Leadership Conference Attendee List

As an SVP in the Equipment Finance line of business at PNC Bank, I support commercial clients and Relationship Managers in the Greater Georgia and Alabama market. My goal is to help commercial clients acquire business critical equipment using solutions aligned with their unique business strategy. I have worked for Hewlett-Packard, GE Capital, Wells Fargo and now PNC Bank in roles that encompass underwriting, business development, and relationship management. Having spent over twelve years in consultative sales for Fortune 100 companies, my greatest satisfaction comes from building relationships and helping clients obtain the capital needed to grow their business and realize their full potential.

Dan is a principal and National Practice Leader at TrueNorth Companies. His responsibilities include helping clients develop risk financing strategies related to reducing cost-of-risk on a long-term, sustainable basis that aligns with their operational objectives. Dan leads the national primary transportation practice in addition to heading large project teams; his passion stems from the 'innovate' and 'build' aspects of a business, procuring development of industry-leading processes, such as the 5C’s of Risk Financing™ approach.

Dennis Keene is an AV® Preeminent™ rated lawyer who represents corporations and individuals with an emphasis in product liability and trucking law. His diverse client base ranges from international manufacturers and national motor carriers to regional carriers and local businesses. Keene gained extensive trial experience as a judge advocate in the U.S. Army and continues to use these trial skills as a civil practitioner, having litigated and tried a number of lawsuits in Georgia. He is also a registered neutral with the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution and has mediated a number of personal injury, business, and interpersonal disputes.  He has been selected as a Georgia Super Lawyer® in the areas of transportation law and product liability for over ten years.  

Keene is a member of the State Bars of Florida and Georgia and is admitted to practice in all Florida and Georgia state courts, the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Georgia, and the Middle District of Florida, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. 

He is a member of the Georgia Motor Trucking Association, where he currently serves on its board of directors.  He is also a member of the Transportation Lawyers Association; the Savannah Bar Association, where he serves on the Bar Grievance Committee; the Defense Research Institute, where he is a member of the Product Liability Committee and previously served on the board of the Mediation Center of the Coastal Empire. 

Keene received his B.A. in economics, magna cum laude, from Syracuse University in 1990 and his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Miami School of Law in 1993. While at Syracuse, Keene was a member of the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC). He was named the recipient of the General Meyer Leadership Award (given to the number one ranked corps cadet) and, upon graduation, was deemed a Distinguished Military Graduate. He was also Phi Beta Kappa. At the University of Miami, Keene served as an articles and comments editor for the school’s Business Law Journal and co-chaired the Student Bar Association’s Law-Related Education Program.

After law school, Keene completed the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps Officer Basic Course, where he made the Commandant’s List by graduating in the top 12 in his class. He served on active duty in the U.S. Army from 1993 to 1999, holding various legal positions, including government contract attorney, procurement fraud advisor, prosecutor, and criminal defense attorney. As a prosecutor and defense attorney, he served as lead counsel in more than 75 courts-martial.

Keene is married to the lovely Leslie Keene, who is a semi-retired attorney and judge.  They have two grown children - a son practicing law in New York City and a daughter in dental school - both of whom are married. 

Leslie Prince started her career in regulatory compliance in 1990 - the same year the DOT drug testing regulations were implemented.  She started her first business in 1996 and over 20 years ago realized that employers needed assistance with more than drug testing and added full-service regulatory compliance consulting to her firm's service menu.  Today, Compliance Systems provides a wide array of services - everything from business formation to DOT audit preparation and response.  Compliance Systems is involved on the nation level assisting clients with DOT drug and alcohol testing policy development and training.