Bio

As founder and leader of one of the most successful independent investment banks, Wilma has been instrumental in completing more than 800+ M&A transactions for global corporations, private companies, entrepreneurs, and private equity and venture capital firms across the media, marketing and information sectors. Wilma’s Best Practices approach to M&A advisory has been influential in forging the firm’s reputation for client service excellence, integrity, and maximizing value for clients. Her operating and Board experience includes her role as serving as a founding shareholder of the 13-30 Corporation; serving as shareholder, COO and principal negotiator in the revitalization and 1986 sale of the Esquire Magazine Group; and formerly serving on the Boards of Directors of four public companies – Lin Broadcasting (NYSE), Lin Television (NASDAQ), Clayton Homes (NYSE) and Lin TV (NYSE). In addition, Wilma is an active supporter of the Bowery Mission in NYC as well as Chair of the Guideposts Board of Trustees. She is a Distinguished Speaker at the University of Tennessee’s Neel Corporate Governance Center, and in 2017 she received the University of Tennessee’s Distinguished Alumna Award, the single highest alumni award given, reserved for alumni who have excelled at the national and international level.