Northeastern Ohio

Jacquie is the Vice President of Columbus Ohio Improving Enterprise. Jacquie currently leads Operations and Business Development. Since joining the Improving leadership team, revenues at Improving (Columbus) have more than doubled. In addition, the company was named to the Fast 50 in 2014, 2015 and 2016. In 2015 Jacquie was a recipient of The Stevie Award for Executive of the year for women in technical business 2017 and 2019. Jacquie is also passionate about learning and growth; she is a certified instructor of FranklinCoveys “The Speed of Trust”

In the business community, Jacquie serves on the Membership Committee for the Columbus
Chamber of Commerce, the Board of Directors for The Ohio Girl Scouts, founding board member and Chair for Conscious Capitalism Columbus, the Board of Directors for New Directions Career Center, as well as the advisory board for ZapIT Medical. Jacquie was a recipient of Columbus Business first 40/40 class of 2017 and the inaugural recipient of Columbus Business First Future #50 in 2019

Jacquie completed a yearlong Stagen Leadership program in 2020 where she graduated top #3 in the class. Jacquie is passionate about her personal growth, but more so collaborating and helping others grow, she believes change truly happens when we know the (why) behind our individual passion.

Lynn is a co-founder of EPOCH Pi, a B Corp investment bank serving purpose-based and values-led companies—businesses endeavoring to create value for all stakeholders —raise capital from or sell their businesses to values-aligned partners. To ensure transaction and ongoing business success, EPOCH brings proprietary culture tools and a lens that informs structure and aims to understand cultural and/or philosophical differences, ultimately improving outcomes for all parties.

Paul is a director with JLP CPAs headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. Paul has over 25 years of financial consulting, due diligence, accounting, tax, and attest experience. During his career with Marcum LLP (formerly Skoda Minotti), Forest City Enterprises and Hausser + Taylor LLP, Paul has focused on early-stage companies, the life sciences industries, real estate, nonprofits, and healthcare.
Paul is a business advisor and entrepreneur with a passion for new innovations, and sustainable business practices.

As an accountant and advisor, Paul’s concentrations include due diligence, fundraising, financial compliance (particularly related to government funding), forecasting, tax credits, and general fractional CFO and controllership services. Paul is the CFO of AlgiSys, LLC, an early-stage ESG Company using patented technology to produce omega-3 products directly from algae, rather than fish.

Paul has a BSBA from John Carroll University (Cleveland, Ohio); is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA, Ohio); is a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA), and a Green Advantage Certified Practitioner (GACP).

Paul’s involvement with professional associations and community activities include: United States Green Building Council – Board member of USGBC Ohio and Northeast Ohio; Conscious Capitalism, Northeast Ohio chapter – Board member; The Ohio Society of CPA’s Foundation – Development committee and Legacy Member; Cleveland State University – CSU Corporate Roundtable for Sustainability.

As an environmental lawyer for over 30 years, Dave has negotiated diverse stakeholder interests to achieve real world business and legal solutions. Dave’s legal practice includes environmental issues relating to business and real estate transactions, regulatory matters and legislative matters, environmental litigation, and environmental enforcement actions, advanced energy, emerging technologies, corporate sustainability and climate change.

Dave is also a co-founder of Cleveland’s Corporate Sustainability Network

Founder and CEO of T90 Ventures LLC, Senior Business Development Executive as ISSQUARED

Neil is a result-oriented leader in technology executing talent, innovation, investment and business growth outcomes. Proven track record of developing impactful partnerships and achieving growth objectives. Strong collaboration and relationship-building skills to foster successful partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.

Originally from New Zealand, Neil’s career has spanned nearly 25 years starting in 1999, as a software developer and progressing to enterprise level projects in network infrastructure, databases, hardware logistics and more. Neil has also had the experience of running a few successful startups. Neil migrated to the US in 2016 settling in the State of Ohio.

William W. Vogelgesang is a co-founder of EPOCH Pi, an investment banking company serving purpose-based or impact companies—businesses that exist to provide financial as well as a social returns while endeavoring to creating value for all stakeholders. He has experience in a broad array of businesses as well as all areas of capital formation and realization. Bill serves on a number of corporate and non-profit boards, and previously worked for 14 years at Candlewood Partners, a middle market investment bank, and South Franklin Street Partners, its private equity affiliate, where he was a cofounder. He spent seven years as a Managing Director and Principal of Brown, Gibbons, Lang & Company. He served as Chairman of BGL’s Management Committee and was active in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and restructurings. Prior to that, Bill spent three years as a Principal and the Chief Financial Officer of a hazardous waste recovery and recycling company. Bill is Chairman of Conscious Capitalism of Northeastern Ohio.

Amy Willey is a senior associate in the firm’s Business Department and Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group. Her practice is focused on representing both strategic buyers and sellers including private companies and private equity funds in various types of transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, leveraged buyouts, distressed acquisitions and dispositions, and investments.

In addition to her merger and acquisition practice, Amy works extensively with family and privately owned companies on a variety of general corporate matters, including commercial contract negotiation, structuring business organizations, compliance and operational issues and business succession planning. Amy also works with companies in structuring and consummating venture capital and securities offerings.

She has a strong passion for helping entrepreneurs and businesses on corporate social governance matters to help impact-driven companies continue to grow the revenues while having a positive social impact by assisting with business initiatives ranging from social finance and impact investing to organizational matters for “b corporations.” Amy brings this passion to her M&A practice by helping both buyers and sellers to ensure cultural alignment and integration planning in their transactions, and works as general outside counsel for companies with the dual objectives of profit and purpose.

Amy earned her J.D., cum laude, from the Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 2013. She also received a Master of Elementary Education, summa cum laude, from Arizona State University in 2009 and a B.A. in political science from Yale University in 2007, where she served as a coordinator for Dwight Hall, the largest campus-based student-run service organization in the country. Following her undergraduate studies, she joined Teach for America as a corps member where she taught fifth grade and computers in Phoenix, Arizona, where she helped facilitate professional development programs and district curriculum development.