CodexIT has been a trusted technology partner throughout the healthcare landscape. Whether it’s Managed IT, Professional Services, Security/Compliance, Analytics, or Data Migrations, our team of experts deeply understands the ever-evolving complexities of healthcare and have been dedicated to delivering innovative solutions that are uniquely tailored to the needs of each business.
CodexIT doesn’t just manage healthcare IT—we transform it!
Please visit https://codextechworks.com/ for more information.
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP provides business and legal counsel to clients throughout the United States and around the world. Since the firm was founded in 1909, we have grown from four attorneys with offices on the third floor of a small office building in downtown Columbus, Ohio to a nationally recognized firm of approximately 375 attorneys with 10 offices in Ohio, Washington, D.C., Texas, Pennsylvania, California, London and Berlin. Today, we are an Am Law 200 firm that provides strategic business and legal counsel to businesses and financial institutions, including multiple Fortune 500 companies, throughout the U.S. and around the world.
Our practices span the spectrum of legal services, and include all forms of litigation, labor and employment law, corporate law, commercial law, and tax law. The ranks of our lawyers include Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers, dozens of former federal and state law clerks, and individuals selected by their peers to head state and national organizations focused on antitrust, bankruptcy, and trial practice, among other areas.
Please visit https://www.vorys.com/ for more information.
Emerging businesses require flexible working capital, fueled by expansion and new sales, versus determined by historical financial performance. United Capital Funding is an accounts receivable financing company founded 25+ years ago, headquartered in St Petersburg, Fl, with offices in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Nashville, and Columbus (Oh)
UCF is a wholly owned subsidiary of Gulf Coast Bank & Trust; one of the largest community banks in Southeast Louisiana with over $3 billion in assets and ranked #14 by the American Bankers Association for community banks under $10 billion in assets.
We are a great source of flexible working capital for emerging businesses with strategic management teams.
Please visit https://www.ucfunding.com/ for more information.
ACG Columbus is one of 56 chapters of the Association for Corporate Growth, Inc, and our goal is simple – we want to promote the growth and development of Columbus area businesses for the benefit of our communities and Ohio.
Our programming and networking events are designed to share best business practices; build worthwhile relationships that will generate quality growth opportunities; gain exposure to investment opportunities; and promote the growth of Columbus area companies through organic growth and transactions such as mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and distribution agreements.
ACG Columbus was recognized by ACG Global as the Outstanding Chapter of 2011 based on its programming, membership growth and retention, governance, and financial status. Our goal is to continue to increase our membership and to bring meaningful programming and networking opportunities to our members which, in turn, help promote the growth and development of Columbus area businesses.
We support the efforts of Columbus 2020, the Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce, TechColumbus, and state and local development officials in promoting our economic development in our region.
Please visit https://www.acg.org/columbus to learn more.
Past (but not forgottten) Sponsors:
At Taft, we work as one team, driven and committed to helping you succeed. Our attorneys listen and understand that innovative, value-creating solutions help our clients reach their goals. Our collaborative approach, advanced technological resources, and depth of services can transform what you expect from your legal team. Founded in 1885 with an unwavering commitment to client service, our focus remains firm: to deliver innovative and results-oriented legal solutions. Taft also offers government affairs consulting through its affiliate Taft Advisors. Taft Advisors is a bipartisan, diverse, and experienced governmental affairs consulting firm specializing in client advocacy before federal, state, and local governments. We design strategies and implement solutions ranging from complex, federal, multi-year authorizations in Congress to municipal policy development. http://www.taftlaw.com
Brennan, Manna & Diamond (“BMD”) was founded in 2000 with the goal of combining highly skilled, talented attorneys with practical experience in business matters to create a new way to provide legal and business services to its clients. BMD’s access to a network of successful business entrepreneurs, consultants and developers allows for innovative solutions, symbiotic partnerships and sound legal and business advice for our clients. With over 70 attorneys in eight offices – BMD follows its mission to Listen, Solve and Empower for clients of all types and sizes in numerous industry sectors nationwide. https://www.bmdllc.com/
Since 1986, Insperity’s mission has been to help businesses succeed so communities prosper. Offering the most comprehensive suite of scalable HR solutions available in the marketplace, Insperity is defined by an unrivaled breadth and depth of services and level of care. Through an optimal blend of premium HR service and technology, Insperity delivers the administrative relief, reduced liabilities and better benefit solutions that businesses need for sustained growth. With 2023 revenues of $6.5 billion and more than 90 offices throughout the U.S., Insperity is currently making a difference in thousands of businesses and communities nationwide. For more information, visit https://www.insperity.com
Szura & Delonis is a trusted and experienced Michigan-based health care law firm. They assist health care providers, entities and organizations navigating the labyrinth of regulations governing the health care sector. Szura & Delonis is dedicated to providing quality legal services based on rapidly evolving health care laws and regulations. Moreover, their experience provides valuable real-world insight for providers and entities facing such complex legal issues. As attorneys and counselors, Szura & Delonis represents clients with acquisitions, mergers and other transactions as well as any administrative or litigation challenges they may encounter. http://www.szuradelonis.com
Levin Associates is the premier provider of M&A and valuation data across sectors such as hospitals, home health, long-term care, and physician groups. Our deal database, LevinPro HC, is the most comprehensive M&A database in the industry, capturing all deals big and small. The directories of active investors, providers, advisors, and lenders offer a useful prospecting tool for anyone active in the health care investment space. The recent addition of CMS ownership data enhances our platform. http://www.levinassociates.com
Deerpath Capital (“Deerpath”) is a provider of flexible, cash flow-based private debt financing to lower-middle market companies across diverse industries. Deerpath typically seeks to invest between $20 million to $100 million in companies with the following characteristics: – Revenue of $10 million to $200 million – EBITDA of $5 million to $20 million – Established operating history – Financial sponsor-backed and/or owner-operated – Strong recurring revenue and/or high visibility into future cash flow generation Deerpath has origination offices in New York, Chicago, Fort Lauderdale, Boston and Los Angeles. http://www.deerpathcapital.com