KLR Newsroom KLR Shareholder John E. Surrette, Jr., Receives Pillar Award April 02, 2019 The Association of Corporate Growth (ACG) has honored KLR shareholder John Surrette, Jr. with its Pillar Award. The Association of Corporate Growth (ACG) has honored KLR Shareholder John E. Surrette, Jr. with its Pillar Award. The Pillar Award is a prestigious leadership award given to an ACG member who is actively involved in all aspects of the Chapter through volunteer service, strong community presence and is an overall ambassador for the Boston Chapter. “It is a tremendous honor to receive this recognition, especially given the amazing group of business leaders within ACG,” said John Surrette, Jr. Mr. Surrette chairs KLR’s Private Equity and Venture Capital Services Group. He is also the Vice President of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Board of Directors, a board member of the Northeast Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA) and is chair of Rhode Island Chapter of TMA. John also serves on the board of the New England Chapter of the Alliance of Mergers and Acquisition Advisors (AM&AA). John will be honored, alongside other award winners at ACG’s 40th Anniversary Celebration and Inaugural Awards reception at the Boston Harbor Hotel’s Wharf Room on April 24th. About ACG: Founded in 1954, the Association for Corporate Growth has chapters worldwide representing 14,500 members. ACG serves 90,000 investors, executives, lenders and advisers to growing middle-market companies. ACG's mission is to drive middle-market growth.