Michelle Moreno

Senior Advisor Ms. Moreno has over 25 years of investment banking experience for public and private companies at various lifecycle stages, from emerging growth through global leaders.
Ms. Moreno transaction experience encompasses public and private equity and debt, sell side and buy side mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and refinancing, and strategic advisory.
Ms. Moreno has lead over 35 transactions and has raised over $2.5 billion in both the private and public markets.
Ms. Moreno has focused in the Business Services sector and applied technologies, including outsourced business services (IT services, contact centers and business process outsourcing), education, healthcare, human capital management, marketing, secure and specialized populations (including corrections), and retail.
Prior to joining Dresner Partners, Ms. Moreno led Services investment banking at First Analysis focusing on growth companies.
Previously, Ms. Moreno led Packaging investment banking at CIBC World Markets and covered general industries (including financial institutions) at Union Bank of Switzerland.
Ms. Moreno is active in selected civic and community organizations.
She is an alderman and past chair of the audit committee for the City of Lake Forest, past president of the Chicago Finance Exchange, a member of the CFA Institute, past chair of the Economic Development Council at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and past chair of the Global Investment Research Challenge, past president and board director of the CFA Society of Chicago.
Ms. Moreno is a CFA charter holder.
Ms. Moreno has a graduate degree from California State University at Fullerton as well as an undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.