Houlihan Smith Promotes Mary Kate Cressy to Vice President in New York

Houlihan Smith & Company, Inc. is pleased to announce that Mary Kate Cressy has been promoted to Vice President and will be the co-leader of the Corporate Development Group in the New York office. Ms. Cressy works with the Capital Markets, Valuation, and Financial Opinion Services groups to provide fairness opinions, valuations, Merger & Acquisition advisory, and capital restructuring services for its clients.

New York, NY (Vocus) June 10, 2009

Houlihan Smith & Company, Inc. is pleased to announce that Mary Kate Cressy has been promoted to Vice President and will be the co-leader of the Corporate Development Group in the New York office. Ms. Cressy works with the Capital Markets, Valuation, and Financial Opinion Services groups to provide fairness opinions, valuations, Merger & Acquisition advisory, and capital restructuring services for its clients.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Cressy attained valuable investment banking experience at Crowe Capital Markets LLC, providing financial services in mergers and acquisitions, corporate divestitures, and financial advisory to privately and publicly held companies. Ms. Cressy has worked extensively on buy and sell-side M&A engagements, representing clients across a broad range of industries. Previously, she worked for Crowe Chizek and Company LLP as an auditor and M&A transaction specialist, gaining significant accounting and due diligence experience. As a transaction specialist, Ms. Cressy provided buy-side due diligence for private equity firms.

Ms. Cressy is a Certified Public Accountant, a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), and she is also a member of the Illinois CPA Society. She is credentialed through the AICPA as "Accredited in Business Valuation." Ms. Cressy serves on the Board of Directors of Mutual Distributions Systems, Inc. She is also a member of the Association for Corporate Growth (New York chapter), Turnaround Management Association, and 100 Women in Hedge Funds. Ms. Cressy also serves on the New Leadership Council for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Metro New York.

Ms. Cressy earned Bachelor of Science degrees in Accountancy and Entrepreneurship, and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Dayton.

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