Craig Cimoroni, CFA, CPA (Inactive)

Mr. Cimoroni has over 26 years’ experience in investment sales, management and strategic development. He leads the Elizabeth Park Capital Management investor relations, business development and marketing effort with a focus on the institutional marketplace.

Prior to joining the Elizabeth Park team, Mr. Cimoroni spent 23 years at KeyBanc Capital Management, one of the nations largest regional investment banks. While there, he was a Managing Director for 15 years and held roles that included Regional Sales Manager of the Southwest, Mid-Atlantic, parts of the Midwest, and Texas. He headed up the strategic repositioning analysis for the division, held leadership roles on various strategic divisional committees and was a member of the Equity Division Management Committee.

Mr. Cimoroni launched his career as an Auditor at Ernst & Young, where he specialized in the audit of banks and broker-dealers. Mr. Cimoroni earned his MBA from Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management, where he received the distinguished Dean’s Award. He served on both the Scholarship and Program Committees for CWRU. He received his B.S. in Accounting from Miami University’s Richard T. Farmer School of Business Administration. He achieved his CPA and CFA certifications in addition to Series 7, Series 24, and Series 63 licensures.

He served eight years on the CFA Cleveland Board of Directors, including Board President in 2014. Here he received the CFA Society of the Year Award (2013), the Society Chapter Governance Award (2014) and the Research Foundation Award (2015). He continues to serve on the Shaker Youth Soccer Association Board, a 1,200 person player soccer association in Northeast Ohio, including Board President. He manages a 500 participant youth soccer league that he started. He enjoys golf, cycling and has competed in approximately 15 olympic distance triathlons and various cycling events. He enjoys spending time with his family, including teaching finance at his daughter’s school. He resides in Shaker Heights, OH with his wife and three children.