2024 Season

  • MICHAEL BENSON

    LEADERSHIP BREAKFAST

    Founder, NextGen Speaker Series
    Managing Partner, Benson Blackburn

    Tuesday, December 5, 2023

    BIO AND EVENT

  • LOCAL ENTREPRENEUR PANEL

    John DeAngelis, President of DeAngelis Diamond
    Elyse Lipman, CEO of Lipman Family Farms
    Ryan Carter, President of Scotlynn

    Friday, January 26, 2024

    BIOS AND EVENT

  • GINNI ROMETTY

    Former Chairperson, President, and CEO of IBM

    Wednesday, February 21, 2024

    BIO AND EVENT

  • ELLEN LATHAM, MS

    Creator & Co-Founder of Orangetheory Fitness

    Tuesday, March 26, 2024

    BIO AND EVENT

2023 Season

  • Michael Feuer

    OfficeMax Founder

    1/27/23

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  • Tom Monaghan

    Founder of Domino’s Pizza

    2/24/23

    READ BIO

  • Angie Bastian

    Co-Founder of Boom Chicka Pop

    3/24/23

    READ BIO

2022 Season

  • REINHOLD SCHMIEDING

    Arthrex President and Founder

    3/28/14 and 12/9/21

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  • DAVID AND JERRI HOFFMANN

    Chairman of the Hoffmann Family of Companies

    1/21/22

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  • JOHN SCHUERHOLZ

    Vice Chairman Emeritus of the Atlanta Braves

    2/25/22

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  • GREG MUZZILLO

    Founder & CEO of Proforma

    3/25/22

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PREVIOUS SPEAKERS

  • Bill Sanford

    Former CEO, STERIS Corp

    3/26/21

  • Joel Anderson

    President, Five Below

    2/26/21

  • Michael Siegel

    Executive Chairman, Olympic Steel

    1/29/21

  • Glenn Hasse

    Founder, Ryt-Way Industries

    3/16/18

  • Robert Kohlhepp

    Former Chairman of the Board, Cintas Corp

    2/9/18 and 4/19/22

  • Jan Fields

    Former President of McDonald's USA LLC

    12/15/17

  • Hoddy Hanna

    Chairman, Howard Hanna Real Estate Services

    4/7/17

  • Michael Duke

    Retired President & CEO of Walmart Stores Inc

    2/24/17

  • Jim McGlothlin

    Founder, The United Co

    2/1/19

  • Ian Read

    Former Chairman & CEO Pfizer Corp

    2/28/20

  • Fred Conforti

    Former CEO, Pittway Systems Technology Group (now Honeywell)

    2/5/20

  • Jim McDermott

    Founder, Stamps.com

    12/6/19

  • Dr. Shannon Reece

    Sport Psychologist

    Panel 12/15/14

  • Peter Jacobsen

    PGA Pro

    Panel 12/15/14

  • Thomas Groos

    Partner with CityLight Capital & Former CEO of Viking Group

  • Jay Steinfeld

    Founder, Blinds.com

    3/8/19

  • William Perez

    Former CEO of SC Johnson, Wrigley, Nike

    2/22/19

  • Shelley Broader

    Former President & CEO of Chico's FAS Inc.

    12/14/2018

  • Don Fites

    Former Chairman & CEO of Caterpillar Inc.

    10/21/16

  • Ralph Stayer

    Chairman & Owner, Johnsonville Sausage

    11/20/15

  • Shelley Stayer

    Entrepreneur

    Panel 3/5/14

  • Adria Starkey

    President, Finemark National Bank

    Panel 3/5/14

  • Elizabeth Star

    Philanthropist

    Panel 3/5/14

  • George Tamke

    Former Lead Director, Hertz Corporation

    12/16/13

  • Norman Love

    Chef, President & Founder, Norman Love Confections & Artisan Gelato

    6/28/13

  • Richard Schulze

    Founder, Best Buy

    4/26/13

  • Patty Baker

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  • Kristen Coury

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  • Kathleen van Bergen

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  • Sandi Moran

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