2017 Public Policy Summit Draws Record Attendees
Some 200 attendees at ACG's Middle-Market Public Policy Summit gained insight on comprehensive tax reform, the future of interest deductibility and other issues impacting middle-market private capital investment.
The outlook for financial regulation under the Trump administration and related issues affecting middle-market deal-making drew record attendance of nearly 200 ACG members to ACG’s fifth annual Middle-Market Public Policy Summit in Washington, D.C. in February.
Policy panels featured Sen. Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina), Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Michigan) and staffers from the offices of House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-California) and Vice President Michael Pence, among others.
Amid overtures by the Trump administration to overhaul the Dodd-Frank Act and rewrite financial regulation, attendees gained insight on topics such as the timing of comprehensive tax reform, the future of interest deductibility and others impacting middle-market private capital investment.
“This signature event is essential to educating our members and mobilizing the voice of the middle market,” said Gretchen Perkins, a partner with Huron Capital and ACG Public Policy chair. “This is part of a consistent four-year effort by hundreds of volunteers to bring the voice of the middle market to the Hill.”
“This is part of a consistent four-year effort by hundreds of volunteers to bring the voice of the middle market to the Hill.”
Gretchen Perkins, ACG Public Policy Chair, Partner, Huron Capital
Visits to Capitol Hill by some 35 ACG members to dozens of House and Senate offices capped the full-day event, where members discussed the most recent ACG Public Policy Agenda and the economic outlook for their specific congressional districts.
Said Amber Landis, ACG vice president of public policy: “The congressional offices are very receptive to hearing from ACG members because they help them create jobs in their communities.”
Special Note
The Summit marked the last major event for Amber Landis, who recently resigned her role with ACG. In nearly four years with the organization, Landis has made significant strides for middle-market dealmaking. She helped spearhead the creation of the Congressional Caucus for Middle Market Growth; the establishment of the Private Equity Regulatory Task Force, comprised of representatives from middle market-private equity firms, the creation of an ACG Political Action Committee, or PAC, and the establishment of a stronger presence in Washington, D.C., culminated by the opening of a D.C. office last year.
