Since founding Quiet Light Brokerage in 2007, Mark has personally helped dozens of small business owners and entrepreneurs and has also expanded Quiet Light to the team it has today. In building out a team of advisors to help other small business owners, Mark has always emphasized the importance of honesty, working in the client’s best interest (even if that means not working in his own best interest), and thorough preparation of all listings before they are brought to market.
Author, Guest Speaker, EXITpreneur, Advisor, and Partner at Quiet Light, Joe Valley has also built, bought, or sold over half a dozen of his own companies.
Over the last nine years, Joe has mentored thousands of entrepreneurs whose goal is to achieve their own eventual exit. He is a Certified Mergers & Acquisitions Professional, and a frequent guest expert in mastermind groups, on podcasts, and at events for entrepreneurs worldwide.
Joe has written a book (released in May 2021), The EXITpreneur’s Playbook – How to Sell your Online Business for Top Dollar. The book shares real-life stories of successful and failed exits, and teaches you how to reverse engineer a pathway to your own incredible exit.
Bryan is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for cutting-edge technology, business intelligence, and the world of buying and selling online businesses M&A.
Having years of experience in the online business acquisitions industry, Bryan was one of the original co-founders and a director of Flipping Enterprises (later renamed and incorporated as FE International), as well as a co-founder and the concept creator of Centurica – the world’s first website due diligence agency. Over the past two decades, Bryan has started, acquired, and exited from a number of businesses across M&A, tech, sports, and real estate.
Christopher Moore is the President of Quiet Light. He’s also a special advisor to the Board of Directors of Rooted Wisdom Africa, which develops educational and entrepreneurial programs in rural Uganda. He also serves on the board of Needham Community Theatre. Christopher is the founder of Gadabout Media, and is an award-winning director, experienced travel coordinator and guide, and sought after speaker.
When he’s not out globetrotting to some far-flung corner of the world, he resides in Boston, MA.
Deanna Berardi is Head of Business Development, Partnerships, and Referrals at Quiet Light. She was the firm’s 2025 Employee of the Year and is a 20+ year business development veteran (Ernst & Young, Intuit) who connects online business owners with PE firms, family offices, and strategic buyers while spearheading the company’s AI transformation in buyer outreach and content.
Beth Howard is the Events Director at Quiet Light, leading events, partnerships, and experiences that connect founders.
Beth has been planning events since 2007 and is naturally organized, which comes in handy when there are a million details to keep track of. To Beth, planning is really about taking care of people. If she does her job well, everyone else can focus on doing theirs. She loves bringing people together and making sure the details are handled so everyone can enjoy the experience.
Lauren Winigrad leads the Advisor Support Team at Quiet Light. Her team works behind the scenes to manage and support the advisors. Providing efficiency, precision, and quality control, Lauren’s team allows our M&A specialists to spend more time doing what they do best: talking to buyers and sellers.
Lauren is actually an actor by trade, but what the professors at drama school won’t tell you is that acting is a business! After years of investing, networking, and marketing herself, she decided to translate the skills she had developed into something that others could benefit from, too.
Lauren couldn’t have found a better fit than Quiet Light. She is a part of a great team and learns more and more about business acquisitions everyday. Who knows what she’ll be up to next?
