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Grand Ballroom 3 + 4 Session B

Deal Preparedness

Presented By: CIBC / Louis Plung & Company

Session description and panelists to be announced.

Moderator:

Beth Bershok
Chief Marketing Officer
Louis Plung & Company

Beth serves as the Chief Marketing Officer at Louis Plung & Company (LPC), a CPA firm that’s been serving clients in Pittsburgh for over 100 years. She joined the firm in October 2021 to develop marketing strategy, firm branding, strategic growth planning, staff development and pipeline management.

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Panelists:

Tom Bakaitus
Partner
Louis Plung & Company

Tax Partner with Louis Plung & Company. Have 35 years experience primarily in tax. Focus area is transaction analysis. Undergraduate California University of PA. Masters in Tax from Duquesne University. Prior to Louis Plung I was regional managing partner and firmwide Director of Tax with a regional firm.

Annie Westbrook
Managing Director
CIBC Bank USA

Annie is currently a Managing Director at CIBC Bank USA focused on middle market commercial lending and banking. As a relationship manager, Annie provides senior debt and related banking services to middle market companies (directly and via private equity investments). Companies (prospects and clients) generate $20 million to $2 billion in annual revenue and require senior debt in the $10 million to $125 million range. Annie firmly believes understanding the operations, management team, and culture of a business are paramount when developing an appropriate financing package and long-term banking relationship.

Prior to this position, Annie was a corporate lender for TriState Capital Bank. She also worked for The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, PNC Bank and was a mathematics teacher and coach at Woodward Academy in Atlanta, GA.

Annie serves on the board of The Neighborhood Academy, Foxwall EMS, and the Pittsburgh Chapter of INFORMS.

Conference Location

600 Commonwealth Place
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Tel: (412) 391-4600