Sara Clevenger
Partner, Middle Market M&A Advisor, Investment Banking, CM&AA
- Role
- Partner at Blue River Financial Group
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Sara Clevenger
Sara Clevenger, Partner, leads Blue River’s Acquisition Support Investment Banking Group. She provides strategic direction and oversight of the buy-side team and leads Blue River’s Pittsburgh office. Ms. Clevenger is a member of the executive leadership team, responsible for implementing key growth initiatives, business development and corporate strategy. Since joining Blue River, Sara has cultivated relationships with some of the most reputable, market-leading private and public acquirers in the middle market, seeking acquisitive growth in the Industrials, Business Services, Automation, Software/IT, and Healthcare industries, among others. Managing transactions directly, developing client strategy and managing its team of Advisors and Research Analysts, Sara has excelled at elevating the bar through a systematic, innovation-driven approach which produces routinely outstanding outcomes for Blue River’s acquisitive clients. Since promotion to Blue River’s Buyside Practice Leader in 2018, its Advisory Team has represented clients on sourcing and successfully closing transaction values over $890MM, in aggregate.Prior to joining Blue River, Sara spent ten+ years in Commercial Real Estate, with both The Sember Company located in St. Petersburg, FL, and the Staubach Company, in Southfield, MI. Through her tenure with both Sembler and Staubach, Sara developed diversified transaction experience from vantage point of both developer-owner and tenant-occupant. Sara attributes her time with these organizations as being instrumental not just in honing transactional skills, but in learning the foundation of impactful leadership. Sara earned her B.A. upon completing studies at the University of Tampa and the University of Michigan.Sara is a member of the Alliance of Mergers and Acquisition Advisors (AM & AA) and holds the Certified Merger and Acquisition Advisor (CM & AA) credential. Sara is active with a number of Mergers & Acquisitions Associations, and a regular contributor and columnist to industry publications. Sara is also a dedicated and long-time member of Sweet Adelines, International (SAI), a global nonprofit music education association serving as one of the world’s largest singing organizations for women.
Experience
Partner
Apr 2024 — Present · Pittsburgh, PA, US
Skills
- Portfolio Management
- Mergers
- Competitive Analysis
- Contract Negotiation
- Trade Shows
- Capital Acquisitions
- Art Exhibitions
- Recapitalizations
- Market Research
- Lead Generation
- Sales
- Retail
- B2b
- Business Valuation
- Integrated Marketing
- Marketing Communications
- Management
- Team Building
- Business Development
- Digital Marketing
- Online Marketing
- Cross-Selling Strategies
- Graphic Design
- Account Management
- Advertising
- Budgets
- Strategic Planning
- Brand Development
- Project Management
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Customer Service
- Business Planning
- Marketing
- Social Media
- Sales Management
- Event Management
- Buy-Side Representation
- Leadership
- Private Equity
- Email Marketing
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